6K Backstreets chords > From: "Alan Thomason" > Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 02:09:46 UT I've recently put together the chords and lyrics used by our tribute band (Glory Days) for Backstreets, courtesy of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COMPLETE I didn't see it in your archive, so here it is (feel free to bin it if unsolicited) Intro. Solo |G |Em D|G |Em D|G |Em |D |C | |C |D |G |C |C |D |G |D | |C |D7 | |G |Em |G |Em |G |Em |G |Em.... G Em ...One || Soft infested summer me and | Terry became friends.___ G Em Trying in | vain to breathe the fire___ we was | born__ in___ G Em Catching | rides to the outskirts, tying | faith between our teeth, D C sleeping in that | old abandoned beach__ house getting | wasted D in the heat___ and | G C G Hiding on_______ | the Backstreets,___ | Hiding on_______ C G C Am the | Backstreets,___ With a | love so hard and filled with G Em C de- | feat.___ Running for our | lives at night on them G {Instr. Solo } Back__ | streets. | Em | G |Em... G Em ...Slow || dancing in the dark___ on the | beach at Stockton's G Wing,___ where | desp'rate lovers park, we sat with the | Em D C last of the Duke Street kings, | Huddled in our cars, | waiting Am for the bells that ring, In the | deep heart of the night,___ C D we could let | loose of ev'ry-thing___ To go.... | G C G running on_____ | ___the Backstreets,___ | Running on___ C G C ___the | Backstreets,___ Terry, you | swore___ we'd live___ Am G Em C forever, | _________ | taking it on them Backstreets to- | G {Instr. solo... } gether._______ |Em |G |Em | A F#m A Endless juke joints and | Valentino drag Where | Dancers F#m scraped the tears up off the | streets dressed down in rags,___ A F#m run- | ning into___ the darkness, some hurt | bad, some E really dying, At | night sometimes it seemed you could hear D the | whole damn city crying. Blame it on the | lies that killed E us,___ blame it on the | truth that ran us down. You can | A D blame it all___ on me Terry, it don't | matter to me now. E When the | break - down hit at midnight, there was | nothing A E left to say. But I | hated him,___ and I | hated you___ F#m {Instr. solo when____ you went a- | way. | B | D G D7 G | D7 G D7 | } G |Em |G |Em |G |Em |G |C D7... G Em ...Well, ||laying here in the dark your'e like an | angel on my G Em chest,___ Just an- | other tramp of hearts___ crying | tears D C of faithlessness. Re- | member all the movies, Terry, | we'd Am go____ see___ Trying to | learn how to walk like the heroes C D11 Em we | thought we had to be.____ Well, | after all this time to Bm C find we're | just like all the rest, Strand- | -ed in the park,___ D7 and | forced to confess to | G C G Hiding on_______ | the Backstreets,___ | Hiding on_____ C G C the | Backstreets,___ Where we | swore forever friends,___ | G Em C G ___________ On the | Backstreets until___ the___ | end. {Instr. solo C } ____ |C |G | Hiding on the times four: G C ||Backstreets_ Hiding on the | Backstreets_ Hiding on the | Am F D Backstreets_ Hiding on the | Backstreets__ It's al - | right C we'll go | hiding on the Backstreets tonight__ | Instr. Solo G |C |G |C |G |C |G |C | D |C Bm Am G Am Bm| C |D |G |C | C |D |G |D |C Bm|Am D7|G || Regards, Alan (Stoke on Trent, England)