Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 1st
- Difficulty: Beginner
Key: Eb MajorEb
🎸 Intro:
D MajorD
🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD G+G
My big brother rode an Indian Scout
D MajorD
It was black like his jacket
G+G
American Spirit hangin' outta his mouth
D MajorD
Just like our daddy
B minorBm G+G D MajorD
He kicked-started that bike one night and broke Mama's heart
G+G
He pointed that headlight west
A augmentedA D MajorD
Out where the wild things are
🎸 Verse 2:
N.C. G+G
He'd call me up every couple of weeks
D MajorD
From South California
G+G
Talk about the desert and the Joshua Tree
D MajorD
And his pretty girl stories
B minorBm G+G D MajorD
How he bought an Airstream trailer and a J-45 guitar
G+G
Said, "Little brother, you'd love it out here
A augmentedA D MajorD
Out where the wild things are"
🎸 Chorus:
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Oh, it's hearts on fire and crazy dreams
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Oh, the nights ignite like gasoline
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
And light up those streets that never sleep when the sky goes dark
A augmentedA D MajorD
Out where the wild things are
🎸 Verse 3:
D MajorD G+G
I called my brother from the back of that plane
D MajorD
The second I made it
G+G
We started drinkin' on the strip in LA
D MajorD
And then it got crazy
B minorBm G+G D MajorD
Ended up at a house in the hills with some Hollywood stars
G+G
Kissin' on a blonde in a backyard pool
A augmentedA B minorBm
Out where the wild things are
Guitar 🎸 Solo:
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
Oh
yeah
🎸 Bridge:
G+G
Couple iron horse rebels
G+G
Wild as the devil
A augmentedA
I knew I had to move back east
G+G
Said goodbye to my brother
G+G
At the end of that summer
A augmentedA
But I knew he'd never leave
🎸 Chorus:
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Oh, it's hearts on fire and crazy dreams
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Oh, the nights ignite like gasoline
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And oh, them Indian Scouts, man, they're built for speed
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And oh, they said he hit that guardrail at half past three
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Lit up those streets that never sleep when the sky goes dark
G+G D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA
We buried him out in the wind 'neath the West Coast stars
N.C. D MajorD
Out where the wild things are
🎸 Outro:
D MajorD G+G
A augmentedA D MajorD
Out where the wild things are