Arabian Night chords by Bruce Springsteen

Chords with lyrics

One of the criminally unheard solo recordings from 1972.

Tuning:EADGBE

  E minorEm G+G  C majorC D MajorD
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BB|-0---0---1--3--------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-0---0---0--2--------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2---0---2--0--------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-2---2---3--0--------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0---3------x--------------------------------------------------------------|

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Shrieks of sheiks as they run across the movie screen

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A augmentedA thousand sand dune soldiers led by an Arabian queen

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And the harem girls move like fancy dancers in my dirty dream

            C majorC           G+G   C majorC  G+G
And I wake up on the floor holding a bed lamp

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Mama, she comes in and screams, "woo! You been out with that tramp again last night

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That silver sequined ivory black bitch, you know, the one that Mama don't like"

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You see, but, Mama, she sings me moon time melodies with this great Top 40 hook

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But Mama don't care, Papa he just stares and says,

 E minorEm        G+G             C majorC          G+G   C majorC  G+G
"Mary, look the girl's alright, yeah, look the girl's alright"


 E minorEm        C majorC     G+G     C majorC   G+G        C majorC        G+G
And there's a tenseness in the air, don't you know, can't you feel

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There's something hanging there, pull back the mist and reveal it

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Even if you fear what you hear, try to conceal it

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And if what Mama feels is too real, she just claims she don't feel it

    C majorC           G+G       C majorC     G+G         C majorC
So come out from behind your bunkers, the liftoff's been a bust

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Papa's gone and Mama's dead and buried in my rocket dust'

                            D MajorD
You're alone now for the first time, but that's all right

                            E minorEm      C majorC  G+G
Because all fear will completely disappear come the Arabian night


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The soundman smiles and turns the dials to set the meter reading rising

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He pulls the singer's voice from out of his pocket to see how the audience likes it

 E minorEm        C majorC     G+G     C majorC   G+G          C majorC             G+G
And in the very first row sits sweet Jenny Rue with a bell on her shoe, she wants him to mic it

 E minorEm        C majorC      G+G     C majorC         G+G                     C majorC     G+G
He flicks a switch but Jenny moves too fast and the audience sways to the sound of her shotgun blast

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The manager runs out, "Check the band's arms for bullet holes and make that man roll up his sleeves"

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The drummer shoots himself with cyanide then asked to be relieved

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And me, I say, "It's crazy in here, where is the stage door?

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Which way is out? I gotta get up for work"

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The man says, "Well, once, once you're in they all lead out, what's the matter, ain't you heard?


    C majorC           G+G       C majorC     G+G         C majorC
There's a war going on outside and I'm paying you to sing like a bird


    C majorC           G+G       C majorC     G+G         C majorC     D MajorD
So get in and get tough or get up and get out 'cause things aren't too tight"


                                 E minorEm
I said, "Don't worry, everything's gonna loosen up come the Arabian Night"


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