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Its Hard To Be A Saint In The City tab by Bruce Springsteen

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Chord diagramA7A7                  D4/A                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
--5----------------|--3----------------|--2-----------------3--|
--0----------------|--0----------------|--2--------------------|
--5----------------|--4----------------|--2-------------3h4----|
--0----------------|--0----------------|--0----------0---------|
-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|


Chord diagramD/AD/A                     Chord diagramA7A7                      Chord diagramD MajorD
-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
--------------------5--|--------------------3--|---------------------|
-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
----------------4h5----|----------------3h4----|---------------------|
--------0----0---------|--------0----0---------|--------0----0----0--|
-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA                       Chord diagramD/AD/A
-----------------------|----------------------------|
--2-----------------3--|-----3--3--3--3--3-3-3-3--3-|
--2--------------------|-----x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x--x-|
--2-------------3h4----|--4--4--4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4-|
--0----------0---------|-----0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-|
-----------------------|----------------------------|


    Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramA7A7   Chord diagramD MajorD
|------------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------3-------2------|-----------------5-------3----||
|*--2--2-2-2------------x------|--2--2-2-2-----------------2-*||
|*--2--2-2-2--2h4-------4------|--2--2-2-2--4h5-----5-4------*||
|---0--0-0-0--0----0--x----x-x-|--0--0-0-0--------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------||


       Chord diagramF# minorF#m                         Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD
I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra
       Chord diagramF# minorF#m                           Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramF# minorF#m
I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova
         Chord diagramD MajorD
I could walk like Brando right into the sun
      Chord diagramF# minorF#m                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Then dance just like a Casanova
                        Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramF# minorF#m
With my blackjack and jacket and hair slicked sweet
        Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Silver star studs on my duds like a Harley in heat
                   Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramF# minorF#m       Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE MajorE
When I strut down the street I could feel its heartbeat
Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramE MajorE                   Chord diagramF# minorF#m
The sisters fell back and said "Don't that man look pretty"
      Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramE MajorE                Chord diagramF# minorF#m
The cripple on the corner cried out "Nickels for your pity"
       Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Them gasoline boys downtown sure talk gritty
         Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramA7A7
It's so hard to be a saint in the city

          Chord diagramF# minorF#m                Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD
I was the king of the alley I could talk some trash
           Chord diagramF# minorF#m                           Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramF# minorF#m
I was the prince of the paupers crowned downtown at the beggar's bash
           Chord diagramD MajorD
I was the pimp's main prophet I kept everything cool
Chord diagramF# minorF#m                                 Chord diagramD MajorD
Just a backstreet gambler with the luck to lose
                            Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramF# minorF#m
And when the heat came down and it was left on the ground
     Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramE MajorE              Chord diagramF# minorF#m
The devil appeared like Jesus through the steam in the street
           Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramE MajorE                  Chord diagramF# minorF#m     Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramE MajorE
Showin' me a hand I knew even the cops couldn't beat
   Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramE MajorE               Chord diagramF# minorF#m
I felt his hot breath on my neck as I dove into the heat
         Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramE MajorE                       Chord diagramA7A7
It's so hard to be a saint when you're just a boy out on the street

         A7sus                        Chord diagramA7A7
And the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead
        Chord diagramD7susD7sus                                  Chord diagramD7D7
As the tracks clack out the rhythm their eyes fixed straight ahead
      Chord diagramG7G7
They ride the line of balance and hold on by just a thread
             Chord diagramC7C7
But it's too hot in these tunnels you can get hit up by the heat
        Chord diagramDmDm
You get up to get out at your next stop but they push you back down in your seat
      Chord diagramBb majorBb
Your heart starts beatin' faster as you struggle to your feet
      Chord diagramEsusEsus                            Chord diagramE MajorE
Then you're outa that hole and back up on the street
         Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramE MajorE                 Chord diagramF# minorF#m
And them South Side sisters sure look pretty
       Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramE MajorE                  Chord diagramF# minorF#m
The cripple on the corner cries out "Nickels for your pity"
            Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramF# minorF#m
And them downtown boys sure talk gritty
         Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramAsusAsus  Chord diagramA augmentedA
It's so hard to be a saint in the city

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