Sleepy Joes Café chords by Bruce Springsteen

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:

FF C majorC FF C majorC


Verse 1:

     FF                         C majorC
There's a place out on the highway 'cross the San Bernardino line
     FF                           C majorC
Where the truckers and the bikers gather every night at the same time
       Bb majorBb                    C majorC
At seven the band comes in and locals dance the night away
  Bb majorBb  C majorC    FF
At Sleepy Joe's Café

Verse 2:

      FF                          C majorC
I drive on down from the big town Friday when the clock strikes five
        FF                  C majorC
As the red sun sets in the ocean, I start to come alive
          Bb majorBb                             C majorC
Summer girls in the parking lot slap on their makeup and they flirt the night away
  Bb majorBb  C majorC    FF
At Sleepy Joe's Café


Verse 3:

     G+G                C majorC
Joe came home in '45 and took out a G.I. loan
   D MajorD                       G+G
On a sleepy little spot and Army cook could call his own
      G+G                      C majorC
He married May, the highway come in and they woke up to find
     D MajorD                   G+G  A augmentedA
They were sitting on top of a pretty little gold mine


Instrumental:

D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm C majorC


Verse 4:

     FF                           C majorC
Saturday night the lights are bright as the folks pour in from town
  FF                           C majorC
Joe keeps the blues playin', at the bar May lays the beers down
 Bb majorBb                        C majorC
I come through the door and feel the workweek slip away
    Bb majorBb                           C majorC
See you out on the floor and Monday morning's a million miles away
  Bb majorBb  C majorC    FF
At Sleepy Joe's Café
 Bb majorBb  C majorC    FF
Sleepy Joe's Café
 Bb majorBb  C majorC    G+G
Sleepy Joe's Café


Outro:

G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
G MajorG C majorC D MajorD G+G