Arabian Night chords by Bruce Springsteen

One of the criminally unheard solo recordings from 1972.

Tuning:EADGBE

   Em  G   C  D
e|-0---3---0--2--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0---0---1--3--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0---0---0--2--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---0---2--0--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---2---3--0--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---3------x--------------------------------------------------------------|

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Shrieks of sheiks as they run across the movie screen

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A 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                      G     C    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,

 Em                G                         C                    G      C    G
"Mary, look the girl's alright, yeah, look the girl's alright"


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And there's a tenseness in the air, don't you know, can't you feel

 Em               C         G        C     G                           C
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

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


       C                     G             C          G                 C
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
You're alone now for the first time, but that's all right

                                                       Em            C    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

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

 Em               C            G          C                  G                                          C         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

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

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

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



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


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


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



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