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--------------------------------------------------------------|

 Em        G              C       G
Shrieks of sheiks as they run across the movie screen

 Em       G             C        G
A thousand sand dune soldiers led by an Arabian queen

 Em        G              C       G
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


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

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

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

 Em        G              C       G
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"


 Em        C     G     C   G        C        G
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

 Em        C        G        C    G
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

 C        G       C     G        C
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


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

 Em        C     G     C   G        C        G
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

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

 Em        C     G     C   G        C        G
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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