RACING IN THE STREET

(Strange Frontier)





Intro: {G|Em|G*|C} 2 times



        G

I got a 69 Chevy with a 396

         C

Fuellie heads and a Hurst on the floor

       Am

She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot

             C

Outside the seven 'nd eleven store

           G

Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch

        C

And he rides with me from town to town

        Am

We only run for the money got no strings attached

          C

We set'em up and then we shut'em down





   G

Tonight tonight the strips just right

          C

I wanna blow'em off in my first heat

Am

Summer's here and the time is right

     C

For racing in the street





    G

We take all the action we can meet

        C

And we cover all the north east states

           Am

When the strip shuts down we run'em in the street

          C

From the fire roads to the interstate

     G

Now some guys they just give up living

           C

And start dying little by little piece by piece

                Am

Some guys come home from work and wash up

        C

And go racing in the street





   G

Tonight tonight the strips just right

          C

I wanna blow 'em all outta their seats

   Am

We calling out around the world

             C

We're going racing in the street





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   G

I met her on the strip three years ago

        C                             C - G(x 2 0 0 3 x)

In a Camero with this dude from L.A.

    Am*                               G/B

I blew that Camero off my back

      C

And drove that little girl away

                  G

But now there's wrinkles round my baby's eyes

          C

And she cries herself to sleep at night

     Am

When I come home the house is dark

            C

She sighs 'baby did you make it alright?'

     G

She sits on the porch of her daddy's house

    C

But all her pretty dreams are torn

      Am

She stares off alone into the night

                 C

With the eyes of one who hates for just being born

              G

For all the shut-down strangers and hot-rod angels

 C

Rumbling through this promised land

            Am

Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea

     C

And wash these sins off our hands



   G

Tonight tonight the highway's bright

            C

Out of our way mister you best keep

      Am

'Cos summer's here and the time is right

     C

For racing in the street



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   G

Tonight tonight the strip's just right

            C

I'm gonna blow'em all outta their seats

      Am

'Cos summer's here and the time is right

     C                       G

For racing in the street

           C      G               C        G               C

In the street,         in the street,           in the street...



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G*  = (3 2 0 0 3 x)

Am* = (x 0 2 2 1 x)

G/B = (x 2 0 0 0 x)

G  =  (3 2 0 0 3 3)