NOTE:

Listen to the recording for exact timing & phrasing !



INTRO



(4 bars only drums)



- Give me some slap on this Fender !



 (E)                                                    (noise in E)

-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------0------|I

------------/3-Z-I----------------I----------------I----------0------|I

------------/4-Z-I----------------I----------------I----------1------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I------------2-0--|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I------------2----|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I----x\0-----0----|I

                               Ahh...stand back!



                                   (3 times)

                             (0:15)B---------------------------------|                B  - - - R P

-----0-----------I(0)-------------I----10----------I----10-----------|I

-----0-----------I(0)-------------I10--------------I10------10\-8----|I

-----------------I----------------I.---------------I--------------9--|I

-----------------I----------------I.--(lead fig.1)-I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-0---------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I



      (open string noise)          B                B  - - - R P

-----------------I-------B-R-P----I----10----------I----10-----------|I

-----------------I8---------------I10--------------I10------10\-8----|I

-9-------9\------(0)-----2(2)\0---I----------------I--------------9--|I

-----------------(0)------------2-I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I



 B                (see above)                                     P

-------------10--I----10----------I----10----------I----10-----------|I

-10----------10--I10------10\-8---I10--------------I10------10\-8----|I

-----------------I--------------9-I----------------I-------------9\7-|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I



                 1/2B            (0:40)                      P P

---------------0-I3------B--R-P---I----0-------BRP-I----0---------0--|I

---------------0-I----------------I--------3-------I--------30303----|I

-9---9-----------I-------2-(2)\0--I------------2\0-I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I2---------------I2----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I--(lead fig.2)--I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I





-----0-------BRP-I----0---BRP----0I----0-------BRP-I----0---------0--|I

---------3-------I---------------0I----0---3-------I----0---3---0----|I

-------------2\0-I--------2\0-----I------------2\0-I-----------------|I

-2---------------I2-----------2---I----------------I2----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I



               B - RP

-----0---0-------I----------------I----0-----------I-----------------|I

---------3---0---I-----0----0-----I----0-----------I-----------------|I

---------------2-I-2\0-0----0-----I----1-----------I-----------------|I

-2---------------I--------2---2---I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I2---------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I--------------x\I0---------------(0)---------------|I

[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/bruce-springsteen/128701.html ]

                       VERSE     (0:58)

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-(0)-------------(0)--------------I----------------I-----------------|I

                     Well I've been out ...



(main riff)

 E                                 *=bend down 1/2 step w/bar and R

-----------------I-------H--0-----I----------------I-----------------|I

----/3---3-----3-I--3-2-0---0-----I----------------I-----------------|I

----/4---4-----4-I--4-2-0/1-------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I---------(2)----I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I(2nd guitar)----I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------(0*0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I0*0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|I

                          Well I'm a little hot wired...



 E   (see above)

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----3---3-----3-I--3-2-0---------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----4---4-----4-I--4-2-0/1-------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------2-----I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-(2nd guitar continue the same)---I----------------I-----------------|I

                          I got some money in my...



-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

------(main riff again)-----------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

                          I got to make it down to Galveston...



A



Well I'm a little down under but I'm feeling O.K.



B



Got a little lost along the way



CHORUS:

(1:29)

    E                             D        A     E      D    A



I'm just around the corner to the light of day                 Well

I'm just around the corner to the light of day



2nd VERSE



E (4 bars under keyboard fill)



E (guitars like in 1st verse)



Been driving five hundred miles, got five hundred to go, yeah

I got rock'n'roll music on my radio

I got a brother on a rig just off the Gulf coast

He says the girls down there are really the most, man



           A



Well I'm a little down under but I'm feeling OK



  B



I got a little lost along the way



CHORUS 2

(2:19)

E                             D        A     E            D    A



Just around the corner to the light of day

(repeat 4 times)



(KEYBOARD SOLO)

(2:44)

 A                                 B



-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

---------H-------I----------------I----------------I-H-------H-------|I

.2-Z-------------I--2-Z-----------I--4-----4-------I-----------------|I

.2-Z-------2-4-2-IZ-2-Z-----2-4-2-I--4-----4-------I----4-6-----4----|I

-0-Z----34-------I--0-Z--34-------Ix-2-----2-------I5/6-----5/6------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I





After the keyboard solo looong improvised guitar solos in

E blues scale over the chorus chord progression (E  D A).



After Bruce finds out that his audience is alive, he leads the

band to the third verse:



(6:10)

E



Well I got thrown out of work on the Kokomo

Don't ask me what I'm doing, I don't know

I hope he wasn't joking when he wrote me that letter

Things can't get any worse, they gotta get better



A



I'm a little down under but I'm doing OK



B



Got a little lost along the way



CHORUS 3



E                             D        A   E         D   A



Just around the corner to the light of day

(repeat many times)



CODA

(7:55)

 E       D   A E          D   A E          D   A E



---0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-0-Z------|I

---0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-0-Z------|I

-1-1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-1-Z------|I

-2(2-2-2)0---2-2-I--------0---2-2-I--------0---2-2-I--2-2-2-2-Z------|I

-2-----------0-2-I------------0-2-I------------0-2-I--2-2-2-2-Z------|I

-0-------------0-I--------------0-I--------------0-I--0-0-0-0-Z------|I



-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Some symbols:



- = about 1/16th of a bar

B = bend up full step

R = release bend

P

\ = pull-off

H

/ = hammer-on

\ = slide down

/ = slide up