Mainstreet

 MAINSTREET 
  written & performed by Bob Seger 
  from ?Night Moves? (1976) 
  
 Transcribed by Tyler Semmelman 
  
 Play in standard tuning 
  
  
 Intro/Riff: 
  
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 Verse: 
  
 D                                    C         G    Em 
 I remember standing on the corner at midnight, 
                  D          C     G       Em 
 Tryin' to get my courage up 
                D                               C             G   Em 
 There was this long, lovely dancer in a little club downtown 
                      D          C G Em 
 I loved to watch her do her stuff 
             Bm           Bsus2       Bm        Bsus2    F#m 
 Through the long, lonely nights, she filled my sleep, 
                 G               Em        G/A 
 Her body softly swayin' to that smoky beat 
  
  
 Chorus (w/riff): 
         D         C     G   Em 
 Down on Mainstreet 
 Down on Mainstreet 
  
  
 In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers, 
 I used to watch 'em through the glass 
 Well I'd stand outside at closing time 
 Just to watch her walk on past 
 Unlike all the other ladies, she looked so young and sweet 
 As she made her way alone down that empty street 
  
  
 Down on Mainstreet 
 Down on Mainstreet 
  
  
 Solo (over chords) 
  
  
 And sometimes even now, when I'm feelin' lonely and beat, 
 I drift back in time, and I find my feet 
  
  
 Down on Mainstreet, down on Mainstreet 
 Down on Mainstreet, down on Mainstreet 
 Down on Mainstreet, down on Mainstreet 
  
  
 The main riff is changed slightly during each chorus (it gets 
 simpler each time) and there is a piano accompaniment throughout. 
 Sorry I don?t have the solo yet; this is my first tab. 
  
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