Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen G C G G C G -----|-3--3------|-0--3------|-3--3------|-0--3--| -----|-0--0------|-2--0------|-0--0------|-2--0--| --h--|-0--0---h--|-0--0---h--|-0--0---h--|-0--0--| -0>2-|-0--0--0>2-|-2--0--0>2-|-0--0--0>2-|-2--0--| -----|-2--2------|-3--2------|-2--2------|-3--2--| -----|-3--3------|----3------|-3--3------|----3--| G C G Well, they're still racing out at the Trestles But that blood it never C G C burned in her veins Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview G C G C G Em And a style she's trying to maintain Well if she wants to see me G C |G Em | G C You can tell her that I'm easily found Tell her there's a spot out G Em D Dm7 C `neath Abram's Bridge And tell her there's a darkness on the edge of town D C G C There's a darkness on the edge of town G C G C Everybody's got a secret Sonny Something that they just can't face G C Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it G C They carry it with them every step that they take G C G Em G C |G Em | Till some day they just cut it loose Cut it loose or let it drag `em down G C G Em Where no one asks any questions Or looks too long in your face D Dm7 C D C G C In the darkness on the edge of town There's a darkness on the edge of town | G C | G Em | G C | G Em G C G Em D Dm7 C D C G C ------|---------|---------|-------------|-------|-------------|-------------|---| ------|---------|---------|-------------|-------|-------------|-------------|---| ------|---------|---------|-------------|-------|-------------|-------------|---| ------|-----2-5-|---------|-------------|-------|-------------|-------------|---| ------|-2-5-----|-2-5-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-2-0-2-0---|---| --3-3-|---------|---------|-------------|---3-0-|-------------|-----------3-|-3-| G C G C Some folks are born into a good life Other folks get it anyway anyhow G C G C I lost my money and I lost my wife Them things don't seem to matter much to me now G C G Em Tonight I'll be on that hill `cause I can't stop I'll be on that hill with everything I got Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost For wanting things that can only be found D Dm7 C D C G C In the darkness on the edge of town There's a darkness on the edge of town | G C | G Em | G C | G Em | G C | G Em | D | Dm7 C | D | C G | C |