Originally found at www.lovebolts.co.uk. Bruce Springsteen > Nebraska > Open All Night
OPEN ALL NIGHT from Nebraska
(Scott suggests substituting E for B; easier to play and sounds at least as good)
INTRO: F#
Well, I had the carburettor, baby, cleaned and checked
With her line blown out she's humming like a turbojet
B
Propped her up in the backyard on concrete blocks
F#
For a new clutch plate and a new set of shocks
C#
Took her down to the carwash, check the plugs and points
F#
Well, I'm going out tonight I'm gonna rock that joint
Early North Jersey industrial skyline
I'm a all-set cobra jet creeping through the nighttime
B
Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a payphone
F#
This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone
C#
Gotta hit the gas, baby, I'm running late
F#
This New Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape
BREAK: B C#
F#
Now, the boss don't dig me, so he put me on the nightshift
Takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives
B
In the wee wee hours your mind gets hazy
F#
Radio relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby?
C#
Underneath the overpass, trooper hits his party light switch
F#
Goodnight good luck one two power shift
I met Wanda when she was employed behind the counter at route 60
B
Bob's Big Boy Fried Chicken on the front seat, she's sitting in my lap
F#
We're wiping our fingers on a Texaco roadmap
C# F#
I remember Wanda up on scrap metal hill with them big brown eyes
That make your heart stand still
BREAK: B C#
F#
Well, at five AM oil pressure's sinking fast
I make a pit stop, wipe the windshield, check the gas
B
Gotta call my baby on the telephone
F#
Let her know that her daddy's coming on home
C#
Sit tight, little mama, I'm a coming round
F#
I got three more hours, but I'm covering ground
Your eyes get itchy in the wee wee hours
Sun's just a red ball rising over them refinery towers
B
Radio's jammed up with gospel stations
F#
Lost souls calling long distance salvation
C#
Hey, mister DJ, wont ya hear my last prayer
F#
Hey, ho, rock'n'roll, deliver me from nowhere
Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle
Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle
B
Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle
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NOTES:
TUNING: The guitar is slightly out of tune. Less than a semitone flat. If you
don't have a capo the best way to play the song is in 'E' (F#=E, B=A and C#=B)
INTRO: The whole song is played with a delay on the guitar. There is almost
definately a capo on the second fret aswell.
E-----------------
B------75-4H5P42-
G------64-4----2-
D---22------------
A-2H4-------------
E-2---------------
STRUMMING STYLE: Standard twelve bar blues style:
F#
E---------
B---------
G---------
D---------
A-2242224-
E-2222222-
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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F# 244322
B X24442
C# X46664
