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Glory Days

Bruce Springsteen

 

Intro:

A  D  (x4)

 

Verse 1:

A                                   D

I had a friend was a big baseball player

A                      D

back in high school

A                              D

He could throw that speedball by you

A                             D

Make you look like a fool boy

E

Saw him the other night at this roadside bar

                      D

I was walking in and he was walking out

              E

We went back inside sat down, had a few drinks,

      D                             E

but all he kept talking about was

 

CHORUS:

A                               D

Glory days well they'll pass you by

A                                      D

Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye

A                           E     A    D

Glory days, glory days

 

Verse 2:

A                                D

There's a girl that lives up the block

                 A                                              D

Back in school she could turn all the boys' heads

         A                                   D

Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by and have a few drinks

A                                  D

after she put her kids to bed

                 E     

Her and her husband Bobby well they split up

                D

I guess it's two years gone by now

            E

We just sit around talking about the old times,

                                          D                                              E

she says when she feels like crying she starts laughing thinking about

 

CHORUS

 

E (x2)  D   E

 

(Palm Mute)

A                                        D

Think I'm going down to the well tonight

                         A                        D

and I'm going to drink till I get my fill

         A                                                     D

And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it

A                   D

but I probably will

                E

Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture

   D

a little of the glory of,

      E

but time slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but

D                   E

boring stories of

 

CHORUS x2

 

A  D  (repeat)


This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.