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Chain Lightning

Bruce Springsteen

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em
A×
G
F#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro / also played during Em on verses / palm mute 
e|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|--------------------|--------------------| 
G|--------------------|--------------------| 
D|--------------------|--------------------| 
A|--------------------|--------------------| 
E|--0-0-3-0--0-0-3-0--|--0-0-3-0--0-0-3-0--| 
 
verse 1 
Em  
Well there's a rumble in the park, there's a thunder in the dark 
Em  
The night's so quiet, it's chain lightning 
Em  
Beneath a street light two boys bopping in the night 
Em  
They have something that I call, chain lightning 
           A                           G 
Though you never hear a sound, there's fire underground 
F#                                   B 
Rambling through the town, you can't keep it from coming down 
Em 
Lovers walking through the mist, Romeo he steal a kiss 
Em  
Caught up in the moment at chain lightning 
 
verse 2 
Em 
Now I don't know about romance, baby, the latest dance 
Em  
Everybody's getting up, doing it, chain lightning 
Em  
All along the strand, baby, down in jungleland 
Em  
Everybody's caught up in chain lightning 
A                        G 
Ever hear the sound of a fire underground 
F#                               B 
Rumbling through the town, the big cold is coming down 
Em 
Sitting at the light, I'm a rider in the night 
Em  
Streaking light to light for chain lightning 
 
Solo 
Em |  |  |  | 
 
A |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
verse 3 
      Em 
Baby, I ain't into style, baby, I ain't into fashion 
Em  
I just got a passion for chain lightning 
Em  
Sitting at light, I'm a rider in the night 
Em  
Streaking light to light for chain lightning 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · A · G · F# · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.