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Fist Full Of Dollars

Bruce Springsteen

RockMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

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

A×
E
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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
              
 
 
 
 
 
Intro: A, E (6x) 
 
               A                                 E      A, E 
Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night 
     A                   E           A, E 
Now that town sets in for a fight 
 
(no chord, turning page) 
Doo doo doo 
 
A                       E        A, E 
Frighten'd of the dice they roll 
           A                         E 
Where the highway ends and the sand turns to gold 
    A                       E        A, E 
The turnpike ends and turns to gold 
 
A, E 
 
A, E 
    Hmmm 
 
A                      A                              E      A, E     
Me and my baby- well I drew my money from the Central Trust 
      A                               E        A, E 
And I hopped with my guitar on a greyhound bus 
        A                  E                   A, E 
Headin' down south money and guitar in my hand 
     A                           E        A, E 
On a one way ticket to the promised land 
              A                   E       A 
Out where they- baby, through the wood, run 
                                  A, E 
Down where the iron turn to rust 
 
 A                         A 
And your weekend pa... Your week pay baby... 
              A                    E               A, E 
And your weeks pay in a minute just turns to dust 
A                    E          A, E 
Me again baby I wouldn't leave 
A               E        A, E 
  Again 'till I believe 
      A                          E          A, E 
That some gonna stand, man some gonna fall 
    A                                  E           A, E 
And some ain't gonna get to play the game at all 
 
          A                                E          A, E 
Well they give you the worst and they take the best 
       A                                    E      A, E 
For a fist full of dollars and a little bit less 
A    E 
Hey! 
     A, E, A, E 
Now! 
A        E 
Na na na... 
A          E 
Da da da... 
 
A, E  
 
        A                                  E      A            E 
Well a-broke and busted I went down to the clock - on a clock 
      A                             E       A, E 
And I took my guitar baby, put her in hock 
A, E 
  Hmmm 
 
A, E 
 
          A                E        A, E 
Baby what's a poor boy gonna do? 
 
A, E x2 
 
   A                                 B  E       
A fist full of dollars and a little bit less 
A    E 
Da da da... 
 
A, E 
          
 

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Chord set

A · E · B

Practice tip

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