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Glory Days - Full Song

Bruce Springsteen

RockEasy for beginners3 chords

How to play it

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

A×
D××
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Glory Days 
Bruce Springsteen 
Full Song 
 
 
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) 
          
 

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A · D · E

Practice tip

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