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Janey Needs A Shooter

Bruce Springsteen

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

A×
D××
E
F#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: A  D  A  D 
 
 
      A                        D                 A    D 
Well, Janey's got a doctor who tears apart her insides 
     A                  D                  A    D 
He investigates her and silently baits her sighs 
   D                                                A 
He probes with his fingers but knows her heart only through his stethoscope 
    D 
His hands are cold and his body's so old 
      A                   E 
Janey turns him down like dope 
 
  
F#m   A       D       A 
Janey needs a shooter now 
F#m       A       D      A 
A shooter like me on her side 
F#m   A       D       A 
Janey needs a shooter now 
F#m       A       D 
A shooter man who knows her style 
               A             E 
The way that I know her style 
 
  
 
 
      A                             D                 A   D 
Well, Janey's got a priest from his marble pulpit he smiles 
      A                        D                       A   D 
He provides consolation and he hears her confession at anytime 
       D                                     A 
In the pages of his Bible he holds from what Janey hides 
             D 
And with her doors open wide she begs, "come inside" 
              A                     E 
But he's been frozen so long on the outside 
 
  
F#m   A       D       A 
Janey needs a shooter now 
F#m       A       D      A 
A shooter like me on her side 
F#m   A       D       A 
Janey needs a shooter now 
F#m       A       D 
A shooter man who knows her style 
               A             E 
The way that I know her style 
 
 
{Instrumental}  A  D  A  D  A  D  A  D 
 
 
  
      A                           D 
Well, Janey's got a cop who lives round the block 
                  A         D 
And checks on her every night 
         A                                 D 
And her skin turned pale as the siren he'd wail outside 
             A          D 
When he knew I was inside 
D                               A 
Janey's small and sometimes he scared her 
     D 
So I held her real close, she was more saint than a ghost 
                  A                E 
And told her I so long had been prepared for her 
 
 
 
F#m   A       D       A 
Janey needs a shooter now 
F#m       A       D      A 
A shooter like me on her side 
F#m   A       D       A 
Janey needs a shooter now 
F#m       A       D 
A shooter man who knows her style 
               A             E 
The way that I know her style 
 
F#m   A       D       A 
Janey needs a shooter now 
F#m       A       D      A 
A shooter like me on her side 
F#m   A       D       A 
Janey needs a shooter now 
F#m       A       D 
A shooter man who knows her style 
               A             E 
The way that I know her style 
                   A 
Oh, the way that I know her style 
          D 
A man who knows her style 
               A 
The way that I know her style 
          D 
A man who knows her style 
               A 
The way that I know her style 
          D 
A man who knows her style 
               A 
The way that I know her style 
          D 
A man who knows her style 
               A 
The way that I know her style 
          D 
A man who knows her style 
          A 
The way I know your style 
          D 
A man who knows your style 
               A 
The way that I know your style 
 
  
{Outro}  D  A  D  A 
          
 

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A · D · E · F#m

Practice tip

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