Biography:
The Breakmen formed in 2005 when four of Vancouver BC's best young songwriters and acoustic musicians got together to work on each others' songs. They quickly found an enthusiastic audience for what they were doing, performing to sold out houses and playing a leading role in the flourishing West Coast roots music scene.
The band's sound has matured into a potent blend of acoustic roots and bluegrass music. Known for tight vocal harmonies, creative instrumental work
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Racing in the Street
by Bruce Springsteen
Arrangement: The Breakmen
Capo on 2. This is a really folky arrangement and very easy to play.
CCCCFFFFGGGGFFCC
C
I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
F
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
G
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
F C
Outside the Seven-Eleven store
C
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
F
And he rides with me from town to town
G
We only run for the money, got no strings attached
F C
We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down
C
We take all the action we can meet
F
And we cover all the northeast states
G
When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street
F C
From the fire roads to the interstate
Chorus
C
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
F
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
G
Summer's here and the time is right
F C
For racin' in the street
C
I met her on the strip three years ago
F
In a Camaro with this dude from L.A.
G
Well, I blew that Camaro off my back,
F C
and I drove that little girl away,
But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes
F
And she cries herself to sleep at night
G
She sits on the porch of her Daddy's house
F C
She sighs, "Baby did you make it all right,"
Chorus
C
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
F
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
G
Summer's here and the time is right
F C
For racin' in the street
C
Some guys they just give up living
F
And start dying little by little, piece by piece,
G
Some guys get off work, go home and wash up,
F C
And go racin' in the street.
C
For all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels,
F
Rumbling through this promised land
G
Tonight my baby and me, we're gonna ride to the sea
F C
And wash these sins off our hands.
Chorus
C
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
F
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
G
Summer's here and the time is right
F C
For racin' in the street
by Bruce Springsteen
Arrangement: The Breakmen
Capo on 2. This is a really folky arrangement and very easy to play.
CCCCFFFFGGGGFFCC
C
I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
F
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
G
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
F C
Outside the Seven-Eleven store
C
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
F
And he rides with me from town to town
G
We only run for the money, got no strings attached
F C
We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down
C
We take all the action we can meet
F
And we cover all the northeast states
G
When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street
F C
From the fire roads to the interstate
Chorus
C
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
F
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
G
Summer's here and the time is right
F C
For racin' in the street
C
I met her on the strip three years ago
F
In a Camaro with this dude from L.A.
G
Well, I blew that Camaro off my back,
F C
and I drove that little girl away,
But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes
F
And she cries herself to sleep at night
G
She sits on the porch of her Daddy's house
F C
She sighs, "Baby did you make it all right,"
Chorus
C
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
F
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
G
Summer's here and the time is right
F C
For racin' in the street
C
Some guys they just give up living
F
And start dying little by little, piece by piece,
G
Some guys get off work, go home and wash up,
F C
And go racin' in the street.
C
For all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels,
F
Rumbling through this promised land
G
Tonight my baby and me, we're gonna ride to the sea
F C
And wash these sins off our hands.
Chorus
C
Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
F
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
G
Summer's here and the time is right
F C
For racin' in the street
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