Originally found at Bruce Springsteen > Nebraska > Open All Night
OPEN ALL NIGHT from Nebraska (Scott suggests substituting E for B; easier to play and sounds at least as good) INTRO: F# Well, I had the carburettor, baby, cleaned and checked With her line blown out she's humming like a turbojet B Propped her up in the backyard on concrete blocks F# For a new clutch plate and a new set of shocks C# Took her down to the carwash, check the plugs and points F# Well, I'm going out tonight I'm gonna rock that joint Early North Jersey industrial skyline I'm a all-set cobra jet creeping through the nighttime B Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a payphone F# This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone C# Gotta hit the gas, baby, I'm running late F# This New Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape BREAK: B C# F# Now, the boss don't dig me, so he put me on the nightshift Takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives B In the wee wee hours your mind gets hazy F# Radio relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby? C# Underneath the overpass, trooper hits his party light switch F# Goodnight good luck one two power shift I met Wanda when she was employed behind the counter at route 60 B Bob's Big Boy Fried Chicken on the front seat, she's sitting in my lap F# We're wiping our fingers on a Texaco roadmap C# F# I remember Wanda up on scrap metal hill with them big brown eyes That make your heart stand still BREAK: B C# F# Well, at five AM oil pressure's sinking fast I make a pit stop, wipe the windshield, check the gas B Gotta call my baby on the telephone F# Let her know that her daddy's coming on home C# Sit tight, little mama, I'm a coming round F# I got three more hours, but I'm covering ground Your eyes get itchy in the wee wee hours Sun's just a red ball rising over them refinery towers B Radio's jammed up with gospel stations F# Lost souls calling long distance salvation C# Hey, mister DJ, wont ya hear my last prayer F# Hey, ho, rock'n'roll, deliver me from nowhere Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle B Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle ----------------------------------------- NOTES: TUNING: The guitar is slightly out of tune. Less than a semitone flat. If you don't have a capo the best way to play the song is in 'E' (F#=E, B=A and C#=B) INTRO: The whole song is played with a delay on the guitar. There is almost definately a capo on the second fret aswell. E----------------- B------75-4H5P42- G------64-4----2- D---22------------ A-2H4------------- E-2--------------- STRUMMING STYLE: Standard twelve bar blues style: F# E--------- B--------- G--------- D--------- A-2242224- E-2222222- ----------------------------------------- CHORDS: EADGBE ------ F# 244322 B X24442 C# X46664
