Key: E
Introduction:
E A B
In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
E A B
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
A E/G# F#m
Sprung from cages on highway 9, chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected
E/G# E D/E
and steppin' out over the line, whoah!
A E/G#
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
F#m E/G# E C#m
It' s a death trap, it' s a suicide rap, we gotta get out while we' re young
A B E
' Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
E A B
Wendy let me in, I wanna be your friend, I want to guard your dreams and visions
E A B
Just wrap your legs ' round these velvet rims, and strap your hands across my engines
A E/G# F#m E/G# E D/E
Together we could break this trap, we' ll run till we drop, baby we' ll never go back, whoah!
A E/G# F#m E/G#
Will you walk with me out on the wire? ' Cause baby I' m just a scared and lonely rider
E C#m
But I gotta find out how it feels
A B E
I want to know if love is wild, babe, I want to know if love is real
D4 D D4 D G4 G G4 G
Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
A4 A A4 A C4 C C4 C
Girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors, and the boys try to look so hard
D4 D D4 D G4 G G4 G
The amusement park rises bold and stark, kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
A4 A A4 A C4 C C4 C
I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight in an ever - lasting kiss
F4 F F#4 F#
(B) *walk down from B on 4th string to B on 5th*
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B
one two three four
E A B7(4) B
The highway' s jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
E A B7(4) B
Everybody' s out on the run tonight but there' s no place left to hide
A E/G#
Together Wendy we can live with the sadness
F#m E/G# E D/E
I' ll love you with all the madness in my soul, whoah!
A E/G# F#m
Someday girl, I don' t know when, we' re gonna get to that place
E/G# E C#m
Where we really want to go and we' ll walk in the sun
A B E C#m
But till then, tramps like us, baby we were born to run
A B E C#m
Ah honey, tramps like us, baby we were born to run
A B E
Come on Wendy, tramps like us, baby we were born to run
E A B7(4) B
Whoah - oh - oh - oh (etc)
E
Oh-hhh