Racing In The Street

[D]   [Bm7]   [C]   [G]

I got a [D]sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
Fuelie heads[G] and a Hurst on the floor
She's w[Em]aiting tonight down in the parking lot
Outside the S[G]even-Eleven store
Me and my p[D]artner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
And he rides[G] with me from town to town
We only [Em]run for the money got no strings attached
We shut `em [G]up and then we shut `em down

[D]Tonight,[D] tonight the strip's just right
I wanna b[G]low `em off in my first heat
[Em]Summer's here and the time is right
For r[G]acin' in the street

We [D]take all the action we can meet
And we c[G]over all the northeast state
When the st[Em]rip shuts down we run `em in the street
From the f[G]ire roads to the interstate
Now s[D]ome guys they just give up living
And start d[G]ying little by little piece by piece
Some guys come h[Em]ome from work and wash up
Then go r[G]acin' in the street

[D]Tonight, [D]tonight the strip's just right
I wanna b[G]low `em all out of their seats
[Em]Calling out around the world
We're going r[G]acin' in the street

(Break) | [D] | [Bm7] | [C] | [G] | [D] | [Bm7] | [C] | [G] |

I met h[D]er on the strip three years ago
In a [G]Camaro with this dude from L.A.
I [Em]blew that Camaro off my back
And d[G]rove that little girl away
But now t[D]here's wrinkles around my baby's eyes
And she cr[G]ies herself to sleep at night
When I come [Em]home the house is dark
She sighs "[G]Baby did you make it all right"
She [D]sits on the porch of her daddy's house
But [G]all her pretty dreams are torn
She s[Em]tares off alone into the night
With the e[G]yes of one who hates for just being born
For all the [D]shut-down strangers and hot rod angels
Rum[G]bling through this promised land
Toni[Em]ght my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea
And w[G]ash these sins off our hands

[D]Tonight,[D] tonight the highway's bright
Out o[G]f our way mister you best keep
`Cause s[Em]ummer's here and the time is right
We're goin' r[G]acin' in the street

  [D]   [Bm7]   [Em]   [G]