Cadillac Ranch Chords

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Cadillac Ranch by Bruce Springsteen is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			     G 
Well, there she sits buddy justa gleaming in the sun 
        C                           G 
Right there to greet a working man when his day is done 

I'm gonna pack my pa and I'm gonna pack my aunt 
      C                          D        G 
I'm gonna take them down to the Cadillac Ranch 
Elderado fins, whitewalls and skirts 

       C                         G 
Rides just like a little bit of heaven here on earth 
Well buddy when I die throw my body in the back 
           C                        D     G 
And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac 


  G 
Cadillac, Cadillac 
  C            G 
Long and dark, shiny and black 
Open up your engines let 'em roar 
  C                             D         G 
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur 

  
  G 
James Dean in that Mercury '49 
   C                                 G 
Junior Johnson running through the woods of Caroline 
Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans-Am 
   C                         D       G 
All gonna meet down at the Cadillac Ranch 
  

   G 
Cadillac, Cadillac 
  C            G 
Long and dark, shiny and black 
Open up your engines let 'em roar 
  C                             D         G 
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur 

  
(Solo)  
 G C  G C   D G 

  
Hey, little girlie in the blue jeans so tight 
   C                       G 
Driving alone through the Wisconsin night 
You're my last love baby, you're my last chance 
     C                         D          G 
Don't let them take me to the Cadillac Ranch 

  
  G 
Cadillac, Cadillac 
  C             G 
Long and dark, shiny and black 
Pulled up to my house today 
  C               D           G 
Came and took my little girl away 
    	

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