Nebraska Chords
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
| A | A | D | D | A | A | D | D | G | G | D | D | A | A | D | D |
A D A D
I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton
G D A D
Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died
A D A D
From the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed-off .410 on my lap
G D A D
Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path
A D A D
I can't say that I'm sorry for the things that we done
G D A D
At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun
A D A D
The jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death
G D A D
Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest
A D A D
Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor neck back
G D A D
You make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap
A D A D
They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my soul'd be hurled
G D A D
They wanted to know why I did what I did well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world
| A | D | A | D | G | D | A | D |
D A G
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