Sleepy Joes Café Chords
Sleepy Joes Café by Bruce Springsteen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Bb, G, D, A and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
F C F C
verse 1
F C
There's a place out on the highway 'cross the San Bernardino line
F C
Where the truckers and the bikers gather every night at the same time
Bb C
At seven the band comes in and locals dance the night away
Bb C F
At Sleepy Joe's Café
verse 2
F C
I drive on down from the big town Friday when the clock strikes five
F C
As the red sun sets in the ocean, I start to come alive
Bb C
Summer girls in the parking lot slap on their makeup and they flirt the night away
Bb C F
At Sleepy Joe's Café
verse 3
G C
Joe came home in '45 and took out a G.I. loan
D G
On a sleepy little spot and Army cook could call his own
G C
He married May, the highway come in and they woke up to find
D G A
They were sitting on top of a pretty little gold mine
Instrumental
D G D G A Em A Em C
verse 4
F C
Saturday night the lights are bright as the folks pour in from town
F C
Joe keeps the blues playin', at the bar May lays the beers down
Bb C
I come through the door and feel the workweek slip away
Bb C
See you out on the floor and Monday morning's a million miles away
Bb C F
At Sleepy Joe's Café
Bb C F
Sleepy Joe's Café
Bb C G
Sleepy Joe's Café
Outro
G C D G
G C D G