Bruce Springsteen — Outlaw Pete Chords
Am D7/F# He was born a little baby on the Appalachian Trail Em E Am At six months old he'd done three months in jail Am D/F# He robbed a bank in his diapers and his little bare baby feet Em E Am All he said was "Folks, my name is Outlaw Pete." C I'm Outlaw Pete! G I'm Outlaw Pete! Am D7/F# Can you hear me? Am D/F# At twenty—five a mustang pony he did steal Em E Am And they rode around and 'round on heaven's wheel Am D/F# Father Jesus, I'm an outlaw killer and a thief Em E Am And I slowed down on Lee and I saw my grief (???) C I'm Outlaw Pete! G I'm Outlaw Pete! Am D7/F# Can you hear me? F C He cut his trail of tears across the countryside G D (w/Kiss fill) E And where he went, women wept and then died Am D7/F# One night he woke from a vision of his own death Em E Am Saddled his pony and rode her deep into the West Am D7/F# Married a Navajo girl and settled down on the ranch (???) Em E And as the snow fell he held their beautiful daughter to his Am chest C I'm Outlaw Pete! G I'm Outlaw Pete! Am Can you hear me? D7/F# Can you hear me? C Cadd9 Csus2 C Fmaj7 F6 F Fmaj7 Am F Can you hear me? C F Am F F C Out of the East on an Irish stallion came Bounty Hunter Dan G Am His heart quickened and burned by the need to get his man F He found Pete peacefully fishing by the river, pulled his gun C and got the draw??? Am D He said, "Pete, you think you've changed, but you have not." (instr w/Kiss riff) F E Am He cocked his pistol, pulled the trigger and shouted "let it D7/F# start!" Em E Pete drew a knife from his boot, threw it and pierced him Am through the heart Am D7/F# Dan smiled as he lay in his own blood dying in the sun Em E And whispered in Pete's ear, "We cannot undo these things Am we've done." C You're an Outlaw Pete! G You're an Outlaw Pete! Am Can you hear me? D/F# Can you hear me? E Can you hear me? Am D7/F# For forty days and nights Pete rode and did not stop Em E Am Till he sat high upon an icy mountain top Am D7/F# He watched a hawk on a desert ??? slip and slide Em E Am Moved to the edge and dug his spurs deep into his pony's side C Am C Am G Am G F E Am Am D7/F# Some say Pete and his pony vanished over the edge Em E Am Some say they remain frozen high upon that icy ledge Am D7/F# A young Navajo girl washes in the river, skin so fair Em E Am And braids a piece of Pete's buckskin chaps into her hair C Outlaw Pete! G Outlaw Pete! Am Can you hear me? D7/F# Can you hear me? E Can you hear me? Am Can you hear me? D7/F# Can you hear me? C F Can you hear me? Am F Can you hear me? C F Can you hear me? Am F Can you hear me? C F Can you hear me? Am F Can you hear me? C F Can you hear me? Am F C Can you hear me?