Tokyo And The Band Played Tab

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                            Tokyo(And The Band Played)-Bruce Springsteen
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Tabbed by:Nick V.
E-mail:BlindTerry333@gmail.com
 
 
From the April 1973 "Main Point" radio broadcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OcThwiZ198
 
 
Tuning:EADGBE
 
 
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I was sitting outside one night, and...
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The moon hung like a shadow on a rung over Shanghai
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Them soldier boys were returning home screaming "Banzai"
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And the kids are still playing their game
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Getting hustled and rustled out in the rain
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As I sat inside listening to the broadcast
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Oh, save my soul, sweet rock and roll, 'cause I'm sinkin' fast
 
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And then the band played
 
 
 
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[Verse]
 
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Now the legendary chaplain of the fighting 51st was getting ready to go
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I said, "Padre, do you know a cheap virgin who likes to tango?"
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He said, "You can try Linda Lee", around the corner and across the
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sea
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Word is out, word is out she's fast
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Well, blow me down now, Linda, 'cause I'm sinkin' fast
 
 
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Yes, and them cats are sure getting fat down in the train yard
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And the sandman brings them dreams to ship out in the boxcars
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The union says, "Hold." Break out the dice, break out the gold
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It's lunchtime at last
 
 
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And old big Mama said, "George Raft's tonight on the late show"
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She sits straddling a kitchen chair, really gung-ho
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She shivers with chills, wet with slot car thrills
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Hypnotically lost in the glass
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And we all sigh with the sunrise
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As we watch the credits pass
 
 
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And then the morning cloak fell down like a hoax over Sleepy Town
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And garbage truck vigilantes out making the last rounds
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The inheritor he sipped his beer and poked cute fun of the queer
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And threatened to kick his ass
 
N.C.
A bell rings, a horn blows, and he’s outside pumping gas
But things were moving so slow tonight
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So, the kid goes back inside the station
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And turns on his radio (to his local AM station)
 
One, two, three, ow!
 
[Chorus]
 
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       And the band played
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        Out on the radio
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        It was alright
 
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       It's on the radio
 
[Refrain]
 
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And the boys in the band sang (Whoa whoa whoa wo-ho)
That's right (Whoa whoa whoa wo-ho)
I'm so excited (Whoa whoa whoa wo-ho)
Everybody (Whoa whoa whoa wo-ho)
 
 
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And the band played
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Everybody
 
 
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