Year: 1973 - Album: Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2CD)
Written by Bruce Springsteen
Introd. Em C Em D Em Crazy Janey and her mission man were back in the alley tradin' hands C Em D Am7 `Long came Wild Billy with his friend G-man all duded up for Saturday night C Em D Em Billy slammed on his coaster brakes and said anybody would wanna go on up to Greasy Lake C Em It's about a mile down on the dark side of Route 88 D Em7 I got a bottle of rose so let's try it C Fmaj7 Am C We'll pick up Hazy Davy and Killer Joe and I'll take you all out to where the gypsy angels go D7 They're built like light G D Em Bm Oooh and they dance like spirits in the night (all night) in the night (all night) C Em Oh you don't know what they can do to you Bm Spirits in the night (all night), in the night (all night) C Em Stand right up now and let it shoot through youhide this tab------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------| -------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------| -------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------| --2-----2-5--|---2-----2--------|---2-----2-5--|--2-----2--------| ----2-5------|-----2-5---1p0----|-----2-5------|----2-5---1p0----| -------------|---------------3--|-0------------|--------------3--| Well now Wild Billy was a crazy cat and he shook some dust out of his coonskin cap He said "Trust some of this it'll show you where you're at or at least it'll help you really feel it" By the time we made it up to Greasy Lake I had my head out the window and Janey's fingers in the cake I think I really dug her `cause I was too loose to fake I said "I'm hurt" she said "Honey let me heal it" And we danced all night to a soul fairy band And she kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can She felt just right Just like as sweet as a spirit in the night (all night) in the night (all night) Baby don't know what she do to you Spirits in the night (all night), in the night (all night) Stand up now and let her shoot right through you -----------|------------------|--------------|-----------------| -------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------| -------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------| --2-----2-5--|---2-----2--------|---2-----2-5--|--2-----2--------| ----2-5------|-----2-5---1p0----|-----2-5------|----2-5---1p0----| -------------|---------------3--|-0------------|--------------3--| Am C Em Ooooooh Ooooooh Am C Em Ooooooh Ooooooh Now the night grew bright and the stars threw light in Billy and Davy dancin' in the moonlight We were down near the water in a stone mud fight Killer Joe'd passed out on the lawn Well Hazy Davy got really hurt he crawled into the lake in just his socks and a shirt Me and Crazy Janey were makin' love in the dirt singin' our birthday songs Janey said "Hey little brother don't you think it's time now we go" So we closed our eyes and said goodbye to gypsy angel row felt just right Together we moved like spirits in the night (all night), in the night (all night) Baby don't know what they can do to ya Spirits in the night (all night), all night (all night) Stand up now and let it shoot right through you Like a spirit in the night (all night), all night (all night) All night (all night), all night (all night) All night (all night), all night (all night) All night oooooooohhide this tab-------------|------------------| -------------|------------------| -------------|------------------| --2-----2-5--|---2-----2--------| ----2-5------|-----2-5---1p0----| -------------|---------------3--| Fade out C Em D D7 Bm Am7 Fmaj7 ---0----0----2----2----2----0----0---- ---1----0----3----1----3----1----1---- ---0----0----2----2----4----0----2---- ---2----2----0----0----4----2----3---- ---3----2--------------2----0----3---- --------0-----------------------------
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