Written by Bruce Springsteen
Intro: C F9 C F9 C F9 C Fadd9 C C G/B Sandy, fireworks are hailing over Little Eden tonight Am Am7 Forcing the light into all those stony faces Gsus4 G Left stranded on this warm July C Fadd9 Down in town the circuit's full of switchblade lovers C So fast so shiny so sharp G/B Am Am7 As the wizards play down on Pinball Way Gsus4 G On the boardwalk way past dark F G And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open C G/B Am Like Latin lovers on the shore Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Chasing all them silly New York virgins by the score Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G Gsus4 G San...dy the aurora is rising behind us Csus4 C Csus4 C F This pier lights our carnival life forever Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G F Oh, Love me tonight for I may never see you again, hey Sandy girl F G C Csus4 C My, my baby F G C F C C Fadd9 Now the greasers ah, they tramp the streets or get busted C G/B For sleeping on the beach all night Am Them boys in their high heels Gsus4 G Ah Sandy their skins are so white C Fadd9 And me I just got tired of hanging in them dusty arcades C Banging them pleasure machines G/B Am Chasing them factory girls underneath the boardwalk Gsus4 G Where they all promise to unsnap their jeans F G And you know that tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag C G/B Am I got on it last night and my shirt got caught Gsus4 G Gsus4 G And they kept me spinning, didn't think I'd ever get off Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Oh, San...dy the aurora is rising behind us Csus4 C Csus4 C F This pier lights our carnival life on the water Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G Running, laughing 'neath the boardwalk, oh, with the boss' daughter F I remember Sandy girl, G C Csus4 C Na na na na na Baby F G C F C C F9 C C C/B Sandy that waitress I was seeing lost her desire for me Am I spoke with her last night Gsus4 G She said she wont set herself on fire for me anymore C She work that joint under the boardwalk Fadd9 She was always the girl you saw C Bopping down the beach with the radio G/B Am The kids say last night she was dressed like a star In one of them cheap little seaside bars Gsus4 G I saw her parked with lover boy out on the Kokomo F G D'ya hear the cops finally busted Madame Marie C G/B Am For telling fortunes better than they do Gsus4 G For me this boardwalk life's through, baby Gsus4 G You ought to quit this scene too Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G Gsus4 G San...dy the aurora is rising behind us Csus4 C Csus4 C F This pier lights our carnival life forever Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G Gsus4 Oh love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever G F Oh I mean it Sandy girl G C Csus4 C My my my my my baby F Yeah I promise Sandy girl G C F C Sha la la la la baby