Year: 2005 - Album: Devils & Dust
Written by Bruce Springsteen
Intro: A D A D Been on a barbed wire highway 40 days and nights A D I ain't complain'n and that's my job and it suits me right A D I got a sweet soul fever rushin' around my head A D I'm gonna sleep tonight in Maria's bed A D Hey Hey, Na na na na, na na na na, na na na na... A D Got on a dead man's suit and smilin' skull ring A D Lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing A D I keep my heart in my work, my troubles in my head A D And I keep my soul in Maria's bed A D Hey Hey, Na na na na, na na na na, na na na na... A D Hey Hey, Na na na na, na na na na, na na na na... A D I been up on sugar mountain, 'cross the sweet blue sea A D I walked the valley of love and tears and mystery A D I got run out'a luck and gave myself up for dead A D Then I drank the cool clear waters from Maria's bed A D Hey Hey, Na na na na, na na na na, na na na na... A D Hey Hey, Na na na na, na na na na, na na na na... F#m D She give me candy stick kisses 'neath a wolf dog moon A Asus2 One sweet breath and she'll take you, mister, to the upper room F#m D A I was burned by the angels, sold wings of lead E Then I fell in the roses and sweet salvation of Maria's bed A D I been out in the desert, doin' my time A D Siftin' through the dust for fools gold, lookin' for a sign A D Holy man said, "Hold on, brother, there's a light up ahead." A D Ain't nothin' like the light that shines on me in Maria's bed A D Well I take my blessings at the riverhead A E A I'm living in the light of Maria's bed A D Hey Hey, Na na na na, na na na na, na na na na...