Bruce Springsteen - Adam Raised a Cain: Guitar Chords

        Em        Am     Em     Am
In the summer that I was baptized,
           Em     Am      Am  Em
my father held me to his side.
        Em     Am      Em   Am
as they put me to the water,
            Em       Am    Am  Em
he said how on that day I cried

         Am
We were prisoners of love,
   C
a love in chains,
        Am
He was standing in the door,
        C
I was standing in the rain,
          Am                       B7
with the same hot blood burning in our veins,

Chorus:
      Em
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain

All of the old faces
Ask you why you're back
They fit you with position
And the keys to your daddy's Cadillac

In the darkness of your room
Your mother calls you by your true name
You remember the faces, the places, the names
You know it's never over it's relentless as the rain

Chorus

In the Bible brother Cain slew Abel
And East of Eden mama he was cast
You're born into this life paying
For the sins of somebody else's past

Well daddy worked his whole life
for nothing but the pain
Now he walks these empty rooms
looking for something to blame
But you inherit the sins, you inherit the flames

Chorus

Lost but not forgotten,
from the dark heart of a dream
Adam raised a Cain (Yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (Yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (Yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (Yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (Yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (Yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (Yeah)
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