Bruce Springsteen - Balboa Park: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Balboa Park" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn Balboa Park Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Balboa Park" smoothly on your guitar.
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A# He lay his blanket underneath the freeway as the evening sky grew dark took a sniff of toncho from his coke can F A# and headed through Balboa Park where the men in Mercedes come nightly to employ in the cool San Diego evening F A# the services of the border boys He grew up near the Zona Norte With the hustlers and smugglers he hung out with He swallowed their balloons of cocaine Brought them across to the Twelfth Street strip Sleeping in a shelter If the night got too cold Running from the migra Of the border patrol Past the salvage yard across the train tracks And in through the storm drain They stretched their blankets out beneath the freeway And each one took a name There was X-man and Cochise Little Spider, his sneakers covered in river mud They come north to California End up with the poison in their blood Gm7 D# He did what he had to do for money A# sometimes he sent home what he could spare Gm7 D# the rest went to hi-top sneakers and toncho A# and jeans like the gavatchos wear One night the border patrol swept Twelfth Street A big car come fast down the boulevard Spider stood caught in its headlights Got hit and went down hard As the car sped away, Spider held his stomach Limped to his blanket beneath the underpass Lie there tasting his own blood on his tongue Closed his eyes and listened to the cars rushing by so fast You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA#  D#  F  Gm7  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Balboa Park" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Balboa Park" by Bruce Springsteen.