Bruce Springsteen - For You: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "For You" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
F Am A# C Dm Princess cards she sends me with her regards Gm Dm A# Oh, barroom eyes shine vacancy to see her C you gotta look hard F Am A# Wounded deep in battle I stand stuffed like C Dm some soldier undaunted Gm Dm To her Cheshire smile I'll stand on file she's A# C A# Am all I ever wanted Gm A# C F But you let your blue walls get in the way Am of these facts A# C F Am Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back A# C F Am You wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks Csus4 C You said here's your mirror and your ball and jacks Csus4 C Csus4 But they're not what I came for and I'm sure you C see that too Dm Am Gm A# I came for you, for you, I came for you, C Dm but you did not need my urgency Am Gm A# I came for you, for you, I came for you, C Dm but your life was one long emergency Fsus4 F Fsus4 and your cloud line urges me and my electric F Dm C surges free Oh, crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak Oh, reveal yourself all now to me girl while you've got the strength to speak 'Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks But I could give it all to you now if only you could ask Oh, and don't call for your surgeon even he says it's too late It's not your lungs this time, it's your heart that holds your fate Don't give me money, honey, I don't want it back You and your pony face and your union jack Well take your local joker and teach him how to act I swear I was never that way even when I really cracked Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive You could laugh and cry in a single sound, oh, right Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm C A# And your strength is devastating in the face of F all these odds C A# Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my C turn to be the God You were not quite half so proud when I found you broken on the beach Remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach And the band they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek? Yeah, they ragged, jagged melody she still clings to me like a leech But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way Like a little girl with a trophy so soft to buy her way We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar Of some metal-tempered engine on an alien, distant shore So you, left to find a better reason than the one we were living for And it's not that nursery mouth I came back for It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor 'Cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors And who am I to ask you to lick my sores? And you should know that's true... Chorus: I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency And your cloud line urges me, and my electric surges free Ooh, ooh-ooh You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA#  Am  C  Csus4  Dm  F  Fsus4  Gm  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 "For You" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "For You" by Bruce Springsteen.