Bruce Springsteen - Spirit in the Night: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Spirit in the Night" 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.

Learn Spirit in the Night 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 "Spirit in the Night" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C                    Em               D
Crazy Janey and her mission man were back
               Em
in the alley tradin' hands
  C                             Em
`Long came Wild Billy with his friend G-man
     D                    Am7
all duded up for Saturday night
C                             Em
Billy slammed on his coaster brakes and said
    D
anybody would wanna go on up to
        Em                     C
Greasy Lake It's about a mile down on
                       Em
the dark side of Route 88
         D                      Am7
I got a bottle of rose so let's try it
           C
We'll pick up Hazy Davy
     Fmaj7               Am
and Killer Joe and I'll take you
                      C
all out to where the gypsy angels go

Chorus:
D7
They're built like light
G              D                        Em
Oooh and they dance like spirits in the night
                    Bm
(all night) in the night (all night)
        C                              Em
Oh you don't know what they can do to you
                Em                        Bm
Spirits in the night (all night), in the night
(all night)
            C                          Em
Stand right up now and let it shoot through you
Intro with 2nd ending

Well now Wild young Billy was a crazy cat and
he shook some dust out of his coonskin cap
He said, "Try some of this it'll show you where
you're at, or
at least it'll help you really feel it"
By the time we made it up to Greasy Lake I had
my head out the window and Janey's fingers were
in the cake
I think I really dug her cause I was too loose
to fake
I said, "I'm hurt," she said,
"Honey, let me heal it"
And we danced all night to a soul fairy band
And she kissed me just right like only
a lonely angel can

Chorus:
She felt so nice, just as soft as a spirit in
the night (All night)
In the night (All night), oh Janey don't
know what she do to you
Like a spirit in the night (All night), all night
(All night)
Stand right up and let her shoot through me

Now the night was bright and the stars threw
light on Billy and Davy
Dancin' in the moonlight
They were down near the water in a stone mud fight
Killer Joe gone passed out on the lawn
Well now Hazy Davy got really hurt, he ran
into the lake in just his socks and a shirt
Me and Crazy Janey was makin' love in the
dirt singin' our birthday songs
Janey said it was time to go
So we closed our eyes and said goodbye to
gypsy angel row, felt so right

Chorus:
Together we moved like spirits in the night
(All night), in the night (All night)
Baby don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night (All night), all night
(All night)
Oh, stand right up and let it shoot through you

Like a spirit in the night (All night), all night
(All night)
All night (All night), all night (All night)
All night (All night), all night (All night)
All night, all night
All night


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

Am7

Guitar chord Am7

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

D7

Guitar chord D7

Em

Guitar chord Em

Fmaj7

Guitar chord Fmaj7

G

Guitar chord G

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 "Spirit in the Night" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Spirit in the Night" by Bruce Springsteen.

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