[Intro - BPM 118 - No drums - Guitar pattern is pluck 3 high strings - then play root note] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 1] [E] Just a [B] small town girl, [C#m] living in a [A] lonely world [E] She took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[Verse 2] [E] Just a [B] city boy, [C#m] born and raised in [A] south Detroit [E] He took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[V.3 INSTRUMENTAL](guitar entrance 4 bars in) E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 4] [E] A singer in a [B] smoky room, [C#m] the smell of wine and [A] cheap perfume [E] For a smile they can [B] share the night, it goes (strum to build) [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus - Full drum] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlight, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[Instrumental] E B C#m A
[Verse 5] [E] Working hard to [B] get my fill [C#m] , everybody [A] wants a thrill [E] Paying anything to [B] roll the dice, just [G#m] one more t [A] ime
[Verse 6] [E] Some will win, [B] some will lose, [C#m] some were born to [A] sing the blues [E] Oh, the movie [B] never ends; it goes [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlights, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[GUITAR SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Outro] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [Fade Out - or end on E]
[Verse] She's a [E] good [A] girl loves her [B] mama Loves [E] Je [A] sus and America [B] too She's a [E] good [A] girl crazy 'bout [B] Elvis Loves [E] hor [A] ses and her boyfriend [B] too
[Instrumental] [E][A] ([A][Amaj7]) [B]
It's a [E] long [A] day livin' in Re [B] seda There's a [E] free [A] way runnin' through the [B] yard And I'm a [E] bad [A] boy 'cause I don't even [B] miss her I'm a [E] bad [A] boy for breakin' her [B] heart
[Verse] All the [E] vam [A] pires walkin' through the [B] valley Move [E] west [A] down Ventura Boule [B] vard And all the [E] bad [A] boys are standing in the [B] shadows All the [E] good [A] girls are home with broken [B] hearts
[Verse] I wanna [E] glide [A] down over Mulholland I wanna [E] write [A] her name in the sky I wanna [E] free [A] fall out into nothin' Gonna [E] leave [A] this world for a while