Balboa Park - Bruce Springsteen (Capo 3rd fred) CGCGDCG d--------0-------0-|-------0-----0---|---------0---|--------------| b------------------|---------------0-|-------0-----|------1-------| g------0-------0---|-----0-----------|-----2-----2-|----0-------0-| D----2-------0-----|---2-------0-----|---0---------|--2-------0---| A------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------| E--3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-2-----------|-0------0-----| C G C G He lay his blanket underneath the freeway C G C as the evening sky grew dark G C G took a sniff of toncho from his coke can D C and headed through Balboa Park G C G where the men in Mercedes C G C come nightly to employ G C G in the cool San Diego evening D C | C G | C G | D | C G the services of the border boys C G C He grew up near the zona norte G C G C with the hustlers and smugglers he hung out with G C G he swallowed their balloons of cocaine D C brought 'em cross the 12th street strip G C G sleeping in a shelter C G C if the night got too cold G C G runnin' from the migra D C | C G | C G | D | C G of the border patrol C G C G Past the Salvage yard 'cross the train tracks C G C and in through the storm drain G C G they stretched their blankets out neath the freeway D C and each one took a name C G there was x-man and cochese C G C little spider his sneakers covered in river mud C G they come north to California D C | C G | C G | D | C end up with the poison in their blood Em7 G He did what he had to do for money D C sometimes he sent home what he could spare Em7 C the rest went to hi-top sneakers and toncho G D G and jeans like the gavatchos wear C G C G one night the border patrol swept 12th street C G C a big car come fast down the boulevard G C G spider stood caught in it's headlights D C got hit and went down hard C G C G as the car sped away spider held his stomach C G C limped to his blanket 'neath the underpass G C G lie there tasting his own blood on his tongue D closed his eyes and listened to the cars C G | C | G rushin by so fast CGDEm7 -0--0--0--0-- -1--0--3--0-- -0--0--2--0-- -2--0--0--0-- -3--2-----2-- ----3-----0--