The Hitter
The Hitter

The Hitter chords by Bruce Springsteen

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Verse 1
Come to 
the door, Ma, 

and unlock 
the 
chain 

I was just passin' 
through and 

got caught in 
the 
rain 

There's nothin' I 
want, nothin' 

that you 
need 
say 

Just let 
me lie down for a 
while 

and I'll 
be on my 
way 

I was 
no more than 
a kid when you put 
me 
on the Southern 
Verse 2

Queen 

With the police on 
my back 

I fled to New 
Orleans 

I fought in 
the dockyards 
and with the money I 

made 

I knew the fight was 
my home 

and blood was 
my trade 

Baton 
Rouge, Ponchatoula, 
and Lafayette 
Verse 3

town 

Well they paid me 
their money, 

Ma, I knocked 
the men 
down 

I did what 
I did 
well it come 

eas
ily 

Restraint and mercy, 

Ma, were 
always 
strangers 
to 
me 

Verse 4

I 
fought champion 
Jack Thompson 
in a 

field full 
of 
mud 

Rain poured through 
the tent to 
the canvas 

and mixed with 
our 
blood 

In the twelfth I slipped 
my tongue 

over my broken 
jaw 

I stood over him and 
pounded his bloody 

body 
into 
the 
floor 

Well the bell rang 
and rang and 

still I 
kept on 

'Till I felt my 
glove leather slip 

'tween his skin 
and bone 

Then the women 
and the money came 
fast and 
the 
days I lost 
Verse 5

track 

The women 
red, the money 
green, 

but the numbers 
were 
black 

I fought 
for the men in 
their silk suits 

to lay down 
their 
bets 

I took my 
good share, Ma, I have 

no 
regrets 

Verse 6
Then I took 
the fix at the state 
armory 
with big John 

McDowell 

From high in 
the rafters 

I watched myself 
fall 

As they raised 
his arm my stomach 

twisted 
and the sky it 
went 
black 

I stuffed 
my bag with their 
good money 

and I 
never looked 
back

Under
stand, 
in the end, Ma, every 
man plays 
the 
Verse 7

game 

If you know me 
one different then 

speak 
out his name 

Ma, 
if my voice now 

you don't recognize 

Then just open 
the door 
and look 

in
to your 
dark eyes 

I ask of 
you nothin', not 

a kiss not 
a smile, 

Just 
open the 
door and let me 

lie 
down for 
a while 

Now 
Verse 8
the gray rain's 
fallin' and 
my 

ring fightin's done 

So in the work fields 
and alleys 
I take all 

who'll 
come 

If you're a better man 
than me then 

just step to 
the 
line 

Show me 
your money and 
speak out 

your 
crime 

Now there's nothin' I 
want, Ma, nothin' 

that you 
need 
say 

Just let 
me lie down for 
a while and 

I'll 
be on my 
way 

Verse 9
Tonight in 
the shipyard a man 
draws a circle 

in 
the dirt 

I move 
to the center 
and I take off 

my 
shirt 

I study him for 
the cuts, the scars, 

the pain, 

Man, 
nor time can 
erase 

I move hard to 
the left and 

I strike to 
the 
face 


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