Remove Ads"Streets of Minneapolis" (Springsteen)
Released 28 January, 2026.
Live version has Bruce playing a 12-string in Drop D.
Studio version has at least one acoustic in that tuning.
Palm-muted.
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[Intro]
D
[Verse]
D G DThrough the winter’s ice and cold, down Nicollet Avenue,
G D Aa city aflame fought fire and ice, 'neath an occupier’s boots.
D G DKing Trump’s private army from the DHS, guns belted to their coats,
G D A Dcame to Minneapolis to enforce the law, or so their story goes.
[Verse]
D G DAgainst smoke and rubber bullets, in the dawn’s early light,
G D A Asus4 Acitizens stood for justice, their voices ringing through the night.
D G DAnd there were bloody footprints where mercy should have stood,
G D A DAnd two dead left to die on snow-filled streets, Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
[Chorus]
G DOh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice, singing through the bloody mist.
G DWe’ll take our stand for this land, and the stranger in our midst.
G DHere in our home they killed and roamed, in the winter of ’26,
D A DWe’ll remember the names of those who died, on the streets of Minneapolis.
[Verse]
D G DTrump’s federal thugs beat up on his face and his chest,
G D A Asus4 Athen we heard the gunshots, and Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead.
D G DTheir claim was "self defense, sir, just don’t believe your eyes",
G D A DIt’s our blood and bones and these whistles and phones against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies.
[Chorus]
G DOh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice, crying through the bloody mist.
D A DWe’ll remember the names of those who died, on the streets of Minneapolis.
[Harmonica solo]
G D A D
[Verse]
D G DNow they say they’re here to uphold the law, but they trample on our rights.
D G D A Asus4 AIf your skin is black or brown my friend, you can be questioned or deported on sight.
D G DIn our chants of "ICE out now!", our city’s heart and soul persists,
D G D A DThrough broken glass and bloody tears, on the streets of Minneapolis.
[Chorus]
G DOh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice, singing through the bloody mist.
G DHere in our home they killed and roamed, In the winter of ’26.
G DWe’ll take our stand for this land, and the stranger in our midst!
D A DWe’ll remember the names of those who died, on the streets of Minneapolis,
D A DWe’ll remember the names of those who died on the streets of Minneapolis!
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