Streets Of Minneapolis - Bruce Springsteen
(Verse 1)
C F C
Through the winter’s ice and cold, down Nicollet Avenue
F C G
A city aflame fought fire and ice, neath an occupier’s boots
C F C
King Trump’s private army from the DHS, guns belted to their coats
F C G C
Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law, or so their story goes.
(Verse 2)
C F C
Against smoke and rubber bullets, by the dawn’s early light
F C G
Citizens stood for justice, their voices ringing through the night
C F C
And there were bloody footprints where mercy should have stood
F C G C
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets, Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
|(Chorus)
| F C
|Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice singing through the bloody mist
| F C
|We’ll take our stand for this land and the stranger in our midst
|F C
|Here in our home they killed and roamed in the winter of ’26
| C G C
|We’ll remember the names of those who died on the streets of Minneapolis.
(Verse 3)
C F C
Trump’s federal thugs beat up on his face and on his chest
F C G
Then we heard the gunshots and Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead.
C F C
Their claim was self defense sir, just don’t believe your eyes
F C G C
It’s our blood and bones and these whistles and phones against Miller & Noem’s dirty lies.
|(Chorus)
(Verse 4)
C F C
Now they say they’re here to uphold the law, but they trample on our rights
F C G
If your skin is black or brown my friend, you can be questioned or deported on sight.
C F C
In chants of “ICE out now”, our city’s heart and soul persists
F C G C
Through broken glass and bloody tears on the streets of Minneapolis.
|(Chorus)
(NB Original for guitar is in drop D tuning, but I think this works on uke)
(Added by Rodger Bangor Ukes March ‘26)