Bruce Springsteen - For You: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "For You" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn For You ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "For You" smoothly on your ukulele.

F                  Am       A#    C     Dm
Princess cards she sends me with her regards
    Gm                 Dm         A#
Oh, barroom eyes shine vacancy to see her
                C
you gotta look hard
F               Am              A#
Wounded deep in battle I stand stuffed like
      C         Dm
some soldier undaunted
        Gm                  Dm
To her Cheshire smile I'll stand on file she's
A#          C    A# Am
all I ever wanted
Gm      A#             C                F
But you let your blue walls get in the way
          Am
of these facts
       A#              C      F      Am
Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back
    A#                     C       F        Am
You wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks
         Csus4                        C
You said here's your mirror and your ball and jacks
    Csus4                    C           Csus4
But they're not what I came for and I'm sure you
          C
see that too

           Dm       Am   Gm         A#
I came for you, for you, I came for you,
C       Dm
but you did not need my urgency
                    Am   Gm         A#
I came for you, for you, I came for you,
 C        Dm
but your life was one long emergency
         Fsus4             F         Fsus4
and your cloud line urges me and my electric
         F  Dm C
surges free

Oh, crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is
getting weak
Oh, reveal yourself all now to me girl while
you've got the strength to speak
'Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with
their oxygen masks
But I could give it all to you now if only you
could ask
Oh, and don't call for your surgeon even he says
it's too late
It's not your lungs this time, it's your heart
that holds your fate
Don't give me money, honey, I don't want it back
You and your pony face and your union jack
Well take your local joker and teach him how to act
I swear I was never that way even when I really
cracked
Didn't you think I knew that you were born with
the power of a locomotive
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?
And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive
You could laugh and cry in a single sound, oh,
right
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm

            C                           A#
And your strength is devastating in the face of
          F
all these odds
   C                                         A#
Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my
                C
turn to be the God

You were not quite half so proud when
I found you broken on the beach
Remember how I poured salt on your tongue and
hung just out of reach
And the band they played the homecoming theme
as I caressed your cheek?
Yeah, they ragged, jagged melody she still
clings to me like a leech
But that medal you wore on your chest always
got in the way
Like a little girl with a trophy so soft to
buy her way
We were both hitchhikers but you had your
ear tuned to the roar
Of some metal-tempered engine on an alien,
 distant shore
So you, left to find a better reason than
the one we were living for
And it's not that nursery mouth I came back for
It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor
'Cause I've broken all your windows and
I've rammed through all your doors
And who am I to ask you to lick my sores?
And you should know that's true...

Chorus:
I came for you, for you, I came for you,
but you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you,
but your life was one long emergency
And your cloud line urges me,
and my electric surges free

Ooh, ooh-ooh

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A#

Ukulele chord A#

Am

Ukulele chord Am

C

Ukulele chord C

Csus4

Ukulele chord Csus4

Dm

Ukulele chord Dm

F

Ukulele chord F

Fsus4

Ukulele chord Fsus4

Gm

Ukulele chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "For You" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "For You" by Bruce Springsteen.

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