The Gaslight Anthem - 1930 Chords

[Intro]

Am C C/B (x3)

F G

Am C C/B (x3)

F G

[Verse]

Am                          F
Give me mercy and a minute now,
                            C
I'ma bleed a little poison out,
                         G
I'ma cry a little river down,
                                      Am
Then I'm setting this whole thing on fire.
                                  F
And I'm burning up the night she died,
                                 C
I'm putting every last picture aside,
                              G
I'm gonna say what I need to say,
                           Am
In my very last letter to you.
                           F
Cause you always made it clear,
                        C
Said you'd never be my pain.
                            G
So here's to you and your bright baby blues,
                                 Am
And just a pause to cool the refrain.
                            F
And you said you were satisfied,
                                  C
That this body just weighted the tide.
                                            G
And that you missed him sometimes, but you said
                                             Am 
it's alright, It's just a whole lot harder alone.

[Interlude]

Am G F (x3)

G

[Chorus]

    C                       G
But I, I wish you knew her now,
                          Am
She's a better side of me now.
                          F
And I'm doing the best I can,
                        C     
It's what you'da wanted.
                         G
And I see like you were there,
                           Am       
And I know just how you'd smile,
                       F
Mary you looked just like,
                  F
It was 1930 that night.

[Verse]

Am                               F
But here the days will eat you alive,
                       C
But I won't give in tonight.
                            G
You said it's not worth my time,
                       Am
And not to regard them.
                                     F
And not to settle just for piece of mind,
                          C
I could wait it out all night.
                          G
If I just keep breathing
Am                        F
....But Mary I found the sound,
                                    C
And if this heart keeps pouring it out
                                 G
The glory hasn't come, and it's probably gonna fade,
                              Am
Like a tattoo that hides the shame.
                        F
And the reasons always fade,
                             C
And the pain gives out some day,
                                   G
So I'm saying my goodbyes to your deep blue eyes,
                          Am  G  F 
Cause I don't know how to say
                   Am  G  F
Stay still in the pain,
                    Am  G  F  G
"Stay still in the pain."

[Chorus]

    C                       G
But I, I wish you knew her now,
                          Am
She's a better side of me now.
                          F
And I'm doing the best I can,
                        C     
It's what you'da wanted.
                         G
And I see like you were there,
                           Am       
And I know just how you'd smile,
                       F
Mary you looked just like,
                  F
It was 1930 that night.

[Interlude]

C

C G F

[Bridge]

            C        G              Am
And if I recall the last thing you said to me,
                C    G 
Before it broke up, 
                        F
before it took you from me.

[Outro]

            C        G             Am
You said I love you more than the stars in the sky,
          C       G         F  
But your na--aa--ame just escapes me tonight.
            C        G             Am
You said I love you more than the stars in the sky,
          C       G         F                  C
But your na--aa--ame just escapes me tonight.