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The Gaslight Anthem
Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?
Tuning: 1 Step Down
Chords:
G#m : 466444
F# : 244322 or x4432x
E : 022100
B : x24442
B/F# : 22444x
B/G# : 42444x
Intro:
G#m F# E F#
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Verse:
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G#m B F# G#m B F#
I cut my teeth on the stone of a teenage romance
G#m B F# G#m B F#
I was the salt of the earth, I was hard, and the last of the independents.
E5 F#5 G#5
And in the breath from my chest I was blowing kerosene,
E5 F#5 G#5
My lips and fingertips were stone, I wore my heart on my jeans.
E5 F#5 G#5
I sang the blues like the dogs left too long in the street,
E5 F#5 G#5
I still sing the blues with the dogs.
E F# G#m
And I got half a mind to let it all burn up in this fire,
E F# G#m
I've had been burning through my veins since I first learned to cry.
E F# G#m
I'd watch this whole night come down and never miss her again.
E F#
I never felt right and never fit in,
Walking in my own skin.
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Intro Riff
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Verse (played the same):
Now I got scars like the number of stars, my head's full of vipers.
I got the dust of the desert in my bones, coming through the amplifiers.
Between the minor chord fall and the fourth and the fifth,
It's a broken Hallelujah and a pain in my fist.
I wash my hands like the man with the blood on his teeth,
Over and over without relief.
And I got nothing for you darling but a story to tell,
About the rain on the pavement and the sound as it fell.
I'd watch this whole night come down and never miss her again.
I never felt right and never fit in.
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Chorus
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When Brian plays this part slowly, he uses the same chord shapes from the verse
(B, F#, G#m), instead of just holding the B chord and changing the root note.
Also, notice the "Say a Prayer for my soul, Senorita" is different on the last go round.
B B/F# B/G#
Walking in my old man shoes, with my scientist heart.
B B/F# B/G#
I got a fever and a beaker and a shot in the dark.
B B/F# B/G#
I need a Cadillac ride, I need a soft summer night,
E F#
Say a prayer for my soul Se?orita.
G#m F# E
Because I've been dying out here in the cold and the snow.
G#m F# E
I got a picture of you, Mama, to remind me of home.
G#m F# E
On the hood of a Dodge on a Saturday night,
B F#
Say a prayer for my soul, Se?orita.
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outro
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Intro chords X3
followed by
B F# G#m(slowly)