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Mae Tabs

(ver. 2)
The Gaslight Anthem

The song is played in D standard tuning

INTRO

E --------------------------------|
B --------------------------------|
G --------------------------------|
D -5-5-5-5------------------------|  Play twice
A 3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E --------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-|

VERSE

E ----------------------------------------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------------------------------------|  Play twice
D -5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------|
A 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E ---------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|

The picking stops and a C power chord is held, whilst the lead (Alex) plays this over the top:

E 12--13p12---|
B ---------13-|
G ------------|
D ------------|
A ------------|
E ------------|

Then the following chords throughout the rest of the verse:

AM F C G


CHORUS

(Alex)

E 12-12-12-15-15-15-----------------------------              -------------|
B -----------------15-15-15-17-17-17-12-12-12-12              -13-13-13-13-|
G ---------------------------------------------- Play 3 times -------------|
D ----------------------------------------------              -------------|
A ----------------------------------------------              -------------|
E ----------------------------------------------              -------------|

Brian plays:

C5 G5 A5 F5
C5 G5 A5 A5

In verse 2 Alex plays some lead over the verse:

"Will you come for a drive"
E ----------------|
B 13--15b17b15-13-|
G ----------------|
D ----------------|
A ----------------|
E ----------------|

And before the final chorus:

"We work our fingers down to dust"
E ------------------------------------------------|
B 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
G ------------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------------| Play twice
A ------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------|
            
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