Chords for The Blasters, Dark Night

Tempo:
130.1 bpm
Chords used:

E

Em

A

G

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Blasters, Dark Night chords
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[E] [Gb]
[C] Honest to God, I am a teetotaler.
I don't drink this [Gm] shit much.
[N]
I really don't drink very much.
You know [E] why?
It tastes like it did when I was a baby.
It tastes like shit, you know?
I don't care what the hell they say.
[Ab] Crown Royal, what kind of whiskey is that?
[B]
[N] I threw up a lot of whiskey.
Alright, [Gb] let me see one of those.
[C] See, I'm a scotch man.
[N]
Yeah, well I drink vodka.
Or I'll take the cactus needle.
The, uh, you know, what the hell they call it.
The Mets call tequila.
The cactus needle.
But I do not drink, honest to God.
I know, look at this.
Man, nobody's seen anything like that in 35 years.
Tastes [Em]
like shit, [Bb] makes you feel like shit.
[E]
Yahoo!
[N]
I got three more.
What reads what?
Oh.
You know, they used to call us the Rehabineros.
I'll drink bills.
You don't want to [E] get the drummer drunk, I swear to God.
[N]
[Am]
[Dm] [Ab]
What [N] shit?
[E] I felt something.
[Em]
[E]
[Em]
[E]
[Em]
[E]
[Em]
[E]
Hot air hangs like a dead [A] man
[E] From a white oak [Am] tree
[E] Of people sitting on hard porches
Thinking how things used to be Dark night
It's [G] a [E] dark night
Dark night
It's a dark night
[A] [D]
[A] [Em]
[D]
[A] [Em]
The [E] neighborhood was changing
Strangers moving in
[Em] A [E] new girl fell for her local [Em] girl
[E] Well, she made the eyes of heaven
[Em] [A] She was young and pretty
No stranger to other men
[Em] But windows were being cut at night
And her whole body had [E] strong hair
[Em] [B] I thought these things didn't matter anymore
I [A] bought all that money at this shed long ago [D] [E] Dark night
It's a dark night
[Em] [E] He took her to the outskirts
He pledged his love to her
They thought it was their secret
I saw what knew everything of her
[D] [A] He got near her so close
He asked her out for [D] drinks
[E] But when a bullet from a passing car
Made the girl scream in [B] her head
I thought these things didn't matter anymore
[A] I bought all that money at this shed long ago [G] Dark [E] night
It's a dark night
Dark night
It's a dark
[Em] [B]
[Em]
[D]
[A] [G]
[E] [G]
[Em]
[G]
[Em]
[A] [Em]
[Am] [Em]
night
It's a dark night
[D] [Em]
[E]
[Em]
[G]
[Em]
[E]
[G] [E]
[G]
[A] [Bm] [Em]
It's a dark night
[G]
[C] [D]
[Em]
[N] Keep playing!
[E] [Dm] [A]
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E
2311
Em
121
A
1231
G
2131
D
1321
E
2311
Em
121
A
1231
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_ [E] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[C] Honest to God, I am a teetotaler.
I don't drink this [Gm] shit much.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I really don't drink very much.
You know [E] why?
It tastes like it did when I was a baby.
It tastes like shit, you know?
I don't care what the hell they say.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ Crown Royal, what kind of whiskey is that?
[B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] I threw up a lot of whiskey. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Alright, [Gb] let me see one of those. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] See, I'm a scotch man.
_ _ [N] _
Yeah, well I drink vodka.
_ Or I'll take the cactus needle.
The, uh, _ you know, what the hell they call it.
The Mets call _ tequila.
The cactus needle.
_ _ But I do not drink, honest to God.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I know, look at this.
_ Man, nobody's seen anything like that in 35 years. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Tastes _ [Em] _
like shit, [Bb] makes you feel like shit.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ Yahoo! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I got three more.
_ What reads what? _ _
Oh.
_ You know, they used to call us the Rehabineros. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'll drink bills. _ _ _
You _ _ _ _ don't want to [E] get the drummer drunk, I swear to God.
_ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
What _ _ [N] _ _ _ shit?
_ _ [E] I felt _ something.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Hot air hangs like a dead [A] man
_ [E] From a white oak [Am] tree
_ [E] Of people sitting on hard porches
_ _ Thinking how things used to be _ Dark night _ _
It's [G] a [E] dark night _
_ _ _ Dark night _ _
_ _ It's a dark night _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The [E] neighborhood was changing
_ _ _ _ Strangers moving in
[Em] _ A [E] new girl fell for her local [Em] girl
[E] Well, she made the eyes of heaven
[Em] _ [A] She was young and pretty
_ _ No stranger to other men
_ [Em] But _ _ windows were being cut at night
And her whole body had [E] strong hair
[Em] _ _ [B] I _ thought these things didn't matter _ anymore
I [A] _ _ _ bought all that money at this shed long ago [D] [E] Dark night
_ It's _ a dark night _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] He took her to the outskirts
_ He pledged his love to her
_ They thought it was their secret
_ I saw what knew everything of her
[D] _ _ [A] _ He got near her so close
_ He asked her out for [D] drinks
_ [E] _ But when a bullet from a passing car
_ Made the girl scream in [B] her head
_ I thought these things didn't matter _ _ anymore
_ _ [A] _ I bought all that money at this shed long ago [G] Dark [E] night
_ It's _ a dark night _ _ _ _
_ _ Dark _ _ _ _ night
It's a dark _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ night _ _
_ It's a dark night _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's a dark _ night _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ Keep playing!
_ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ _

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