Chords for The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (Official Video)
Tempo:
84.25 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
Bb
Eb
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] [Gm] [F]
[Bb]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[C] We [Gm] wonder which song [D] we're gonna play when we go.
[G] I hope it's [Gm] something quiet, minor, peaceful, [Eb] slow.
[Gm] When we float out into the ether, [D] into the everlasting arms,
[G] I hope we don't [Gm] hear Marley's chains [Eb] reporting live.
[Gm] Cause chains I've been [Bb] hearing now for most of my life.
And chains I've been hearing now for most of my life.
I've been hearing fifty nights now, coming through a grandmama's radio.
Did you [Gm] hear the rattling [F] chains in the [C] hospital walls?
Did you [Bb] hear the old gospel choir when they [Eb] came to carry you over?
Did you [Gm] hear the bedlam [Bb] song one [C] last time?
[Gm] And I wonder, are you scared [D] when the metal hit the glass?
[G] See I was [Gm] playing show down the road when the spirit [Eb] left your body.
[Gm] And they saw me on the front lawn.
[D] Sorry I couldn't go.
[G] But I [Gm] still know the song and the words and the [C] name and the reasons.
[Gm] And I [Bb] know cause we were kids and we used to [Gm] hang.
And I [Bb] know cause we were kids and we used to hang.
Did you hear the fifty nights now, coming [Eb] through a grandmama's radio?
Did you [Gm] hear the rattling [F] chains in the [Bb] hospital walls?
Did you hear the old gospel choir when they [Eb] came to carry you over?
Did you [Gm] hear the bedlam [F] song [C] one last time?
[Gm] Young [Bb] boys, [Gm] young [Bb] girls.
[Gm] Young [Bb] boys, [Gm] young [Bb] girls.
[Gm] Young [Bb] boys, young [Gm] girls.
[Bb] [Gm] Young [Bb] boys, young [Gm] girls.
Young boys, young girls.
[Bb] Young boys, young girls.
Did you hear the fifty nights now, coming [Eb] through a grandmama's radio?
Did [Gm] you hear the rattling [F] chains in [C] the hospital walls?
Did [Bb] you hear the old gospel choir when [Eb] they came to carry you over?
Did [Gm] you hear the bedlam song [C] one last time?
[Gm] Young boys, young girls.
[Bb] Young boys, [Gm] young girls.
[Bb]
[Bb]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[C] We [Gm] wonder which song [D] we're gonna play when we go.
[G] I hope it's [Gm] something quiet, minor, peaceful, [Eb] slow.
[Gm] When we float out into the ether, [D] into the everlasting arms,
[G] I hope we don't [Gm] hear Marley's chains [Eb] reporting live.
[Gm] Cause chains I've been [Bb] hearing now for most of my life.
And chains I've been hearing now for most of my life.
I've been hearing fifty nights now, coming through a grandmama's radio.
Did you [Gm] hear the rattling [F] chains in the [C] hospital walls?
Did you [Bb] hear the old gospel choir when they [Eb] came to carry you over?
Did you [Gm] hear the bedlam [Bb] song one [C] last time?
[Gm] And I wonder, are you scared [D] when the metal hit the glass?
[G] See I was [Gm] playing show down the road when the spirit [Eb] left your body.
[Gm] And they saw me on the front lawn.
[D] Sorry I couldn't go.
[G] But I [Gm] still know the song and the words and the [C] name and the reasons.
[Gm] And I [Bb] know cause we were kids and we used to [Gm] hang.
And I [Bb] know cause we were kids and we used to hang.
Did you hear the fifty nights now, coming [Eb] through a grandmama's radio?
Did you [Gm] hear the rattling [F] chains in the [Bb] hospital walls?
Did you hear the old gospel choir when they [Eb] came to carry you over?
Did you [Gm] hear the bedlam [F] song [C] one last time?
[Gm] Young [Bb] boys, [Gm] young [Bb] girls.
[Gm] Young [Bb] boys, [Gm] young [Bb] girls.
[Gm] Young [Bb] boys, young [Gm] girls.
[Bb] [Gm] Young [Bb] boys, young [Gm] girls.
Young boys, young girls.
[Bb] Young boys, young girls.
Did you hear the fifty nights now, coming [Eb] through a grandmama's radio?
Did [Gm] you hear the rattling [F] chains in [C] the hospital walls?
Did [Bb] you hear the old gospel choir when [Eb] they came to carry you over?
Did [Gm] you hear the bedlam song [C] one last time?
[Gm] Young boys, young girls.
[Bb] Young boys, [Gm] young girls.
[Bb]
Key:
Gm
Bb
Eb
C
F
Gm
Bb
Eb
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[Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ We [Gm] wonder which song [D] we're gonna play when we go.
[G] I hope it's [Gm] something quiet, minor, peaceful, [Eb] slow.
_ _ [Gm] When we float out into the ether, [D] into the everlasting arms,
[G] I hope we don't [Gm] hear Marley's chains [Eb] reporting live.
_ [Gm] Cause chains I've been [Bb] hearing now for most of my life.
And chains I've been hearing now for most of my life.
I've been hearing fifty nights now, coming through a grandmama's radio.
Did you [Gm] hear the rattling [F] chains in the [C] hospital walls?
Did you [Bb] hear the old gospel choir when they [Eb] came to carry you over?
Did you [Gm] hear the bedlam [Bb] song one [C] last time?
_ [Gm] And I wonder, are you scared [D] when the metal hit the glass?
[G] See I was [Gm] playing show down the road when the spirit [Eb] left your body.
_ [Gm] And they saw me on the front lawn.
[D] Sorry I couldn't go.
[G] But I [Gm] still know the song and the words and the [C] name and the reasons.
_ [Gm] And I [Bb] know cause we were kids and we used to [Gm] hang.
And I [Bb] know cause we were kids and we used to hang.
Did you hear the fifty nights now, coming [Eb] through a grandmama's radio?
Did you [Gm] hear the rattling [F] chains in the [Bb] hospital walls?
Did you hear the old gospel choir when they [Eb] came to carry you over?
Did you [Gm] hear the bedlam [F] song [C] one last time?
_ [Gm] Young [Bb] boys, _ [Gm] young [Bb] girls.
[Gm] Young [Bb] boys, _ [Gm] young [Bb] girls.
[Gm] Young [Bb] boys, young [Gm] girls.
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] Young [Bb] boys, young [Gm] girls.
Young boys, young girls.
[Bb] Young boys, young girls.
Did you hear the fifty nights now, coming [Eb] through a grandmama's radio?
Did [Gm] you hear the rattling [F] chains in [C] the hospital walls?
Did [Bb] you hear the old gospel choir when [Eb] they came to carry you over?
Did [Gm] you hear the bedlam song [C] one last time?
[Gm] Young boys, _ young girls.
[Bb] _ Young boys, _ [Gm] young girls.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ We [Gm] wonder which song [D] we're gonna play when we go.
[G] I hope it's [Gm] something quiet, minor, peaceful, [Eb] slow.
_ _ [Gm] When we float out into the ether, [D] into the everlasting arms,
[G] I hope we don't [Gm] hear Marley's chains [Eb] reporting live.
_ [Gm] Cause chains I've been [Bb] hearing now for most of my life.
And chains I've been hearing now for most of my life.
I've been hearing fifty nights now, coming through a grandmama's radio.
Did you [Gm] hear the rattling [F] chains in the [C] hospital walls?
Did you [Bb] hear the old gospel choir when they [Eb] came to carry you over?
Did you [Gm] hear the bedlam [Bb] song one [C] last time?
_ [Gm] And I wonder, are you scared [D] when the metal hit the glass?
[G] See I was [Gm] playing show down the road when the spirit [Eb] left your body.
_ [Gm] And they saw me on the front lawn.
[D] Sorry I couldn't go.
[G] But I [Gm] still know the song and the words and the [C] name and the reasons.
_ [Gm] And I [Bb] know cause we were kids and we used to [Gm] hang.
And I [Bb] know cause we were kids and we used to hang.
Did you hear the fifty nights now, coming [Eb] through a grandmama's radio?
Did you [Gm] hear the rattling [F] chains in the [Bb] hospital walls?
Did you hear the old gospel choir when they [Eb] came to carry you over?
Did you [Gm] hear the bedlam [F] song [C] one last time?
_ [Gm] Young [Bb] boys, _ [Gm] young [Bb] girls.
[Gm] Young [Bb] boys, _ [Gm] young [Bb] girls.
[Gm] Young [Bb] boys, young [Gm] girls.
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] Young [Bb] boys, young [Gm] girls.
Young boys, young girls.
[Bb] Young boys, young girls.
Did you hear the fifty nights now, coming [Eb] through a grandmama's radio?
Did [Gm] you hear the rattling [F] chains in [C] the hospital walls?
Did [Bb] you hear the old gospel choir when [Eb] they came to carry you over?
Did [Gm] you hear the bedlam song [C] one last time?
[Gm] Young boys, _ young girls.
[Bb] _ Young boys, _ [Gm] young girls.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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