The Gaslight Anthem
59 Sound
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Key: Bb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Gm - 355333
D - xx0232
Eb - x68886
F - 133211
Bb - x13331
Bb/D - x587xx
Intro: Bb--Eb--Gm-F-Eb-- x2
Verse 1:
Gm
Well I wonder which song they're
D
going to play when we go
Gm
I hope it's something quiet
Eb
mannered peaceful and slow
Gm
When we float out into the ether
D
Into the everlasting arms
Gm
I hope we don't hear
Eb
Marley's chains before July
Refrain 1:
Gm
Cause the chains I've been
Eb Bb/D Bb
hearing now for most of my life
Gm Eb
And the chains I've been hearing
Bb/D Bb
now for most of my life
Chorus:
Bb
Did you hear the 59 sound coming
Eb
through our grandfather's radio?
Gm
Did you hear the rattling
F Eb
chains in the hospital walls?
Bb
Did you hear the old gospel choir
Eb
when they came to carry you over?
Did you hear your
Gm F Eb
favorite song one last time?
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Verse 2:
Gm
And I wonder were you scared
D
when the metal hit the glass
Gm
See I was playing a show down the
Eb
road when your spirit left your body
Gm
And they told me on the front
D
lawn I'm sorry I couldn't go
Gm
But I still know the song and
the words and the
Eb
name and the reasons
Refrain 2:
Gm
And I know cause we were
Eb Bb/D Bb
kids and we used to hang
Gm
And I know cause we were
Eb Bb/D Bb
kids and we used to hang
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
Gm Eb Bb F
Young boys
Gm Eb Bb F
young girls
Gm Eb Bb F
Young boys
Gm Eb Bb F
young girls
Gm Eb
Ain't supposed to die
Bb F
on a Saturday night
Gm Eb
Ain't supposed to die
Bb F
on a Saturday night
Gm Eb
Ain't supposed to die
Bb F
on a Saturday night
Gm Eb
Ain't supposed to die
Bb F
on a Saturday night
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
Gm Eb Bb F
Young boys
Gm Eb Bb F
young girls
Gm Eb Bb F
Young boys
Gm Eb Bb F Bb(hold)
young girls
