Great Expectations The Gaslight Anthem
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Great Expectations - The Gaslight Anthem
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Tabbed by: Sean Hummer
Email: allstar21369@hotmail.com
These are the chords as I hear them (and nothing else seems to work). I
included the lead I could make out but I think overall it's pretty accurate.
Great novel, great movie, great song, great band.
*I'll update the Chorus lead when I get a chance. E-mail or message me any
suggestions or corrections and let me know what you think!*
Tuning: Capo on 1st Fret
Chords:
A - x02220
[F#m]D5 [-]- [244222]xx023x (254232 Sounds better but it's more difficult to play)
E - 022100
Intro/Verse Lead-
e|---2------5-4---|---2------5-4---| B|------2-------5-|------2-------5-| G|-2-----2--------|-2-----2--------| D|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|
[A]Mary, this station is playing every sad song
[F#m]I remember like we were alive
[A]I heard and sung them all from inside of these walls
[F#m]In a prison cell, where we spent those nights
[A]And they burnt up the diner where I always used to find her
[F#m]Licking young boys blood from her claws
[A]And I learned about the blues from this kitten I knew
[F#m]Her hair was raven and her heart was like a tomb
Prechorus-
Guitar 1
e|2~----------------0~---| B|0~---0--0--0--0---0~---| G|4~---4--6--7--6---1~---| D|x----x--x--x--x---2~---| A|2~---2--4--5--4---2~---| E|------------------0~---|
My heart's like a wound
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|4~---4-4-4/6-7-6-4-----| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|
Chorus-
I saw [F#m]tail lights [D5]last night in a [A]dream about my [E]first wife
[F#m]Everybody [D5]leaves and I'd ex[A]pect as much from [E]you
I saw [F#m]tail lights [D5]last night in a [A]dream about my [E]old (or whole) life
[F#m]Everybody [D5]leaves, so [A]why, [E]why wouldn't [A]you?
Verse 2-
Mary, I [A]worried and stalled every night of my life
[F#m]Better safe than making the party
[A]And I never had a good time, I sat my bedside,
With [F#m]papers and poetry about Estella
Prechorus 2-
Guitar 1
e|2~----------------0~---| B|0~---0--0--0--0---0~---| G|4~---4--6--7--6---1~---| D|x----x--x--x--x---2~---| A|2~---2--4--5--4---2~---| E|------------------0~---|
With great expectations, we had the greatest expectations
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|4~---4-4-4/6-7-6-4-----| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|4~---4-4-4/6-7--9x8----| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|
Chorus-
I saw [F#m]tail lights [D5]last night in a [A]dream about my [E]first wife
[F#m]Everybody [D5]leaves and I'd ex[A]pect as much from [E]you
I saw [F#m]tail lights [D5]last night in a [A]dream about my [E]old (or whole) life
[F#m]Everybody [D5]leaves, so [A]why, [E]why wouldn't [A]you?
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_gaslight_anthem/great_expectations_tab_ver_2.html )
Bridge-
Guitar 1 (Strumming/Picking)
e|5-----2-----0-----0----| B|2-----2-----2-----0----| G|2-----2-----2-----1----| x4 D|4-----0-----2-----2----| A|------------0-----2----| E|------------------0----|
Guitar 2
e|5--5-5--5-5-5---2--2-2--2-2-2---0--0-0--0-0-0--------------------| B|------------------------------------------------2--2-2--2-2-2----| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| x2 D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|5--5-5--5-5-5---2--2-2--2-2-2---9--9-9--9-9-9---7--7-7--7-7-7----| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|5--5-5--5-5-5---7--7-7--7-7-7---9-7-5--7-5-2---------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
It's funny how the night moves
Humming a song from 1962
e|--------------------9-7-5------| B|--------------------------7----| x3 G|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|
We were always waiting... always waiting
We were always waiting for something to happen
Chorus-
I saw [F#m]tail lights [D5]last night in a [A]dream about my [E]first wife
[F#m]Everybody [D5]leaves and I'd ex[A]pect as much from [E]you
I saw [F#m]tail lights [D5]last night in a [A]dream about my [E]old (or whole) life
[F#m]Everybody [D5]leaves, so [A]why, [E]why wouldn't [A]you?
Outro-
Guitar 1
[A] [F#]
e|0~-----------------2~--------------------| B|2~-----------------2~--------------------| G|2~-----------------2~--------------------| D|2~-----------------4~--------------------| x2 A|0~-----------------4~--------------------| E|-------------------2~--------------------|
[D5] [E] [A]
e|x------------------0~--------------0~----| B|3~-----------------0~--------------2~----| G|2~-----------------1~--------------2~----| D|0~-----------------2~--------------2~----| A|-------------------2~--------------0~----| E|-------------------0~--------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------| B|---5-----5---5---------5-----5--5-5-5----| G|-----2-----2---2---------2--------2------| D|-------2---------2---------4-------------| x2 A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------| B|---5-----5---5---------5-----5--5-5-5---------| G|-----2-----2---2---------2--------2-----------| D|-------2---------2---------4------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------5-----5--5-5-5---5~----| G|---2-----2---------------2--------2-----2~----| D|-----0------0--------------2------------2~----| A|-------0------0-------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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