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From: OpenFace@aol.com
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 00:03:52 -0400
Subject: TAB: Jawbreaker, "Chesterfield K

"Chesterfield King"
written and performed by Jawbreaker
(C) and (P) 1992 Punk: The Other White Meat music (BMI)
from the Tupelo/Communion release Bivouac (Comm 38-2, Tup 38-2)
transcribed by Mike Ripplinger (openface@aol.com)

[Notes]
* (p) = palm-muted
* I'm not the best at transcribing solos, so the solo may be inaccurate
* The F#/G chord is a G power chord with the root lowered a half-step:
   D---5--|
   A---5--|
   E---2--|

***
["Chesterfield King"]

[ GC GC GC GC ]

[Verse]
G (320003@1)                E (022100@1)      B(p) (x2444x@1)      C(p) (x32010@1)  We stood in your room and laughed out loud
G (320003@1)          E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)                  CSuddenly (x32010@1)the laughter died, we were caught in an eye to eye
G (320003@1)             E (022100@1)           B(p) (x2444x@1) C(p) (x32010@1)  We sat on the floor and did we sit close
G (320003@1)                EI (022100@1)could smell your thoughts and thought,
 A (x02220@1)            C"Do (x32010@1)you want to touch a lot like me?"
G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1) Too scared to say a thing

[Pre-chorus]
B(p) (x2444x@1)              C(p) (x32010@1)Left your house and kicked myself
E(p) (022100@1)             D(p) (xx0232@1)        CPut (x32010@1)those feelings on a shelf to die
B(p) (x2444x@1)            C(p) (x32010@1)Guess I'm not the gambling type
E(p) (022100@1)            D(p) (xx0232@1)        CThink (x32010@1)of what the two of us had lost   Had lost

[Verse]
I needed some time to think it out
7-Eleven parking lot, a toothless woman turned and stopped
Gave her a dime and a Chesterfield
She leaned down and kissed my cheek
I was scared but it felt sweet   Felt so sweet

[Pre-chorus]
She asked me if I had a name
Told her I was glued up on some chick
We sat and smoked against the wall
Drank a beer, felt the chill of fall   Of fall

[Chorus]
G (320003@1)         F#/G             E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1) I took my car and drove it down the hill by your house
  B (x2444x@1)      AI (x02220@1)drove so fast
G (320003@1)           F#/G             E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)       C (x32010@1) The wind it couldn't cool me down so I turned it around
    B (x2444x@1)       AAnd (x02220@1)came back up
G (320003@1)        F#/G            E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1) You were waiting on your step, steam chilling off your
C (x32010@1)        B (x2444x@1)           Abreath (x02220@1)and water in your eyes
G (320003@1)              F#/G       E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1) We pulled each other into one, parkas clinging on the
C (x32010@1)       B (x2444x@1)          Dlawn, (xx0232@1)and kissed right there

[ GC GC GC GC ]

[Solo over verse]

h = hammer-on
/ = slide up
 = slide down

E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---0-----0----0-----0-----------------------------------------------|
D------0-----0---0-----0---------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------9h10--97--7h9--75--5h7--53--3h5--32---|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G---0-----0----0-----0-------------------------------|
D------0-----0---0-----0-----------------------------|
A--------------------------10/12--12/14--14/15-------|
E----------------------------------------------------|

...and repeat

[Pre-chorus]
Said my chicks all smoke these things
Handed you a Chesterfield King
Held your hand and watched TV
Traced the little lines along your palm   Your palm

[Repeat chorus]

[Play chorus progression once, palm muting all chords]

[End on G]

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