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Blue Dahlia - The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten Deluxe Version
Full step down tuning (DGCFAd) with CAPO 1ST FRET
Transcribed by Jack Cookson (Torn_Asunder)
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Assuming that Brian plays this in full step down, this is how to play
the basic chords of an amazing new Gaslight song! Just so you know, this song
is in Eb, but in the verses goes to the parallel minor so that explains
the many chords below.
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Chords used (not relative to capo/tuning):

Intro/Chorus/Bridge:        Verses:

E (022100@1)   (022100)              Em7   (022033)
B (x2444x@1)   (x24442)              G (320003@1)   (320033)
A (x02220@1)   (x02220)              Cadd9(x32033) (x32030@1)Ab/E  (4x2400)              D (xx0232@1)   (x00232)
C#m   (x46654)
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Intro:
E, B, E, B, Ab/E, A x3
E, B, E, B, Ab/E, A, 
B -  key change...

Verse one:
       Em7
What a hot and sultry summer,
               Cadd9The (x32030@1)steam just slides up off them streets
    GYou (320003@1)got to stay inside and wait for the night,
         DAnd (xx0232@1)then come on over and see me
          Em7
There's a poetry about these streets,
         Cadd9It (x32030@1)just slips from your skin and goes right underneath
     GAnd (320003@1)mama always knew I'd meet a girl like you,
    DBut (xx0232@1)me, I never believed
             Em7          D (xx0232@1)                        Cadd9 (x32030@1)  
 DCuz (xx0232@1)I've been so lonely I can't imagine that kind of sympathy
             Em7          D (xx0232@1)                        Cadd9Cuz (x32030@1)I've been so lonely I can't imagine that kind of sympathy

Chorus - back into major:
                      EWhere'd (022100@1)you get them scars?
            C#mHow (x13321@4)blue is your heart?
      AIs (x02220@1)it sad enough to break?
                 E (022100@1)           BShe (x2444x@1)said, "it's sad enough to break"
                 EHow (022100@1)long was your life?
        C#mWas (x13321@4)it cold and strange like mine?
         AAre (x02220@1)you man enough to lay here?
                E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)                 EShe (022100@1)said, "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me"

Interlude: E, B, E, B, Ab/E, A,

E, B, E, B, Ab/E, A, 
B - key change...

Verse two:
         Em7                              Cadd9I (x32030@1)had a dream about you once, and I could barely see your form
       GAnd (320003@1)I met you between the wax and the needle,
        DIn (xx0232@1)the words of my favorite song
      Em7                                  Cadd9Your (x32030@1)black hair was like a raven with your tan skin on the beach
      G (320003@1)                               DYour (xx0232@1)backdrop were the auroras and my sidekick was all this grief
         Em7                  D (xx0232@1)                  Cadd9I've (x32030@1)been so low down, I'm almost level with the ground

Chorus - back into major:
                      EWhere'd (022100@1)you get them scars?
            C#mHow (x13321@4)blue is your heart?
      AIs (x02220@1)it sad enough to break?
                 E (022100@1)           BShe (x2444x@1)said, "it's sad enough to break"
                 EHow (022100@1)long was your life?
        C#mWas (x13321@4)it cold and strange like mine?
         AAre (x02220@1)you man enough to lay here?
                E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)                 EShe (022100@1)said, "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me"

Interlude (plucked): E, C#m, B x2

Bridge:
         E (022100@1)                              C#m (x13321@4)         BDid (x2444x@1)they take you to the carnival to get locked up on a ride?
EMe, (022100@1)I got caught up with the fortune tellers
          C#m (x13321@4)                AAnd (x02220@1)the ladies with the sleepy eyes
         A (x02220@1)            BIt (x2444x@1)took years my baby just to come clean,
        C#m (x13321@4)               AEvery (x02220@1)streetlight a reminder
    B (x2444x@1)         C#mAnd (x13321@4)all those apologies
         A (x02220@1)       B (x2444x@1)          C#mAnd (x13321@4)the night was lonely next to me
         A (x02220@1)       B (x2444x@1)            EEven (022100@1)the night was lonely next to me

Final chorus:
                      EWhere'd (022100@1)you get them scars?
            C#mHow (x13321@4)blue is your heart?
      AIs (x02220@1)it sad enough to break?
                 E (022100@1)           BShe (x2444x@1)said, "it's sad enough to break"
                 EHow (022100@1)long was your life?
        C#mWas (x13321@4)it cold and strange like mine?
         AAre (x02220@1)you man enough to lay here?
                E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)                 E (022100@1)   C#mShe (x13321@4)said, "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me

Outro:
           A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)  BCome (x2444x@1)see about me, ah-ah
         C#m (x13321@4)      ACome (x02220@1)see about me,
          E (022100@1)     BCome (x2444x@1)see about me,
          C#m (x13321@4)       ACome (x02220@1)see about me, ah-ah
           E (022100@1)        BCome (x2444x@1)see about me, ah-ah
                 EWhenever (022100@1)you're lonely