• Song:

    59 Sound

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

Bm                             F#
Well, I wonder which song they're gonna play when we go
            Bm                                         G
I hope it's something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow
        Bm                                F#
when we float out into the ether, into the Everlasting Arms,
          Bm                                     G
I hope we don't hear Marley's chains we forged in life
           Bm            G               D          A
'cause the chains I been hearing now for most of my life

                 A                             G
Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on Grandmama's radio?
                  Bm            A                  G
Did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls?
                  D                                  G
Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over?
                  Bm           A         G
Did you hear your favorite song one last time?

    Bm                              F#
And I wonder were you scared when the metal hit the glass?
           Bm
See, I was playing a show down the road
                           G
when your spirit left your body
         Bm
And they told me on the front lawn
    F#
I'm sorry I couldn't go,
      Bm                                                     F
but I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons
      Bm                  G        D         A
And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang
      Bm                  G        D         A
And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang

  Bm     G     D     A
Young boys
    Bm     G     D     A
Young girls
    Bm     G     D     A
Young boys
    Bm     G     D     A       D
Young girls
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