• Song:

    Great Expectations

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

Gaslight Anthem
Great Expectations
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: Bb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Bb - x13331
F -  133211
Gm - 355333
Eb - x68886


Intro: Bb x4


Verse 1:
Bb
Mary this station is
playing every sad song
    Gm
I remember like we were
            Bb
alive and I heard it Sunday
morning from inside of
                  Gm
these walls. In a prison
cell where we spent those
                 Bb
nights. And they burnt up
the diner where I always
used to find her. Licking
Gm
young boys blood from her
            Bb
claws And I learned about
the blues from this kitten
                     Gm
I knew. Her hair was rabid
and her heart was like a
    Eb                  F
tomb  My heart's like a wound


Chorus 1:
      Gm          Eb
I saw tail lights last
           Bb
night in a dream about
   F          Gm
my first wife Everybody
Eb               Bb
leaves and I'd expect
             F
as much from you
      Gm          Eb
I saw tail lights last
           Bb
night in a dream about
   F        Gm
my old life Everybody
Eb        Bb
leaves so why
F            Bb  Bb(hold)
why wouldn't you?


Verse 2:
       Bb
Mary I worried and
stalled every night
of my life Better
Gm
safe than making
the party And I
Bb
never had a good
time I sat my
bedside with
Gm
papers and
poetry about
       Eb
Astella  Great
     F
expectations we
        Eb
had the greatest
  F
expectations


Chorus 2:
      Gm          Eb
I saw tail lights last
           Bb
night in a dream about
   F          Gm
my first wife Everybody
Eb               Bb
leaves and I'd expect
             F
as much from you
      Gm          Eb
I saw tail lights last
           Bb
night in a dream about
   F        Gm
my old life Everybody
Eb        Bb
leaves so why
F            Gm  Eb Bb F
why wouldn't you?


Bridge:
           Gm
It's funny how
               Eb
the night moves
Bb F
   Humming a
          Gm Eb Bb F Gm Eb Bb F
song from 1962


Bridge:
        Eb
We were always
F
waiting
Eb     F
always waiting
        Eb
We were always
F
waiting
for something
   Gm    F
to happen


Chorus 3:
      Gm          Eb
I saw tail lights last
           Bb
night in a dream about
   F          Gm
my first wife Everybody
Eb               Bb
leaves and I'd expect
             F
as much from you
      Gm          Eb
I saw tail lights last
           Bb
night in a dream about
   F        Gm
my old life Everybody
Eb        Bb
leaves so why
F            Bb  Gm Bb Gm Eb F Bb(hold)
why wouldn't you?
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