Meet me by the Rivers Edge
by The Gaslight Anthem
Tab by: Thomas St?ckelberger
Location: Austria
Date: 22 December 2008
Chords used:
G: 320033
C: x32010
Am: x01220
Em: 022000
Cadd: x32013
Emadd: 022003
F:
INTRO:
Use this picking pattern:
2x 2x 2x 1x 1x
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
H-------1--------------0---------------1--------------1--------------0--0----|
G---------2---2----------0----0----------2----3---------0---0----------0-----|
D-----2-----2-------2------2--------3------3--------2-----2------------------|
A---0--------------2---------------3--------------3----------------2---------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------3-----------|
Pick the first section like above:
AmSee (x02210@1)I've been here for 28 years.
EmPounding (022000@1)sweat beneath these wheels.
FWe (133211@1)tattooed lines beneath our skin.
C (x32010@1) G(play (320003@1)chord let ring)
No surrender, my Bobby Jean.
Cadd - Emadd - C - G
Verse 1:
Strum the other sections:
AmSee (x02210@1)I've been here for 28 years.
EmPounding (022000@1)sweat beneath these wheels.
FWe (133211@1)tattooed lines beneath our skin.
C (x32010@1) GNo (320003@1)surrender, my Bobby Jean.
AmWe've (x02210@1)been burned by all our fears.
EmJust (022000@1)from growing up around here.
FOur (133211@1)father's factories marked our cars.
C (x32010@1) GWhile (320003@1)Eden burned against the stars.
Chorus 1:
CAnd (x32010@1)Sally said, Sally said.
EmI (022000@1)can't take no more regret.
FIt (133211@1)cut us deep, into our souls.
C (x32010@1) GCame (320003@1)and climbed into our bed.
CAnd (x32010@1)Sally said, Sally said.
EmMeet (022000@1)me by the River's edge.
FWe're (133211@1)going to wash these sins away.
C (x32010@1) GOr (320003@1)else we won't come back again.
Cadd - Emadd - C - G
Verse 2:
AmYou (x02210@1)know I had these ballroom dreams.
EmThat, (022000@1)as a child, came to me.
FI (133211@1)was a boy in Grandma's arms.
C (x32010@1) GA (320003@1)mother's pride and a wounded heart.
AmAnd (x02210@1)I was full with fiery wonder.
EmYou (022000@1)wore Audrey Hepburn pearls.
F (133211@1) CYou (x32010@1)were the only one who understood me then
Gand (320003@1)the only one who will.
Chorus 2:
CAnd (x32010@1)Sally said, Sally said.
EmI (022000@1)can't take no more regret.
FIt (133211@1)cut us deep, into our souls.
C (x32010@1) GCame (320003@1)and climbed into our bed.
CAnd (x32010@1)Sally said, Sally said.
EmMeet (022000@1)me by the River's edge.
FWe're (133211@1)going to wash these sins away.
C (x32010@1) GOr (320003@1)else we won't come back again.
Bridge:
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)now I drive the 101 on the California night.
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)
CAnd (x32010@1)I'm amazed at all the stars beneath that old Hollywood sign.
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)
CAnd (x32010@1)we waltz, ballet up a boulevard to a place we never kept
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)
CAnd (x32010@1)I'm not sure if we belong here, if I ever really left, or If I can go
G (320003@1) (long)
home.
Chorus / Outro:
C(one (x32010@1)strum)
And Sally said, Sally said.
Em(one (022000@1)strum)
I can't take no more regret.
FIt (133211@1)cut us deep, into our souls.
C (x32010@1) GCame (320003@1)and climbed into our bed.
CAnd (x32010@1)Sally said, Sally said.
EmMeet (022000@1)me by the River's edge.
FWe're (133211@1)going to wash these sins away.
C (x32010@1) GOr (320003@1)else we won't come back again.
C- (x32010@1)Em- (022000@1)F- (133211@1)C- (x32010@1)G(repeat) (320003@1)No retreat. No regrets.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C(end) (x32010@1)Meet me by the river's edge.
