• Song:

    Miles Davis And The Cool

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

The Gaslight Anthem - Miles Davis And The Cool
Album: The '59 Sound

tabbed by Anton
antonhansson1@hotmail.com

tuning: Standard (EADGBE)


Intro
A F#m A E

Verse 1
             A (x02220@1)                          F#mLook (244222@1)Miles Davis, I've been swayed by the cool.
                                     AThere's (x02220@1)just something about the summertime.
                                  EThere's (022100@1)just something about the moon.
                             F#m (244222@1)       D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)         ESo (022100@1)I'll lay a kiss on this storm, toss it upside your window, by the roof.
                      F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)
Before you change your mind, Miles, bring in the cool.

Intro
A F#m A E

Second guitar does something like this
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---15-15-14-14-12-12-15-15-14-14-12-12-15-15-14-14-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------------12-12-12-12-12-14-12--------------------|
B|---15-15-14-14-12-12-15-15-14-14-12-12-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 2

                         ANow (x02220@1)honey, put on your red dress.
                       F#mAnd (244222@1)you diamond soul shoes.
                       A (x02220@1) 
Climb on down from that window.
                     EClimb (022100@1)on out of your room.
                           F#m (244222@1)      D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)      ECause (022100@1)I've never had a good thing and I've always had the blues.
                        F#m (244222@1)        D (xx0232@1)                              A (x02220@1)      EI (022100@1)always heard that you always kind of wandered, Miles, strike up the Cool.

Chorus
                 A (x02220@1)          EDon't (022100@1)wait too long to come home.
            F#m (244222@1)                     DMy (xx0232@1)have the years of our youth passed on.
                 A (x02220@1)          EDon't (022100@1)wait too long to come home.
      F#m (244222@1)                DI'll (xx0232@1)leave the front light on.
                  A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)           AThe (x02220@1)night is our own, Don't wait too long.

Verse 3
              A (x02220@1)                       F#mPoor (244222@1)mister pitiful, I can't turn you loose.
                 A (x02220@1)                               EYou (022100@1)move like a dream I had, woke up sweating in my room.
                 A (x02220@1)                         F#m (244222@1) 
Your Mama's got plans, your daddy's aim is true.
                 AShe (x02220@1)never understood that it ain't no good.
                 EPapa (022100@1)never heard the cool.
                    F#m (244222@1)   D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)      ESo (022100@1)now I got out my map and found me a storm.
                    F#m (244222@1)                       DWith (xx0232@1)a flick of the wrist and the turn of the key.
                       A (x02220@1)           EYou'll (022100@1)just fall in my arms.

Chorus
                 A (x02220@1)          EDon't (022100@1)wait too long to come home.
            F#m (244222@1)                     DMy (xx0232@1)have the years of our youth passed on.
                 A (x02220@1)          EDon't (022100@1)wait too long to come home.
      F#m (244222@1)                DI'll (xx0232@1)leave the front light on.
                  A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)           AThe (x02220@1)night is our own, Don't wait too long.

Bridge
                    B (x2444x@1)                        G#mSo (133111@4)why don't you sing to me on this long drive home?
            B (x2444x@1)                           G#m (133111@4)Let the sound of your voice sway sweet and slow.
         E (022100@1)         BAs (x2444x@1)we go down, down, down.
         F# (244322@1)        G#mFrom (133111@4)our youth to the ground.
 E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)down, down, down.
         F# (244322@1)        G#mFrom (133111@4)our youth to the ground.
  B (x2444x@1)                F#We (244322@1)might always be blue.

Jackson!

B C C# D (x4) (best played as power chords)

The third time another guitar does something like this
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-16--17--18--19--16--17--18--19----------------------|
D|-xx--xx--xx--xx--xx--xx--xx--xx----------------------|
A|-14--15--16--17--14--15--16--17----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|



Chorus

                 A (x02220@1)          EDon't (022100@1)wait too long to come home.
            F#m (244222@1)                     DMy (xx0232@1)have the years of our youth passed on.
                 A (x02220@1)          EDon't (022100@1)wait too long to come home.
      F#m (244222@1)                DI'll (xx0232@1)leave the front light on.
                 A (x02220@1)          EDon't (022100@1)wait too long to come home.
            F#m (244222@1)                     DMy (xx0232@1)have the years of our youth passed on.
                 A (x02220@1)          EDon't (022100@1)wait too long to come home.
      F#m (244222@1)                DI'll (xx0232@1)leave the front light on.

Outro

  A (x02220@1)As we go down, down, down.
From our youth to the ground.
Down, down, down, down, down.



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