• Song:

    The 59 Sound

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

The '59 Sound  - The Gaslight Anthem

Bb (x1333x@1)D# (x43121@3)G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F D# (x43121@3)       G (320003@1)                               DWell, (xx0232@1)I wonder which song they're gonna play when we go.
            G (320003@1)                                       D# (x43121@3)I hope it's something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow.
        G (320003@1)                                D (xx0232@1)When we float out into the ether, into the Everlasting Arms,
          G (320003@1)                                     D#I (x43121@3)hope we don't hear Marley's chains we forged in life.
           G (320003@1)            D# (x43121@3)            Bb (x1333x@1)       F'Cause (133211@1)the chains I been hearing now for most of my life.
           G (320003@1)            D# (x43121@3)            Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)'Cause the chains I been hearing now for most of my life. 


Chorus:
                 Bb (x1333x@1)                        D#Did (x43121@3)you hear the '59 Sound coming through on Grandmama's radio? 
                 G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)              D# (x43121@3)        
Did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls?
                 Bb (x1333x@1)                               D#Did (x43121@3)you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over? 
                  G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)       D#Did (x43121@3)you hear your favorite song one last time? 


       G (320003@1)                            DAnd (xx0232@1)I wonder were you scared when the metal hit the glass? 
           GSee, (320003@1)I was playing a show down the road
                          D#When (x43121@3)your spirit left your body.
         G (320003@1)And they told me on the front lawn. 
    DI'm (xx0232@1)sorry I couldn't go, 
      G (320003@1)                                                   D#But (x43121@3)I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons.
      G (320003@1)                 D# (x43121@3)     Bb (x1333x@1)       FAnd (133211@1)I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang.
      G (320003@1)                 D# (x43121@3)     Bb (x1333x@1)       FAnd (133211@1)I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang.

[Chorus]

      G (320003@1)         BbYoung (x1333x@1)boys, young girls   [x2] 
G (320003@1)                D# (x43121@3)    Bb (x1333x@1)     FAin't (133211@1)supposed to die on a Saturday night. [x4]
 
[Chorus]

     G (320003@1)name="chord_x43121@3">D# Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F        G (320003@1)name="chord_x43121@3">D# Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
Young boys,      young girls    [x2]

Bb (x1333x@1)
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