• Song:

    The Spirit Of Jazz

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

The 9th track off of the newest addition to The Gaslight Athem's back catalogue 
'American Slang.' If you don't have this album I highly reccommend it. One of my 
new all time faves!

Here goes...

Intro: G, E, G, E, C (the same as the verse)

Verse:

GThe (320003@1)cool is dead, baby go on to sleep
ERest (022100@1)your weary head and lover bury me
GAnd (320003@1)in the morning we'll start over again
E (022100@1)                             CThat's (x32010@1)how they do it up on the screen
GSo (320003@1)me and my baby we would dance all night
EBut (022100@1)I don't know the steps in my baby's time
GTo (320003@1)do it like they do it for the girls uptown
E (022100@1)                               CI (x32010@1)hear they light 'em up like the blues


Pre-Chorus:


       E (022100@1)             CSo (x32010@1)I'm waiting, so I'm waiting
          E (022100@1)                CAnd (x32010@1)she's waiting, and she's waiting

          DFor (xx0232@1)us to remember...


Chorus:


      E (022100@1)     C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)        DWas (xx0232@1)I good to you, the wife of my youth
    E (022100@1)                C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)          DNot (xx0232@1)another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
   E (022100@1)    C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)I will wait on the edges in between
      C (x32010@1)      DThese (xx0232@1)New York streets
                      GWhere (320003@1)you and I would meet


Post Chorus: G, E, G, E, C (the same as the verse)


Verse 2:

GFor (320003@1)29 years we loved that line
EAnd (022100@1)I would take it easy if I had your mind
GBut (320003@1)I'm a cannonball to a house on fire
E (022100@1)                         CAnd (x32010@1)you're slow like Motown Soul
GSo (320003@1)what now lover with your long black hair?
EIf (022100@1)I cut you open baby I can repair
GAnd (320003@1)bandage your wounds with the salt on my tongue
E (022100@1)                         CAnd (x32010@1)I'm the only one 'round here


Pre-Chorus 2:


       E (022100@1)             CSo (x32010@1)I'm waiting, so I'm waiting
          E (022100@1)                CAnd (x32010@1)she's waiting, and she's waiting

          DFor (xx0232@1)us to recover...


Chorus 2:


      E (022100@1)     C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)        DSo (xx0232@1)was I good to you, the wife of my youth
    E (022100@1)                C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)          DNot (xx0232@1)another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
   E (022100@1)    C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)I will wait on the edges in between
      C (x32010@1)      DThese (xx0232@1)New York streets
                      GWhere (320003@1)you and I would meet


Bridge:

         E (022100@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)only I can heal your wounds
     E (022100@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C   G (320003@1)       DOnly (xx0232@1)I can heal your wounds
         E (022100@1)      CWhen (x32010@1)you can't go on
         G (320003@1)      DWhen (xx0232@1)you can't go on
         E (022100@1)      CWhen (x32010@1)you can't go on
         D (xx0232@1)          EWhen (022100@1)you can't go on, anymore...


Muted Pre-Chorus:


         E (022100@1)     C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)        DSo (xx0232@1)was I good to you, the wife of my youth
    E (022100@1)                C (x32010@1)Not another soul could love you
       G (320003@1)DLike (xx0232@1)my...


Chorus 3:

      E (022100@1)     C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)        DSo (xx0232@1)was I good to you, the wife of my youth
    E (022100@1)                C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)          DNot (xx0232@1)another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
   E (022100@1)    C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)I will wait on the edges in between
      C (x32010@1)      DThese (xx0232@1)New York streets
             C (x32010@1)      DOn (xx0232@1)all these New York streets
                      GWhere (320003@1)you and I would meet


Hopefully everything is okay but as I worked this out by ear who knows?
Enjoy! :)
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