• Song:

    Wherefore Art Thou Elvis

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

I play it acoustic.
Tuned a full step down. I put a capo on the second fret to fit my vocal range 
better, and find it helps finger the F#m a little bit. Whatever you need.

  F#m (244222@1)A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) 
e|-x-|-0-|-0-|
B|-2-|-2-|-0-|
G|-5-|-2-|-1-|
D|-2-|-2-|-2-|
A|-4-|-0-|-2-|
E|-2-|-0-|-0-|

                   Intro
               F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E (x4) Listen for the palm mutes


   F#m (244222@1)              A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)     F#m (244222@1)       A (x02220@1)    EI (022100@1)cut my teeth on the stone of a teenage romance

          F#m (244222@1)                    A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)             F#m (244222@1)A (x02220@1)EI (022100@1)was the salt of the earth, I was hard, and the last of the independents

        D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)         F#m (244222@1)And the breath from my chest I was blowing kerosene

            D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)              F#mMy (244222@1)lips and fingertips were stone, I wore my heart on my jeans

           D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)           F#m (244222@1)         
I sang the blues like the dogs left too long in the street
        D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)            F#mI (244222@1)still sing the blues with the dogs

          A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)             F#mAnd (244222@1)I got half a mind to let it all burn up in this fire

            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)           F#mThat's (244222@1)been burning through my veins since I first learned to cry

               A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)            F#mI'd (244222@1)watch this whole night come down and never miss her again

        D (xx0232@1)                      EI (022100@1)never felt right and never fit in

             (F#m     E (022100@1)   D (xx0232@1)  E) x4   same as intro
Walking in my own skin

          F#m (244222@1)                    A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)            F#m (244222@1)    A (x02220@1)    ENow (022100@1)I got scars like the number of stars, my mind's full of vipers

          F#m (244222@1)                    A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)                     F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) EI (022100@1)got the dust of the desert in my bones, coming through the amplifiers

            D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)          F#mBetween (244222@1)the minor chord fall and the fourth and the fifth

       D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)         F#m (244222@1)It's a broken Hallelujah and a pain in my fist

          D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)          F#mI (244222@1)wash my hands like the man with the blood on his teeth

         D (xx0232@1)  E (022100@1)     F#mOver (244222@1)and over without relief

          A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)           F#mAnd (244222@1)I got nothing for you darling but a story to tell

          A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)              F#mAbout (244222@1)the rain on the pavement and the sound as it fell

               A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)            F#m (244222@1)I'd watch this whole night come down and never miss her again

        D (xx0232@1)                      EI (022100@1)never felt right and never fit in

              A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)            F#mWalking (244222@1)in my old man shoes, with my scientist heart

        A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)          F#mI (244222@1)got a fever and a beaker and a shot in the dark

         A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)            F#mI (244222@1)need a Cadillac ride, I need a soft summer night

      D (xx0232@1)                     ESay (022100@1)a prayer for my soul, Senorita

                  F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)         DBecause (xx0232@1)I've been dying out here in the cold and the snow

           F#m (244222@1)           E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)I've got a picture of you, Mama, to remind me of home

       F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)        DOn (xx0232@1)the hood of a Dodge on a Saturday night

      D (xx0232@1)                      E (022100@1)
Say a prayer for my soul, Senorita


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