• Song:

    Wherefore Art Thou Elvis

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

This is Gaslight Anthem's 'Wherefore Art Thou Elvis', second track from their first EP 
'Senor and the Queen".

Tuning: D Standard (DGCFAD)

Intro: Em, D, C, D (x4)

Verse 1:
   Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)       G (320003@1)    DI (xx0232@1)cut my teeth on the stone of a teenage romance
          Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)             Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)DI (xx0232@1)was the salt of the earth, I was hard, and the last of the independents
        C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)         EmAnd (022000@1)the breath from my chest I was blowing kerosene
            C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)              EmMy (022000@1)lips and fingertips were stone, I wore my heart on my jeans
           C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)           EmI (022000@1)sang the blues like the dogs left too long in the street
        C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)            EmI (022000@1)still sing the blues with the dogs

Chorus:
          G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)             EmAnd (022000@1)I got half a mind to let it all burn up in this fire
            G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)           EmThat's (022000@1)been burning through my veins since I first learned to cry
               G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)            EmI'd (022000@1)watch this whole night come down and never miss her again
        C (x32010@1)                      DI (xx0232@1)never felt right and never fit in

(Intro)
Walking in my own skin

Verse 2:
          Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)            Em (022000@1)    G (320003@1)    DNow (xx0232@1)I got scars like the number of stars, my mind's full of vipers
          Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)                     Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)got the dust of the desert in my bones, coming through the amplifiers
            C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)          EmBetween (022000@1)the minor chord fall and the fourth and the fifth
       C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)         EmIt's (022000@1)a broken Hallelujah and a pain in my fist
          C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)          EmI (022000@1)wash my hands like the man with the blood on his teeth
         C (x32010@1)  D (xx0232@1)     EmOver (022000@1)and over without relief

Chorus 2:
          G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)           EmAnd (022000@1)I got nothing for you darling but a story to tell
          G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)              EmAbout (022000@1)the rain on the pavement and the sound as it fell
               G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)            EmI'd (022000@1)watch this whole night come down and never miss her again
        C (x32010@1)                      DI (xx0232@1)never felt right and never fit in
              G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)            EmWalking (022000@1)in my old man shoes, with my scientist heart
        G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)          EmI (022000@1)got a fever and a beaker and a shot in the dark
         G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)            EmI (022000@1)need a Cadillac ride, I need a soft summer night
      C (x32010@1)                     DSay (xx0232@1)a prayer for my soul, Senorita

Outro:
                Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)         CBecause (x32010@1)I've been dying out here in the cold and the snow
           Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)         CI've (x32010@1)got a picture of you, Mama, to remind me of home
       Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)        COn (x32010@1)the hood of a Dodge on a Saturday night
      C (x32010@1)                      DSay (xx0232@1)a prayer for my soul, Senorita
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