• Song:

    Wherefore Art Thou Elvis

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

Intro
               F#5 E5 D5 E5 (x4) Listen for the palm mutes


   F#5                A5          E5       F#5         A5      E5
I cut my teeth on the stone of a teenage romance

          F#5                      A5             E5               F#5  A5  E5
I was the salt of the earth, I was hard, and the last of the independents

        D5              E5           F#5 
And the breath from my chest I was blowing kerosene

            D5               E5                F#5
My lips and fingertips were stone, I wore my heart on my jeans

           D5              E5             F#5           
I sang the blues like the dogs left too long in the street
        D5        E5              F#5
I still sing the blues with the dogs

          A5              E5               F#5
And I got half a mind to let it all burn up in this fire

            A5                  E5             F#5
That's been burning through my veins since I first learned to cry

               A5                E5              F#5
I'd watch this whole night come down and never miss her again

        D5                        E5
I never felt right and never fit in

             ( F#5     E5     D5    E5 ) x4   same as intro
Walking in my own skin

          F#5                      A5         E5              F#5      A5      E5
Now I got scars like the number of stars, my mind's full of vipers

          F#5                      A5      E5                       F#5   A5   E5
I got the dust of the desert in my bones, coming through the amplifiers

            D5           E5            F#5
Between the minor chord fall and the fourth and the fifth

       D5           E5           F#5 
It's a broken Hallelujah and a pain in my fist

          D5              E5            F#5
I wash my hands like the man with the blood on his teeth

         D5    E5       F#5
Over and over without relief

          A5               E5             F#5
And I got nothing for you darling but a story to tell

          A5           E5                F#5
About the rain on the pavement and the sound as it fell

               A5                E5              F#5 
I'd watch this whole night come down and never miss her again

        D5                        E5
I never felt right and never fit in

              A5       E5              F#5
Walking in my old man shoes, with my scientist heart

        A5           E5            F#5
I got a fever and a beaker and a shot in the dark

         A5        E5              F#5
I need a Cadillac ride, I need a soft summer night

      D5                       E5
Say a prayer for my soul, Se?orita

                  F#5       E5           D5
Because I've been dying out here in the cold and the snow

           F#5             E5           D5 
I've got a picture of you, Mama, to remind me of home

       F#5       E5          D5
On the hood of a Dodge on a Saturday night

      D5                        E5  
Say a prayer for my soul, Se?orita
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