The Gaslight Anthem - 1930 (acoustic version)

Tabbed by Ossi
geraldoswald1@hotmail.com

Tunning: full step down, but sounds good in standard tuning too

Chords Used:
Am: x02210
F: x33210
C: x32010
G: x55430
C/B: x20010

Intro: Am C C/B x 3  F

Am (x02210@1)                          F (133211@1) Give me mercy and a minute now. I'ma bleed a little poison 

 C (x32010@1)                          Gout. (320003@1)I'ma cry a little river down, then I'm setting this whole 

           Am (x02210@1)                                   Fthing (133211@1)on fire. And I'm burning up the night she died. I'm 

                             Cputting (x32010@1)every last picture aside, I'm gonna say what I need to 

G (320003@1)                             Amsay. (x02210@1)In my very last letter to you 'Cause you always made it 

  F (133211@1)                           Cclear, (x32010@1)said you'd never be my pain. So here's to you and your 

  G (320003@1)                                          Ambright (x02210@1)baby blues, just a pause to cool the refrain.

                     FAnd (133211@1)you said were satisfied, that this body just weighted the 
  C (x32010@1)                                              Gtide. (320003@1)And that you missed him sometimes, but you said it's all right, its just a 
whole lot harder alone.

Am C/B F x 3  G

Chorus:
    C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)                              AmBut (x02210@1)I wish you knew her now. She's the better side of me now. 

                      F (133211@1)                           CI'm (x32010@1)doing the best I can. That's what you'da wanted. And I see 
                 G (320003@1)                         Am (x02210@1)  
like you were there. I know just how you'd smile. Mary, you 
              Flooked (133211@1)just like, it was 1930 that night.


Am (x02210@1)                              F (133211@1)But hear the days will eat you alive, but I won't give in 

  C (x32010@1)                               Gtonight. (320003@1)You said its not worth my time, and not to regard 

    Am (x02210@1)                                    Fthem. (133211@1)And not to settle just for piece of mind, I could wait 

            C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)           Amit (x02210@1)out all night, If I just keep breathing  [sigh]  But Mary,

               F (133211@1)                                      C (x32010@1)I found the sound, and if this heart keeps pouring it out,

                                   GThe (320003@1)glory hasn't come, and it's probably gonna fade, like a

                        Am (x02210@1)                       Ftattoo (133211@1)that hides this shame. But reasons always fade.

                         CThe (x32010@1)pain gives out some day. So I'm saying my goodbyes to your

 G (320003@1)                                    Am (x02210@1)C/BF
deep blue eyes, cause I don't know how say,     to stay still 

         AmC/B F (133211@1)                   AmC/B F (133211@1)Gin (320003@1)the pain.     Stay still in the pain.

[Chorus]

Interlude:

C  F  C  F (picking)


           C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)          AmAnd (x02210@1)if I recall the last thing you said to me, before it broke 

C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)                 Fup. (133211@1)Before it took you from me.

           C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)          FYou (133211@1)said I love you more than the stars in the sky, but your 

C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)        Fname (133211@1)just escapes me tonight. 
(Nobody does it like you anymore)

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