The Gay Bar Song
Deep in the heart of the beast in the sun
Words By Art Alexakis
Music By Color Finger
Chords used
G# A B D E F#
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|----------------7---9--11--|
D|----6---7---9---7---9--11--|
A|----6---7---9---5---7---9--|
E|----4---5---7--------------|
NOTE: After each time the Intro Riff 2 has been played, there is a little lead
thingy. I simply can't work any of the lead thingys out at the moment, for now
just arpreggio an E chord instead.
(Intro)
A
e|------------------------------------------| x2
B|o----------------------------------------o|
G|----------------6--------6-------6-----6--|
D|----------------7--------7-------7-----7--|
A|o------------7----------------7----------o|
E|--0--2--4--5-------5--5-----5-------5-----|
pm.(palm muted)...........................
(Intro Riff 2)
A B D
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------7--7-|
G|-------------6--------6-----------------------------7--7-|
D|-------------7--------7-------9----------9---------------|
A|------------------------9----------9-----5-5-----5--5----|
E|-0-2-4--5-5-----5--5-----7-7-------7--7------------------|
pm..............................................................
(Intro Riff 2) E(Lead thingy)
Wasn’t that you? Yeah, walking down Pico Blvd.
(Intro Riff 2) E(Lead thingy)
Yeah wasn’t that you? Oh looking cool, baby walking hard
(Intro Riff 2) E(Lead thingy)
Wasn’t that you? Yeah, falling drunk out of that black girl’s car
B D B D
e|--------------------------5------------------------------|
B|------------------------7---7----------------------------|
G|------------------------7----7--------------------------7|
D|--9---------------------7--------9----------------------7|
A|--9---------------------5--------9----------------------5|
E|--7------------------------------7-----------------------|
Yeah, wasn’t that you? Baby wasn’t that you?
B D G#/A\G#/A\G#/A
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------7---------------------------|
D|--------9--------------------7---------------6/7\6/7\6/7-|
A|--------9--------------------5---------------6/7\6/7\6/7-|
E|--------7------------------------------------4/5\4/5\4/7-|
Baby wasn’t that you last night at the gay bar?
B D G#/A\G#/A\G#/A
Yeah baby wasn’t that you last night at the gay bar
D E F# D
Yeah you had a dazed look on your face and a big girl on your arm
A B D
You’ve been running around girl
E
You’ve been acting strange since we hit this
A B D
West Coast town in March of last year
E
I don’t even know what we’re doing here
A B D E F#
I tried, So hard, to see what burns inside your heart
(Pre chorus Riff)
F# F# E E F# F# E
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-11----11/9----9\11---11/9-|
D|-11----11/9----9\11---11/9-|
A|--9----9-/7----7\9-----9/7-|
E|---------------------------|
Your burning heart
B D G#/A\G#/A\G#/A
Baby wasn’t that you last night at the gay bar?
D E F# D
Well we came from Texas with one single plan
A B D E
You were gonna model and act I was gonna play in a rock and roll
A B D
band Didn’t talk breaks or chance
E A
We was gonna make it real with our own hands
B D E F#
All you wanna do is dance around and fall like an idiot star
(Pre-chorus Riff)
Tell me is it true that heroin illuminates the dark?
B D G#/A\G#/A\G#/A
Wasn’t that you last night at the gay bar?
B D G#/A\G#/A\G#/A
Baby wasn't that you last night at the gay bar?
A
Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh
D E F# D
Get your things and don’t you dare come back
A B D
Yeah I'm gonna leave this fucked-up place
E A
I don’t wanna see your fucked-up face
B D
I don’t wanna drag this mess around
E A
Hold you back or drag you down
B D E F#
I’m gonna close my eyes and turn around and walk out hard
(Pre Chorus Riff) E
Yeah, cause I can’t deal with what I think you are
B D G#/A\G#/A\G#/A
Wasn’t that you last night at the gay bar?
B D G#/A\G#/A\G#/A
Baby wasn’t that you last night at the gay bar?
B D G#/A\G#/A\G#/A
Yeah, wasn’t that you last night at the gay bar?
B D A
Baby, wasn’t that you last night at the gay bar?
