• Song:

    Blue Dahlia

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

Hey everyone. This is my first tab, and hopefully you like it.

It's relatively similar to the first version that was posted, I changed the Intro, 
Chorus, Pre-Chorus, and Outro chords to essentially match the verses. If you're 
like me, and have trouble singing in anything lower then Eb tuning then this version is for you.

I play with the Capo on the 1st or 3rd fret, but you can move that around wherever you want.

Tuning: Standard [EADGBe]
G      (320033)
D      (x00232)
A      (x02200)
Cadd9  (x32033)
Em7    (022033)

Intro-
G, D, G, D, G, Cadd9 -x3-
G, D, G, D, G, Cadd9,
D-

Verse 1-
       Em7
What a hot and sultry summer,
               Cadd9The (x32030@1)steam just slides up off them streets
    GYou (320003@1)got to stay inside and wait for the night, 
         DAnd (xx0232@1)then come on over and see me
          Em7
There's a poetry about these streets,
         Cadd9It (x32030@1)just slips from your skin and goes right underneath
     GAnd (320003@1)mama always knew I'd meet a girl like you,
    DBut (xx0232@1)me, I never believed

Pre-Chorus-
               Em7          D (xx0232@1)                        Cadd9Cause' (x32030@1)I've been so lonely I can't imagine that kind of sympathy
               Em7          D (xx0232@1)                        Cadd9Cause' (x32030@1)I've been so lonely I can't imagine that kind of sympathy

Chorus-
                     GWhere'd (320003@1)you get them scars?
            Em7
How blue is your heart?
      Cadd9Is (x32030@1)it sad enough to break?
                G (320003@1)           DShe (xx0232@1)said, "it's sad enough to break"
                 GHow (320003@1)long was your life?
         Em7
Was it cold and strange like mine?
         Cadd9Are (x32030@1)you man enough to lay here?
                 G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)                 GShe (320003@1)said, "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me"

Verse 2-
         Em7                              Cadd9I (x32030@1)had a dream about you once, and I could barely see your form
       GAnd (320003@1)I met you between the wax and the needle,
        DIn (xx0232@1)the words of my favorite song
      Em7                                  Cadd9Your (x32030@1)black hair was like a raven with your tan skin on the beach
      G (320003@1)                               DYour (xx0232@1)backdrop were the auroras and my sidekick was all this grief
         Em7                  D (xx0232@1)                  Cadd9I've (x32030@1)been so low down, I'm almost level with the ground

Chorus-
                      GWhere'd (320003@1)you get them scars?
            Em7
How blue is your heart?
      Cadd9Is (x32030@1)it sad enough to break?
                G (320003@1)            DShe (xx0232@1)said "it's sad enough to break"
                 GHow (320003@1)long was your life?
        Em7
Was it cold and strange like mine?
         Cadd9Are (x32030@1)you man enough to lay here?
                G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)                  GShe (320003@1)said, "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me"

Bridge-
         G (320003@1)                              Em7           DDid (xx0232@1)they take you to the carnival to get locked up on a ride?
GMe, (320003@1)I got caught up with the fortuen tellers
          Em7                  Cadd9And (x32030@1)the ladies with the sleepy eyes
         Cadd9 (x32030@1)        DIt (xx0232@1)took years my baby just to come clean, 
        Em7                 Cadd9Every (x32030@1)streetlight a reminder
    D (xx0232@1)         Em7
And all those apologies
         Cadd9 (x32030@1)   D (xx0232@1)          Em7
And the night was lonely next to me
         Cadd9 (x32030@1)   D (xx0232@1)            GEven (320003@1)the night was lonely next to me

Chorus-
                      GWhere'd (320003@1)you get them scars?
            Em7
How blue is your heart?
      Cadd9Is (x32030@1)it sad enough to break?
                G (320003@1)           DShe (xx0232@1)said "it's sad enough to break"
                 GHow (320003@1)long was your life?
        Em7
Was it cold and strange like mine?
         Cadd9Are (x32030@1)you man enough to lay here?
                G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)    Em7
She said, "I'm man enough my baby, come see about me"

Outro-
           Cadd9 (x32030@1)   G (320003@1) DCome (xx0232@1)see about me, ah-ah
         Em7        Cadd9Come (x32030@1)see about me, 
          G (320003@1)     DCome (xx0232@1)see about me, 
          Em7         Cadd9Come (x32030@1)see about me, ah-ah
           G (320003@1)        DCome (xx0232@1)see about me, ah-ah
                 GWhenever (320003@1)you're lonely

-End-
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