• Song:

    I Coulda Been A Contender

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

  • Album:

    Sink or Swim

Tabbed by: thesluss
Tuning: Full Step Down

Intro - 
    A5                    G5
I'm broke and I'm hungry, hard up and I'm lonely
          A5              G5                 F5
I've been dancing on this killing floor for years
       A5                           G5
Of the few things I am certain, the captain of my burden
    A5                  G5              F5     
I'm sorry doll, I could never stop the rain


Interlude - 
A5 - G5 - A5 - G5 - F5  (x2)


Verse 1-
         A5                              G5
Once you said I was your hero, you would dance with me on a dime
         A5                    G5
We could spin this world right right right round,
    F5
And catch back up on the flip side
            A5
I was gonna get this real big engine,
            G5
I was gonna get them Broadway Stars
               A5         G5
You were gonna be my Judy Garland,
              F5
We were gonna share your Tin Man heart


Chorus -
C5                       G5                                  A5
There's a dirty wind blowin', there's a storm front comin' in
           F5
There's an S.O.S. on the seas tonight
C5                  G5                      A5
Steady now, Steady now, soldier hold fast now
                        F5       G5         A5     G5        A5     
It's heads or tails and heart attacks and broken dreams tonight


Interlude - 
A5 - G5 - A5 - G5 - F5  


Verse 2 - 
           A5               G5
We used to drive all night, all over town
        A5         G5            F5
We'd go waltzing Matilda when Matilda came around

And I'd sing them blues to you


Chorus -
C5                       G5                                  A5
There's a dirty wind blowin', there's a storm front comin' in
                         F5
There's an S.O.S. on the seas tonight
C5                  G5                      A5
Steady now, Steady now, soldier hold fast now
                        F5       G5         A5     G5        A5       
It's heads or tails and heart attacks and broken dreams tonight


Interlude - 
A5


Chorus -
C5                       G5                                  A5
There's a dirty wind blowin', there's a storm front comin' in
                         F5
There's an S.O.S. on the seas tonight
C5                  G5                      A5
Steady now, Steady now, soldier hold fast now
                      F5       G5         A5     G5        A5                  
It's heads or tails and heart attacks and broken dreams tonight
    F5       G5         A5     G5
And heart attacks and broken dreams
  F5      G5     C5    G5       A5
Atlantis is my only dream tonight
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