• Song:

    The Queen Of Lower Chelsea

  • Artist:

    The Gaslight Anthem

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM - THE QUEEN OF LOWER CHELSEA
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Tabbed by: hoxxx
e-mail: bluebookfin AT gmail.com
www.bluebookband.net
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Standard tuning EADGBe

Intro
Gm (355333@1)    Gm (355333@1)e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---7-----|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|

e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---------|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|

VERSE
Repeat 4 times over Verse
e-|--------------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------------6----6--3-------------------------------|
G-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3----------------------7----7--(7)---|
D-|---------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5----------|
A-|--------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------|
                Gm (355333@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)     EbDid (x43121@3)you grow up lonesome and one of a kind?
          Gm (355333@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)     EbWere (x43121@3)your records all you had to pass the time?
                  Gm (355333@1)                      Bb (x1333x@1)EbOr (x43121@3)maybe you were taken by the mysteries of New Orlenans?
       Gm (355333@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1)  EbOr (x43121@3)the uptight, rowdy girls of Lower Chelsea?

VERSE
Repeat over Verse
e-|----------------------------------|
B-|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6----|
G-|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
D-|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|
                   Gm (355333@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)        EbAnd (x43121@3)we're hustling under but we live in the city
               Gm (355333@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)   EbAnd (x43121@3)we keep it down when we take a beating
                 Gm (355333@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)  EbYeah, (x43121@3)we keep it down with the radio on
                  Gm (355333@1)            F (133211@1)      EbAnd (x43121@3)if you find a good man, don't take him home

CHORUS
Repeat over Chorus
e-|----------------------------------|
B-|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6----|
G-|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
D-|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|
            BbWhen (x1333x@1)you're working full-time
             Ebmaj7(xx1333) (x43111@3)    Bb (x1333x@1)             Ebmaj7And (x43111@3)spending all of your nights, dancing like you did
          Bb (x1333x@1)                   Ebmaj7While (x43111@3)the gravity hangs all over some boys you had
Bb (x1333x@1)                    Ebmaj7She'll (x43111@3)still remain the Queen of Lower Chelsea

BREAK
e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---7-----|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|

e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---------|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|

VERSE
Repeat 4 times over Verse
e-|--------------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------------6----6--3-------------------------------|
G-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3----------------------7----7--(7)---|
D-|---------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5----------|
A-|--------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------|
                  Gm (355333@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)    EbDid (x43121@3)you grow up a good girl, you daddy's pride?
                     Gm (355333@1)                                  Bb (x1333x@1)     EbDid (x43121@3)you make all the right moves, take all the right drugs right on time?
         Gm (355333@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)          EbAmerican (x43121@3)girls, they want the whole world
          Gm (355333@1)                 Bb (x1333x@1)     EbThey (x43121@3)want every last little in New York City

VERSE
Repeat over Verse
e-|----------------------------------|
B-|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6----|
G-|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
D-|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|
                   Gm (355333@1)            Bb (x1333x@1) EbBut (x43121@3)we're hustling under and we're fast asleep
               Gm (355333@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)   EbAnd (x43121@3)we keep it down when we take a beating
                 Gm (355333@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)  EbYeah, (x43121@3)we keep it down with the radio on
                  Gm (355333@1)            F (133211@1)      EbAnd (x43121@3)if you find a good man, don't take him home

CHORUS
Repeat over Chorus
e-|----------------------------------|
B-|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6----|
G-|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
D-|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|
            BbWhen (x1333x@1)you're working full-time
             Ebmaj7 (x43111@3)            Bb (x1333x@1)             Ebmaj7And (x43111@3)spending all of your nights, dancing like you did
          Bb (x1333x@1)                   Ebmaj7While (x43111@3)the gravity hangs all over some boys you had
Bb (x1333x@1)                    Ebmaj7She'll (x43111@3)still remain the Queen of Lower Chelsea

INTERLUDE:
Note: Guitar plays a lead as follows, didn't block the chords since no-one actually 
any chords here.
Use a guitar slide
e-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-8/11----11\8----8/11----/13\8----8/11----11\8---(\6\3)/8-----|
G-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Well they say these days,
Nothing comes cheap
And everything has a price
Everything has a price
Nothing is free
Not even me

BREAK
e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---7-----|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|

e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---------|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|

Gm (355333@1)    Gm (355333@1)    Gm (355333@1)    Gm (355333@1)REPEAT CHORUS 2x

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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