The Gaslight Anthem - Gaslight Medley

i was inspired by the streetlight medley to put this together , i hope you enjoy playing
this as much as i did

E | – – 0 – 5 – 0 – 8 – 7 – 5 – – – |
B | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | ( x4 )
D | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

verse 1 –

C
mary , this station is playing every sad song
Am
i remember like we were alive
C
i heard and sung them all from inside of these walls
Am
in a prison cell , where we spent those nights
C
and they burned up the diner where i always used to find her
Am
licking young boys blood from her claws
C
and i learned about the blues from this kitten i knew
Am
her hair was raven and her heart was like a tomb

prechorus –
guitar 1

F G
my heart’s like a wound
E B C#m
have you seen my hands?
B E
just look at ’em shake
B C#m
and the song just keeps on repeating
B E
drop the needle again
B C#m
and i dance with your ghost
B A
but that ain’t the way
A B
i can’t move on and i can’t stay the same

and all my friends say

chorus :
C#m A E
heeeeyyyy
B
turn the record over
C#m A E
heeeyyyyy
B
i’ll see you on the flip side
E B C#m A
there you go and turn the key and engine over
E B
let her go
C#m A
let somebody else lay at her feet
slow it down here
Am G F C ( x4 ) G

on president street , you’ll find the sisters praying over my city’s heart
while union avenue turns to its disciple who feels the pressure heat coming on hard

chorus : C G6sus4 Am F ( x4 ) F G

and if all was well and your heart could find the words
would we be for better baby , would we be for worse?
and if there was a way to navigate your seas
and if tonight , my true love . . .

faster here

C Am
i was crawling around in my head in the haze of a trance .
C Am F
rico said , “i’ma turn you onto a sound , cool out your head .
G
this is the sound from camden town . ”

C
and then i heard it like a shot through my skull to my brain ,
Am
i felt my fingertips tingle and it started to rain ,
C
when the walls of my bedroom were tremblin’ around me ,
Am
this ramshackle voice over attack of a bluesbeat ,
F G
tellin’ me he’s only looking for fun .
Am G F
this was the sound of the very last gang in town .

chorus :
C F
as heard by my wild young heart , like directions on a cold dark night ,
C F
sayin’ , ’let it out . . . you’re doin’ all right . ’
C
and i heard it in his chain gang soul .
F
it wasn’t just the same sad song .
C F
saying , ’let it out , you’re doing all right . ’
Em F G C
and i’m doing all right , are you doin’ all right?

play at a moderate pace now

Am E
well , i wonder which song they’re gonna play when we go .
Am Fmaj7/C
i hope it’s something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow .
Am E
when we float out into the ether , into the everlasting arms ,
Am Fmaj7/C
i hope we don’t hear marley’s chains we forged in life .

Am Fmaj7/C C G
see these chains i been hearing now for most of my life ,
Am Fmaj7/C C G
these chains i been hearing now for most of my life .

C Fmaj7/C
did you hear the ’59 sound coming through on grandmama’s radio?
Am G Fmaj7/C
did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls?
C Fmaj7/C
did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over?
Am G Fmaj7/C
did you hear your favorite song one last time?

Am F/E C G
if i could write , i’d tell you how much i’ve missed these nights
Am F/E C
where we , dig around the bones , and try to find peace
G
and a patch for the hole
Am F/E C
i lit a cigarette on a parking meter
G
the corner boys told her how i was dyin to meet her
Am F/E C
like a prayer i said , on deadman’s
G
and drove up like a parade

Am
you and your high top sneakers
F/E C
and your sailor tattoos and your
G Am
ole’ 55 that you drove through the roof of the sky up above
F/E C
these indifferent stars while you just
G Am F/E C G
kept coming apart , right in my arms

start off slow , then back to moderate
Am Fmaj7/C C G
Am Fmaj7/C C G
tell all the young boys , young girls ,
Am Fmaj7/C C G
Am Fmaj7/C C G
all the young boys , young girls ,

Am Fmaj7/C C G
that you ain’t supposed to die on a saturday night ,
Am Fmaj7/C C G
ain’t supposed to die on a saturday night ,
Am Fmaj7/C C G
ain’t supposed to die on a saturday night ,
Am Fmaj7/C C G
you weren’t supposed to leave my life ,

C Fmaj7/C
did you hear the ’59 sound coming through on grandmama’s radio?
Am G Fmaj7/C
did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls?
C Fmaj7/C
did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over?
Am G Fmaj7/C
did you hear your favorite song one last time?

Am Fmaj7/C C G
Am Fmaj7/C C G
tell all the young boys , all the young girls ,
Am Fmaj7/C C G
Am Fmaj7/C C G C
all the young boys , all the young girls .

songs used :
great expectations
45
she loves you
ida called ya woody , joe
the 59 sound
old white lincoln
the 59 sound ( outro )