The Gaslight Anthem - Stay Lucky

intro
A# / A# / Gm / F x2
A#
it took so long to get me back on my feet
A#
it takes so long to find the words and the beat

and charlie’s waiting on the end of the phone
Gm F
to hear you call on him to try to recapture
A#
but them old records won’t be saving your soul
A#
and them feelings got the reasons you know

that you’ve forgotten somewhere
Gm
riding a train to place
F
you are out in the cold cold

Gm Cm F
and it feels like all you’d have to do is step outside
Gm Cm
stop pacing around and waiting for some moment
A# F
that might never arrive

A# Gm
but you’re never gonna find it
D#
like when you were young
D# F
and everybody used to call you lucky

pre – verse
A# / A#

A#
nothing feels right in the wintery cold
A#
steam , heat , clang , and the dark at your door

all the other rooms are a party tonight
Gm F
and you never got an invitation
A#
and you feel in your bones , steady aching some more
A#
twenty five years gone just an hour ago

momma never told me there’d be days like these
G F
until it was much too late to recover

Gm Cm F
and it feels like all you’d have to do is step outside
Gm Cm A# F
stop pacing around and waiting for some moment that might never arrive

A# Gm
but you’re never gonna find it
Em A#
when your knees got so weak
A# Gm
but it’s right here in case you need it
D#
like when you were young
A# F
and everybody used to call you lucky
D#
when you were young
A# F
and everybody used to call you lucky

Gm Cm F
but it feels like you just might explode inside
Gm
you’ve been pacing around and waiting
Cm A# F
for some moment that might never arrive at all

A# Gm F
what you don’t have , you don’t need it anymore
A# Gm F A#
what you don’t have , you don’t need it anymore

A# Gm
but you’re never gonna find it
D# A# F
when your knees got so weak

A# Gm
and it’s right here in case you need it
D#
like when you were young
A# F
and everybody used to call you lucky

when you were young

and everybody used to call you lucky

if you’re anywhere in manhattan
in the next eight days or so
let me know
speak soon , stay lucky .