The Gaslight Anthem - The Spirit Of Jazz

the 9th track off of the newest addition to the gaslight athem’s back catalogue
’american slang . ’ if you don’t have this album i highly reccommend it . one of my
new all time faves!

here goes . . .

intro : G , E , G , E , C ( the same as the verse )

verse :

G
the cool is dead , baby go on to sleep
E
rest your weary head and lover bury me
G
and in the morning we’ll start over again
E C
that’s how they do it up on the screen
G
so me and my baby we would dance all night
E
but i don’t know the steps in my baby’s time
G
to do it like they do it for the girls uptown
E C
i hear they light ’em up like the blues

pre – chorus :

E C
so i’m waiting , so i’m waiting
E C
and she’s waiting , and she’s waiting

D
for us to remember . . .

chorus :

E C G D
was i good to you , the wife of my youth
E C G D
not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
E C G D
so i will wait on the edges in between
C D
these new york streets
G
where you and i would meet

post chorus : G , E , G , E , C ( the same as the verse )

verse 2 :

G
for 29 years we loved that line
E
and i would take it easy if i had your mind
G
but i’m a cannonball to a house on fire
E C
and you’re slow like motown soul
G
so what now lover with your long black hair?
E
if i cut you open baby i can repair
G
and bandage your wounds with the salt on my tongue
E C
and i’m the only one ’round here

pre – chorus 2 :

E C
so i’m waiting , so i’m waiting
E C
and she’s waiting , and she’s waiting

D
for us to recover . . .

chorus 2 :

E C G D
so was i good to you , the wife of my youth
E C G D
not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
E C G D
so i will wait on the edges in between
C D
these new york streets
G
where you and i would meet

bridge :

E C G D
and only i can heal your wounds
E C G D
only i can heal your wounds
E C
when you can’t go on
G D
when you can’t go on
E C
when you can’t go on
D E
when you can’t go on , anymore . . .

muted pre – chorus :

E C G D
so was i good to you , the wife of my youth
E C
not another soul could love you
G D
like my . . .

chorus 3 :

E C G D
so was i good to you , the wife of my youth
E C G D
not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
E C G D
so i will wait on the edges in between
C D
these new york streets
C D
on all these new york streets
G
where you and i would meet

hopefully everything is okay but as i worked this out by ear who knows?
enjoy! : )