The 59 Sound Uke tab by Gaslight Anthem

5 Chords used in the song: Am, E, F, C, G

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Year:  2008
Difficulty: 
3.7
(Intermediate)
Key: AmChords
Am chordAm                              E chordE
Well, I wonder which song they're gonna play when we go
Am chordAm F chordF
I hope it's something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow
Am chordAm E chordE
when we float out into the ether, into the Everlasting Arms,
Am chordAm F chordF
I hope we don't hear Marley's chains we forged in life
Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
'cause the chains I been hearing now for most of my life




Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on Grandmama's radio?
Am chordAm G chordG F chordF
Did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls?
C chordC F chordF
Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over?
Am chordAm G chordG F chordF
Did you hear your favorite song one last time?



Am chordAm E chordE
And I wonder were you scared when the metal hit the glass?
Am chordAm
See, I was playing a show down the road
F chordF
when your spirit left your body
Am chordAm
And they told me on the front lawn
E chordE
I'm sorry I couldn't go,
Am chordAm F chordF
but I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons
Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang
Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang


Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
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Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
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Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
Young boys
Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG C chordC
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Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night
Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night
Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
Well they ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night
Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night

Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
Young boys
Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
Young girls
Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG
Young boys
Am chordAm F chordF C chordC G chordG C chordC
Young girls

Uke tab by , 01 Sep 2013

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