The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound Tabbed by: ThorHammer17 Tuning: |DGFCAD| ------ C: |-32010| Fmaj7: |-33210| Am: |-03320| G: |320013| or G |320003| Em: |022000| F: |133211| or |133---| or |1332--| Intro: C - C - Fmaj7 - Fmaj7 - Am - G - Fmaj7 - Fmaj7 x2
Am Em Well, I wonder which song they're gonna play when we go. Am Fmaj7 I hope it's something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow. Am Em When we float out into the ether, into the Everlasting Arms, Am Fmaj7 I hope we don't hear Marley's chains we forged in life. Am F C G 'Cause the chains I been hearing now for most of my life, Am F C G The chains I been hearing now for most of my life. C Fmaj7 Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on grandmother's radio? Am G Fmaj7 Did you hear the rattling chains.... in the hospital walls? C Fmaj7 Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over? Am G Fmaj7 Did you hear your favorite song one last time? Am Em And I wonder were you scared when the metal hit the glass? Am Fmaj7 See, I was playing a show down the road when your spirit left your body. Am Em And they told me on the front lawn. I'm sorry I couldn't go, Am Fmaj7 But I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons. Am F C G And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang Am F C G I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang C Fmaj7 Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on grandmother's radio? Am G Fmaj7 Did you hear the rattling chains..... in the hospital walls? C Fmaj7 Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over? Am G Fmaj7 Did you hear your favorite song.... one last time? [ Am F C G Young boys, Am F C G Young girls, ]x4 Am F C G Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night, Am F C G Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night, Am F C G Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night, Am F C G Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night, C Fmaj7 Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on grandmother's radio? Am G Fmaj7 Did you hear the rattling chains..... in the hospital walls? C Fmaj7 Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over? Am G Fmaj7 Did you hear your favorite song.... one last time? Am F C G Young boys, Am F C G Young girls, Am F C G Young boys, Am F C G Young girls. Outro: C ---- Seeing as almost all of Gaslight's songs from this album are in D tuning, I was pretty sure I could make it work for this song too. I took a look at a few live videos, and this is definitely what he's playing, especially in the
The 59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem guitar chords playing instructions.