Gaslight Anthem
Great Expectations
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com
Key: Bb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bb - x13331
F - 133211
Gm - 355333
Eb - x68886
Intro: Bb x4
Verse 1:
Bb
Mary this station is
playing every sad song
Gm
I remember like we were
Bb
alive and I heard it Sunday
morning from inside of
Gm
these walls. In a prison
cell where we spent those
Bb
nights. And they burnt up
the diner where I always
used to find her. Licking
Gm
young boys blood from her
Bb
claws And I learned about
the blues from this kitten
Gm
I knew. Her hair was rabid
and her heart was like a
Eb F
tomb My heart's like a wound
Chorus 1:
Gm Eb
I saw tail lights last
Bb
night in a dream about
F Gm
my first wife Everybody
Eb Bb
leaves and I'd expect
F
as much from you
Gm Eb
I saw tail lights last
Bb
night in a dream about
F Gm
my old life Everybody
Eb Bb
leaves so why
F Bb Bb(hold)
why wouldn't you?
Verse 2:
Bb
Mary I worried and
stalled every night
of my life Better
Gm
safe than making
the party And I
Bb
never had a good
time I sat my
bedside with
Gm
papers and
poetry about
Eb
Astella Great
F
expectations we
Eb
had the greatest
F
expectations
Chorus 2:
Gm Eb
I saw tail lights last
Bb
night in a dream about
F Gm
my first wife Everybody
Eb Bb
leaves and I'd expect
F
as much from you
Gm Eb
I saw tail lights last
Bb
night in a dream about
F Gm
my old life Everybody
Eb Bb
leaves so why
F Gm Eb Bb F
why wouldn't you?
Bridge:
Gm
It's funny how
Eb
the night moves
Bb F
Humming a
Gm Eb Bb F Gm Eb Bb F
song from 1962
Bridge:
Eb
We were always
F
waiting
Eb F
always waiting
Eb
We were always
F
waiting
for something
Gm F
to happen
Chorus 3:
Gm Eb
I saw tail lights last
Bb
night in a dream about
F Gm
my first wife Everybody
Eb Bb
leaves and I'd expect
F
as much from you
Gm Eb
I saw tail lights last
Bb
night in a dream about
F Gm
my old life Everybody
Eb Bb
leaves so why
F Bb Gm Bb Gm Eb F Bb(hold)
why wouldn't you?