The Gaslight Anthem es una banda americana de punk rock de la ciudad de New Brunswick en el estado de New Jersey. Ellos lanzaron su primer album "Sink or Swim" en XOXO Records el 29 de Mayo de 2007.
Su debut completo fue bien recibido por sitios independientes de musica indie así como Punknews.org (revisión del álbum "Sink or Swim"), Absolutepunk.net (biografía y revisión) y Racket Magazine (entrevista) y mas sitios populares como Spin.com (Banda del día en agosto del 2007), UltimateGuitar.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Guitar 1 AmE Well, I wonder which song they're gonna play when we go AmF I hope it's something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow AmE when we float out into the ether, into the Everlasting Arms, AmF I hope we don't hear Marley's chains we forged in life AmFCG 'cause the chains I been hearing now for most of my life
CF Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on Grandmama's radio? AmGF Did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls? CF Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over? AmGF Did you hear your favorite song one last time?
Guitar 1 AmE And I wonder were you scared when the metal hit the glass? Am See, I was playing a show down the road F when your spirit left your body Am And they told me on the front lawn E I'm sorry I couldn't go, AmF but I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons AmFCG And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang AmFCG And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang
Young boys, young girls Young boys, young girls Young boys...
(These are the chords he basically palms mutes throughout the bridge shown above) AmFCG Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night Well they ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night