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Great Expectations by The Gaslight Anthem - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            Tuning: Full Step Down

Chords:
C  - x032010
Am - x002210
F  - x003211
G  - x320030

[Intro - Verse lead]

e|--0-5-0-8-7-5---|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|   x4
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

[Verse 1]
C
Mary, this station is playing every sad song
Am
I remember like we were alive
C
I heard and sung them all from inside of these walls
Am
In a prison cell, where we spent those nights
C
And they burned up the diner where I always used to find her
Am
Licking young boys blood from her claws
C
And I learned about the blues from this kitten I knew
Am
Her hair was raven and her heart was like a tomb

[Pre-chorus]
Guitar 1

F                      G
     My heart's like a wound

[Chorus]
      Am          F               C              G
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife
Am        F                C                 G
Everybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you
      Am          F               C              G
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life
Am        F          C    G            C
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?

[Verse 2]
        C
Mary, I worried and stalled every night of my life
       Am
Better safe than making the party
      C
And I never had a good time, I sat my bedside,
     Am
With papers and poetry about Estella

[Pre-chorus 2]

Guitar 1
F                    G                   F             G
     With great expectations, we had the greatest expectations

[Chorus]
      Am          F               C              G
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife
Am        F                C                 G
Everybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you
      Am          F               C              G
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my whole life
Am        F          C    G            C
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?


[Bridge]
           Am                 F    C   G   C
It's funny how the night moves
           Am                 F    C   G   C
   Humming a song from 1962


[Bridge]
        F         G
We were always,   waiting
F     G
always waiting
        F         G
We were always,   waiting for something
   F    G
to happen


[Chorus]
      Am          F               C              G
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife
Am        F                C                 G
Everybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you
      Am          F               C              G
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my whole life
Am        F          C    G            C
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?

[Outro]
Guitar 1

C  Am  C  Am  F  G  C

Guitar 2
    C                    Am
e|------3-----3----------0--0-----0-------------|
B|--1-----1-----1---1----1----1-----1---1-------|
G|--0-------0-----0---0--2------2-----2---2-----|  x2
D|--2--------------------2----------------------|
A|--3-------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

    F                    G                   C
e|--0---0-----0----------0--3-----3-------------|
B|--1-----1-----1---1----3----3-----3---3----1--|
G|--2-------0-----0---0--0------0-----0---0--0--|
D|--3--------------------0-------------------2--|
A|--0--------------------2-------------------3--|
E|-----------------------3----------------------| 
        

We also have 7 songs by The Gaslight Anthem

• 45
• Great Expectations
• Heres Looking At You Kid
• National Anthem
• Red At Night
• The 59 Sound
• The Navesink Banks

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