The Gaslight Anthem – Great Expectations (Guitar)

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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----------------------|