The Gaslight Anthem – Placeholder (Guitar)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
From The '59 Sound Sessions. Lyrics are from Genius, please let me know if something is incorrect.
Gaslight would always tune down a whole step (DGCFAD) and I'm sure this demo was no exception,
so I tabbed it accordingly, but if you want to play in standard, just transpose up two semitones
so the first chord reads "C".
[Intro]
D G A (x4)
[Verse 1]
D In the middle of the night A G everyone is sleeping D Once the bands have died down A G And our brothers and our sisters have gone D I feel the shaking in my sides G conscious and familiar D I pace some unfamiliar street G Until I pass out or calm down enough Bm A And I can't tell you how desperate G A some times have gotten
[Chorus]
D You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, G A hold on Maria D You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, G A I'm coming home D Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, G A I nearly lost you D You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, G A I'm coming home
[Verse 2]
D And in the middle of the day A G when the heat keeps on rising D A The fear of sickness or breakdown or infidelity G Makes its rounds D And in the drag of the late afternoon G settling in into evening D Well, that I just can't describe G with a dry eye or American words Bm A And I can't tell you how many times G A I just want to lie down
[Chorus]
D You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, G A hold on Maria D You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, G A I'm coming home D Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, G A I nearly lost you D You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, G A I'm coming home
[Interlude]
Bm G D A (x2)
[Bridge]
Bm You and your high-top sneakers G and your sailor tattoos D And your old fifty-five A that you drove through the roof Bm G Of the sky up above these indifferent stars D A While you just kept coming apart
N.C.
Hold on, hold on, hold on!
[Chorus]
D You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, G A hold on Maria D You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, G A I'm coming home D G A These records and these bands and ? really matter D To these hands and these arms and G A this tired Irish heart made of stone
[Outro]
D You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on G A Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on D You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on G A D A G Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on