The Gaslight Anthem – Positive Charge (Guitar Acoustic)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D) Video Lesson
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Chords

Actual frettings are as follows: Em: 022033 Cadd9: x32033 G: 320033 D/F#: 200233 Gsus2: 300233 B11: x21200 C6sus2: x30233 Em11: 000033 [Intro] Em Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 G D/F# Em Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 G D/F# [Verse 1]
          Em
Where did you go?

        Cadd9               G
I would say that to myself often

           Cadd9               G           D/F#
Like I was dressing up for a coffin to lie down in

            Em
I can't say I know

      Cadd9           G
I was overcome the distance

      Cadd9             G            B11
I was lost in my own incidents in my mind

         G               Gsus2        Cadd9
Were you calling me from outside of a dream?
[Chorus]
C6sus2       G             Cadd9
   I wanna live, I wanna love you a little longer

      G               Gsus2          Em            Cadd9
I was invincible many years ago when I was so much stronger

C6sus2       G            Cadd9
   I wanna smile like a letter from an old friend

    G               Gsus2
My arms are wide as oceans

         Em                      Cadd9
How I've missed you, and feelin' good to be alive
[Turnaround] Em Cadd9 G (open 1st and 2nd strings on first Em) Em Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 G B11 [Verse 2]
         Em
Wherever I'd go

            Cadd9            G
There were whispers in the vestibules

  Cadd9          G               D/F#
Reminders of my time with you on my own

          Em
It's hard to know

          Cadd9           G
when your mind declares a war on you

         Cadd9               G                         B11
Like the thoughts inside my skull would do, like I was blind

        G              Gsus2              Cadd9
And I'm sure I saw the signs, but didn't know
[Chorus]
C6sus2      G             Cadd9
   I wanna live, I wanna love you a little longer

      G               Gsus2          Em             Cadd9
I was invincible many years ago when I was so much stronger

C6sus2       G           Cadd9
   I wanna smile like a letter from an old friend

   G             Gsus2
My arms are open oceans

         Em                      Cadd9      G
How I've missed you, and feelin' good to be alive
[Bridge] (Palm mute, downstrokes on single or pairs of low strings only)
          B/G
I need a spark

          B
I need a positive charge
C D (5th string, not open 4th) Plug it into my veins, make me love this life again
          B/G
I need a spark

          B
I need a positive charge

         C                         D
Plug it into my brain and make me love my life again
(Fully mute and strum a few times to transition back to the chorus) [Chorus]
            G             Cadd9
   I wanna live, I wanna love you a little longer

      G               Gsus2          Em            Cadd9
I was invincible many years ago when I was so much stronger

C6sus2       G           Cadd9
   I wanna smile like a letter from an old friend

   G             Gsus2
My arms are open oceans

         Em                      Cadd9      G
How I've missed you, and feelin' good to be alive
[Outro]
G               Em11          Em
How I've missed you, how I've missed you

        Cadd9       G
Feelin' good to be alive

G               Em11          Em
How I've missed you, how I've missed you

         Cadd9       G   Em11
And it's good to be alive

G               Em11          Em
How I've missed you, how I've missed you

        Cadd9       G
Feelin' good to be alive

G               Em11          Em
How I've missed you, how I've missed you

         Cadd9       G
And it's good to be alive

Em  Cadd9  G   Em11   Em
Oooooooh, ooooooh,  ahaha

         Cadd9          G
And it's good to be alive