The Gaslight Anthem – Wherefore Art Thou Elvis (Ukulele)

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Tabbed by: [email protected] Chords: G#m : 466444 F# : 244322 or x4432x E : 022100 B : x24442 B/F# : 22444x B/G# : 42444x Intro: G#m F# E F# ------ Verse: ------
G#m                   B           F#            G#m       B        F#
I cut my teeth on the stone of a teenage romance

G#m                               B              F#                  G#m   B   F#
I was the salt of the earth, I was hard, and the last of the independents.

E5                       F#5          G#5
And in the breath from my chest I was blowing kerosene,

E5                          F#5              G#5   
My lips and fingertips were stone, I wore my heart on my jeans.

E5                        F#5            G#5
I sang the blues like the dogs left too long in the street,

E5               F#5            G#5 
I still sing the blues with the dogs.

E                        F#          G#m
And I got half a mind to let it all burn up in this fire,

E                                F#            G#m
I've had been burning through my veins since I first learned to cry.

E                               F#              G#m
I'd watch this whole night come down and never miss her again.

E                             F#
I never felt right and never fit in,
Walking in my own skin. ---------- Intro Riff ---------- Verse (played the same): Now I got scars like the number of stars, my head's full of vipers. I got the dust of the desert in my bones, coming through the amplifiers. Between the minor chord fall and the fourth and the fifth, It's a broken Hallelujah and a pain in my fist. I wash my hands like the man with the blood on his teeth, Over and over without relief. And I got nothing for you darling but a story to tell, About the rain on the pavement and the sound as it fell. I'd watch this whole night come down and never miss her again. I never felt right and never fit in. ------ Chorus ------ When Brian plays this part slowly, he uses the same chord shapes from the verse (B, F#, G#m), instead of just holding the B chord and changing the root note. Also, notice the "Say a Prayer for my soul, Senorita" is different on the last go round.
              B       B/F#           B/G#
Walking in my old man shoes, with my scientist heart.

        B           B/F#         B/G#
I got a fever and a beaker and a shot in the dark.

         B        B/F#           B/G#   
I need a Cadillac ride, I need a soft summer night,

E                       F#
Say a prayer for my soul Se?orita.

                  G#m       F#          E
Because I've been dying out here in the cold and the snow.

        G#m            F#        E
I got a picture of you, Mama, to remind me of home.

       G#m       F#         E
On the hood of a Dodge on a Saturday night,

      B                   F#
Say a prayer for my soul, Se?orita.
----- outro ----- Intro chords X3 followed by B F# G#m(slowly)