History Books chords by The Gaslight Anthem

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: B minorBm

♫ Verse 1:
B minorBm        A augmentedA
 What's that you say?
      G+G
I knew you when?
     A augmentedA           B minorBm
You don't look too much like my friend
       A augmentedA
Those history books
        G+G
Filled up with crooks
    A augmentedA               G+G
Stories that I don't want to read again

♫ Pre-Chorus:
   A augmentedA    B minorBm
I've tried to live
  A augmentedA          G+G   A augmentedA
One thousand years from here


♫ Chorus:
    D MajorD A augmentedA     B minorBm
When I think of it now
G+G         D MajorD
It just brings me down
    A augmentedA      G+G
When I think of you now
      D MajorD A augmentedA     B minorBm
And when I think of it now
G+G         D MajorD
It just brings me down
    A augmentedA      G+G D MajorD  G+G D MajorD B minorBm
When I think of you now


♫ Verse 2:
      A augmentedA
I'm keeping time
       G+G
One day goes by
     A augmentedA           B minorBm
I try to live till the next one
         A augmentedA
But these history books
        G+G
Full of haunted looks
      A augmentedA    G+G
From people I don't want to see again

♫ Pre-Chorus:
      A augmentedA     B minorBm
'Cause I've learned to live
     A augmentedA       G+G  A augmentedA
But they try to hold me here


♫ Chorus:
    D MajorD A augmentedA     B minorBm
When I think of it now
G+G         D MajorD
It just brings me down
    A augmentedA      G+G  G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
When I think of you now
      D MajorD A augmentedA     B minorBm
And when I think of it now
G+G         D MajorD
It just brings me down
    A augmentedA      G+G D MajorD  G+G D MajorD
When I think of you now


♫ Bridge:
      D MajorD
You just remind me of the
B minorBm         G+G
Nights of smoke and dirty jokes
D MajorD          A augmentedA
Darkened rooms with lonely ghosts
       B minorBm       G+G
And they were beautiful some time ago
  D MajorD     A augmentedA     B minorBm
But time keeps rollin' us on


Guitar ♫ Solo:
G+G  B minorBm G+G  B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G


♫ Chorus:
    D MajorD A augmentedA     B minorBm
When I think of it now
G+G         D MajorD
It just brings me down
    A augmentedA      G+G  G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
When I think of you now
      D MajorD A augmentedA     B minorBm
And when I think of it now
G+G         D MajorD
It just brings me down
    A augmentedA      G+G D MajorD  G+G D MajorD
When I think of you now


♫ Outro:
D MajorD
You just remind me of the
B minorBm         G+G
Nights of smoke and dirty jokes
D MajorD          A augmentedA
Darkened rooms with lonely ghosts
       B minorBm       G+G
And they were beautiful some time ago
  D MajorD     A augmentedA     D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
But time keeps rollin' us on
G+G     D MajorD
Rollin' us on
A augmentedA     B minorBm
Rollin' us on
G+G     D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Rollin' us on
G+G     D MajorD
Rollin' us on
A augmentedA     B minorBm G+G D MajorD
Rollin' us on

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