Great Expectations Acoustic chords by The Gaslight Anthem

Chords with lyrics

Great Expectations (Acoustic)
The B-Sides
The Gaslight Anthem

These are the correct chords for the version on The B-Sides album

Chords: (Tuning: Half-step down)

C*  |x-3-2-0-1-3|
C majorC   |x-3-2-0-1-x|
Am*  |x-0-2-2-1-3|
A minorAm  |x-0-2-2-1-x|
Fmaj7Fmaj7 |x-3-3-2-1-0|
G*  |x-5-5-4-3-0|
G+G   |3-2-0-0-1-0|

For most of the chords in the song you'll play 3rd fret on the e string at parts just listen to the song and
you'll know what I mean

Intro:

C* Am* C* Am* Fmaj7Fmaj7 G*

C majorC
Mary, this station is playing every sad song
 A minorAm
I remember like we were alive
 C majorC
I heard and sung them all from inside of these walls
   A minorAm
In a prison cell, where we spent those nights
     C majorC
And they burned up the diner where I always used to find her
A minorAm
Licking young boys blood from her claws
   C majorC
And I learned about the blues from this kitten I knew
       A minorAm
Her hair was raven and her heart was like a tomb

Fmaj7Fmaj7          G*
My heart's like, like a wound

     A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC       G+G
But I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife
A minorAm    Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC          G+G
Everybody leaves and I'd expect this much from you
   A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC       G+G
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life
A minorAm    Fmaj7Fmaj7   C majorC  G+G      C*
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?

C majorC
Mary, I worried and stalled every night of my life
    A minorAm
Better safe than making then making the party
  C majorC
And I never had a good time, I sat by my bedside
   A minorAm
With papers and poetry about Estella

Fmaj7Fmaj7   G*
Great expectations
      Fmaj7Fmaj7     G*
We had the greatest expectations

   A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC       G+G
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife
A minorAm    Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC      G+G
Everybody left me Mary, why wouldn't you?
   A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC       G+G
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life
A minorAm    Fmaj7Fmaj7   C majorC  G+G      A minorAm  Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?

          A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
It's funny how the night moves
          A minorAm  Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
Humming a song from 1962

    Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
We were always waiting
    Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
We were always waiting
    Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G            Am*  G+G
We were always waiting for something to happen

   A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC       G+G
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife
A minorAm    Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC      G+G
Everybody left me Mary, why wouldn't you?
   A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC       G+G
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life
A minorAm    Fmaj7Fmaj7   C majorC  G+G      C majorC   A minorAm  C majorC  A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7 G* C*
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?

Other versions of Great Expectations Acoustic

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