High Lonesome chords by The Gaslight Anthem

Chords with lyrics

Hey here's an acoustic version of High Lonesome.
have fun and feel free to comment. I saw Brian Fallon playing this one somewhere on
Should be pretty much accurate.

Brian tuned everything half step down, but still sounds good with standard tuning.

C majorC   (032010)
C majorC 2  (032013) -----------------> in the bridge

G+G   (320033) ------------------| in the verse & chorus
G+G 2  (320013) ------------------| in the intro & bridge
G/EG/E  (055410) ------------------| before chorus

F/E  (033210)
DmDm  (xx0231)

Am7Am7  (002213) ------------------| in the intro & verse
A minorAm  (002210) ------------------| in the chorus

If you have trouble playing or remembering the chords, you can also play the standard
still sounds good. but Brian Fallon plays it the way I tabed it.

Intro:

C majorC G+G 2* F/E (2x)      * played very briefly

Am7Am7 F/E  (2x)

G+G


Verse:
         Am7Am7
So the ambulances came
        DmDm           G+G
They took your pulse and packed up your things
        Am7Am7
And the papers read
     C majorC             G+G
Some boys forget what the heart it brings
             Am7Am7
And the pounding in the street
     DmDm         G+G
Was your heart in four four time
          Am7Am7
And the taste of defeat
     C majorC    G+G       F/E   G/EG/E
Was was never too far from your mind

Chorus:

   A minorAm       F/E        C majorC       G+G
And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
     A minorAm      F/E         C majorC     G+G
I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis
     A minorAm           F/E       C majorC       G+G
And in my head there's all these classic cars and outlaw cowboy bands
     A minorAm      F/E       C majorC   G+G
I always kinda sorta wish I'm someone else


Verse:
      Am7Am7
So gravity came
       DmDm             G+G
And stole the temple that the schoolboys praised
           Am7Am7
And the crowd shuffled in
        C majorC
You're getting drinks for the same boys
  G+G           Am7Am7
Who once bought you everything
              DmDm
And the patter on the bar
         G+G
Was just this one time
       Am7Am7
The patter on the bar
       C majorC
Was just this one night
G+G      F/E  G/EG/E
Only to get by


Chorus:

   A minorAm       F/E        C majorC       G+G
And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
     A minorAm      F/E         C majorC     G+G
I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis
     A minorAm           F/E       C majorC       G+G
And in my head there's all these classic cars and outlaw cowboy bands
     A minorAm      F/E       C majorC   G+G
I always kinda sorta wish I'm someone else


Bridge:


Am7Am7             C majorC 2   G+G 2
  There were Southern accents
      Am7Am7         C majorC 2  G+G 2
  On the radio  As I drove home
      Am7Am7
  And at night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
      C majorC 2          G+G 2
  It's a pretty good song Maybe you know the rest
Am7Am7      C majorC 2      G+G
  Maybe you know the rest


Chorus:

   A minorAm       F/E        C majorC       G+G
And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
     A minorAm      F/E         C majorC     G+G
I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis
     A minorAm           F/E       C majorC       G+G
And in my head there's all these classic cars and outlaw cowboy bands
     A minorAm      F/E       C majorC   G+G
I always kinda sorta wish I'm someone else


     A minorAm        F/E
When our boots they hit the ground    {
      C majorC         G+G     {
They made a high and lonesome sound   { 3x


     A minorAm        F/E
When our boots they hit the ground
      C majorC    G+G        A minorAm
They made a high, a high and lonesome sound