Mae tab by The Gaslight Anthem

Tabs

Tabbed by Dom Glynn

The song is played in D MajorD standard tuning

INTRO

E MajorE --------------------------------|
BB --------------------------------|
G+G --------------------------------|
D MajorD -5-5-5-5------------------------| Play twice
A augmentedA 3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E MajorE --------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-|

VERSE

E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB ----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G ----------------------------------------------------------------| Play twice
D MajorD -5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E MajorE ---------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|

The picking stops and a C majorC power chord is held, whilst the lead (Alex) plays this over the top:

E MajorE 12--13p12---|
BB ---------13-|
G+G ------------|
D MajorD ------------|
A augmentedA ------------|
E MajorE ------------|

Then the following chords throughout the rest of the verse:

AM FF C majorC G+G


CHORUS

(Alex)
E MajorE 12-12-12-15-15-15-----------------------------       -------------|
BB -----------------15-15-15-17-17-17-12-12-12-12       -13-13-13-13-|
G+G ---------------------------------------------- Play 3 times -------------|
D MajorD ----------------------------------------------       -------------|
A augmentedA ----------------------------------------------       -------------|
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------       -------------|

Brian plays:

C5C5 G5G5 A5A5 F5F5
C5C5 G5G5 A5A5 A5

In verse 2 Alex plays some lead over the verse:

"Will you come for a drive"
E MajorE ----------------|
BB 13--15b17b15-13-|
G+G ----------------|
D MajorD ----------------|
A augmentedA ----------------|
E MajorE ----------------|

And before the final chorus:

"We work our fingers down to dust"
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------|
BB 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
G+G ------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD ------------------------------------------------| Play twice
A augmentedA ------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------|

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