The Navesink Banks by The Gaslight Anthem. Only a bonus track to Handwritten but a superb song nonetheless
and one of my personal favourites. I don't think any tab on here has it quite right yet so here is what I
believe is correct.
Tuning: EbIntro: Am, F, Am, F, C, G, Am x2
AmFAmF
"All hope abandon, ye who enter here"
CGAm
Said the sign I read that was hanging above her bed
F
And the siren's all willing
AmF
But a man can't ignore the signs
CGAm
You gotta keep a good eye on the winding road ahead
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CGF
And my first sin was a young American girl
CGF
And my first sin was a young American girl
Interlude: Am, F, Am, F, C, G, AmAmF
And I spent time 'neath the trestles
AmF
With the punks and the dimestore saints
CGF
We kept faith and a switchblade tucked beneath my coat (Baby, just in case)
F
And I ran with dirty angels
AmF
Slept out in the rain
CGAm
We were scared and tired and barely seventeen
CGF
And my first sin was the fear that made me old
CGF
And my first sin was the fear that made me old
Interlude: Am, F, Am, F, C, G, AmF
And now I walk down by the shipyards
G
Near the place where I was born
CF
Saying, "Oh Maria, if you'da known me when"
AmFAmF
But she only smiles by the light on the Navesink Banks
CGAm
Saying, "Listen baby, I know you now"
AmF
Then she steps into the river
AmF
And I just stand by the moon
CGAm
Thinking 'bout a ghost I hear at night
CGF
And she says, "Your first sin was a lie you told yourself.
CGF
"And your first sin was a lie you told... to yourself.
Outro:Am, F, Am, F, C, G, Am x2
And if you want to know the little riff he plays at certain parts of the song it is this:
E|-02h-------------|
A|----02p0---------|
D|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
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