Blackout Sam chords by The Hold Steady

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

The piano doesn't translate that well to guitar.  This is how I play the first line of the song, to give a
general idea.

  Am /b  C  /e     G                      Gsus4/D    G                         Gsus4/D
e|-----------0---|-7----------------------------|----7-----------------------------3-----|
B|-------1-------|-8--------------------------3-|----8-------------------------3------3--|
G|-2-----0-------|-0--------------------------5-|----0-------------------------5---------|
D|-2-----2---2---|----------------------------0-|------------------------------0---------|
A|-0--2--3-------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|---------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
                    That winter we were dealing   with unrest in the interior

   C                 Bm                     Am
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-5-----------------3----------------------1---|
G|-5-----------------4----------------------2---|
D|-5-----------------4----------------------2---|
A|-3-----------------2----------------------0---|
E|----------------------------------------------|
    Careful when they mention local 🏷Legends
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Chords:
Gsus4/D: xx0533


Verse 1:
Am /b C /e  G                            Gsus4/D       G                        Gsus4/D
              That winter we were dealing         with unrest in the interior
C                    Bm                   Am  /b  C  /e
   Careful when they mention local 🏷Legends
       G                         Gsus4/D   G                                 Gsus4/D
He was down there in the trenches,         she was holding down home office
C           Bm              Am
   Still in constant correspondence
Bm  C                     Bm     Em
     Blackout Sam has got credentials
         C                 D
He keeps flashing them his laminate
         C/E               D/F#
He keeps scratching at his neck


Verse 2:
    G                                     Gsus4/D
The general made a gesture of contrition
C        Bm               Am                   Bm
  Law of averages says something's gotta give
        G                                                     Gsus4/D
We were stuck up in survival mode, you were twisting on the telephone
       C        Bm             Am
Giving blanket denials to that one persistent kid

Bm  C                           Bm  Em
    Blackout Sam don't have the answer
         Am            Bm
He keeps waking up in parking ramps
       C              D
He can never find his keys


Break:
G        Cmaj7
G        Cmaj7
G        Cmaj7


Chorus 1:
    Am                    Bm
Now promise me you won't forget
    C                   D            G
The nights that haven't happened yet
Cmaj7                            G
Separate the smoke from all the cinders
Cmaj7                           G
     Put another sticker on the van
Cmaj7
Carpet at the party house
Am              Bm
Tear it up and take it out
C               D                 N.C.
Somebody should check on Blackout Sam


Verse 3:
         G                                                            Gsus4/D
While we stood there at the service with her hand up on my shoulder
C                    Bm                    Am       Bm
  We could feel like every single thing
G                                                       Gsus4/D
Push the pill right through the foil, check the engine, change the oil
C               Bm                      Am
Spent the summer wishing it was spring
Bm      C                            Bm   Em
   They sent another man to sing the anthem
        Am                 Bm
But the monitor malfunctioned
       C                 D
And he couldn't find the key


Chorus 2:
G   Cmaj7                                     G
     I always try to take it so much further
Cmaj7                                     G
      Spinning like a sparrow through the spire
Cmaj7
Ingesting every offering
Am                    Bm
Try to make it interesting
C              D                    G
Cut up and consumed what we desired

Cmaj7                                G
    Take a little comfort, it's just thunder
Cmaj7                           G
     Put another sticker on the van
Cmaj7
      Now that it's a haunted house
Am                  Bm
Break the lease and empty out
C               D                 Am   Bm
Somebody should check on Blackout Sam
C               D                 Em   D/F#   G   Am
Somebody should check on Blackout Sam


Solo:
G     Em      D    G
G     Em      D    G


Coda:
G                            Em
Dropped out of school but he still went to church
D                                G
   He was a friend of mine and I hope it didn't hurt
G                         Em
Cried when he died but tonight it felt worse
D                                  G
Snuff out your smoke and pour your drink in the dirt

G                      Em
Local 🏷Legends with the faraway eyes
D                         G
I wanna make you feel protected and high
G                           Em
If you're in the city while you're still alive
D                          G
I wanna make you feel protected and high

N.C.
Local 🏷Legends with the faraway eyes
N.C.
I wanna make you feel protected and high