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The Spirit Of Jazz

The Gaslight Anthem
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
The  cool is dead, baby go on to sleep
Rest  your weary head and lover bury me
And  in the morning we'll start over again
That's  how they do it up on the screen
So  me and my baby we would dance all night
But  I don't know the steps in my baby's time
To  do it like they do it for the girls uptown
I  hear they light 'em up like the blues
 So I'm waiting,  so I'm waiting
 And she's waiting,  and she's waiting
 For us to remember...
 Was I good  to you,  the wife  of my youth
 Not another  soul could love  you like my rotten  bones do
 So I  will wait  on the edges  in between
 These New  York streets
 Where you and I would meet
 Post Chorus: , , , ,  (the same as the verse)
For  29 years we loved that line
And  I would take it easy if I had your mind
But  I'm a cannonball to a house on fire
And  you're slow like Motown Soul
So  what now lover with your long black hair?
If  I cut you open baby I can repair
And  bandage your wounds with the salt on my tongue
And  I'm the only one 'round here
 So I'm waiting,  so I'm waiting
 And she's waiting,  and she's waiting
 For us to recover...
 So was  I good to  you, the  wife of my  youth
 Not another  soul could love  you like my rotten  bones do
 So I  will wait  on the edges  in between
 These New  York streets
 Where you and I would meet
 And only I  can heal  your wounds
 Only I can heal  your wounds
 When you can't  go on
 When you can't  go on
 When you can't  go on
 When you can't  go on, anymore...
 Muted Pre-Chorus:
 So was I good  to you,  the wife  of my youth
 Not another  soul could love  you
 Like my...
 So was  I good to  you, the  wife of my  youth
 Not another  soul could love  you like my rotten  bones do
 So I  will wait  on the edges  in between
 These New  York streets
 On all these New  York streets
 Where you and I would meet
 Hopefully everything is okay but as I worked this out by ear who knows?
 Enjoy! :)

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Readable chord sheet for The Spirit Of Jazz by The Gaslight Anthem

[G]  [E]  [G]  [E]  [C]

[G]The cool is dead, baby go on to sleep
[E]Rest your weary head and lover bury me
[G]And in the morning we'll start over again
[E]That's how they do it up on the [C]screen
[G]So me and my baby we would dance all night
[E]But I don't know the steps in my baby's time
[G]To do it like they do it for the girls uptown
[E]I hear they light 'em up like the [C]blues

So I'm [E]waiting, so I'm [C]waiting
And she's [E]waiting, and she's [C]waiting

For us to [D]remember...

Was I [E]good to [C]you, the [G]wife of my [D]youth
Not [E]another soul could [C]love you like my [G]rotten bones [D]do
So [E]I will [C]wait on the [G]edges in [D]between
These [C]New York [D]streets
Where you and I would [G]meet

Post Chorus: [G], [E], [G], [E], [C] (the same as the verse)

[G]For 29 years we loved that line
[E]And I would take it easy if I had your mind
[G]But I'm a cannonball to a house on fire
[E]And you're slow like Motown [C]Soul
[G]So what now lover with your long black hair?
[E]If I cut you open baby I can repair
[G]And bandage your wounds with the salt on my tongue
[E]And I'm the only one 'round [C]here

So I'm [E]waiting, so I'm [C]waiting
And she's [E]waiting, and she's [C]waiting

For us to [D]recover...

So was[E] I good [C]to you, t[G]he wife of [D]my youth
Not [E]another soul could [C]love you like my [G]rotten bones [D]do
So [E]I will [C]wait on the [G]edges in [D]between
These [C]New York [D]streets
Where you and I would [G]meet

And only [E]I c[C]an [G]heal your [D]wounds
Only [E]I [C]can [G]heal your [D]wounds
When you [E]can't go [C]on
When you [G]can't go [D]on
When you [E]can't go [C]on
When you [D]can't go on, [E]anymore...

Muted Pre-Chorus:

So was I [E]good to [C]you, the [G]wife of my [D]youth
Not [E]another soul could [C]love you
Like my[G]...[D]

So was[E] I good [C]to you, t[G]he wife of [D]my youth
Not [E]another soul could [C]love you like my [G]rotten bones [D]do
So [E]I will [C]wait on the [G]edges in [D]between
These [C]New York [D]streets
On all these [C]New York [D]streets
Where you and I would [G]meet

Hopefully everything is okay but as I worked this out by ear who knows?
Enjoy! :)

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