Chords for The Gaslight Anthem - History Books (ft. Bruce Springsteen) - Official Video
Tempo:
149.9 bpm
Chords used:
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G
Bm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
What's [A] that you say?
[G] you when you [A]
don't look too much like [Bm] my friend.
[A] history books filled up [G] with books, [D] stories I [A] don't want to [D] read.
[Bm] to love [A] one thousand [G] years in a year.
[D] [A]
[D] When the pain [A]
[Bm] [G] just [D] brings me down.
[G] you when you [A]
don't look too much like [Bm] my friend.
[A] history books filled up [G] with books, [D] stories I [A] don't want to [D] read.
[Bm] to love [A] one thousand [G] years in a year.
[D] [A]
[D] When the pain [A]
[Bm] [G] just [D] brings me down.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ What's [A] that you say?
_ _ _ _ I knew [G] you when _ you _ _ [A] _
don't look too much like [Bm] my friend.
_ _ _ Those [A] history books _ _ _ _ filled up [G] with books, _ _ _ _ _ [D] stories I [A] don't want to [D] read.
_ _ _ [A] I've tried [Bm] to love _ [A] one thousand [G] years in a year. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] When the pain _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ just [D] brings me down.
[A] When the pain [D] comes around. _ _ _ _ _
When the pain [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ just brings me down.
_ [A] When the pain [D] comes around. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ I'm keeping [A] time, _ _ _ one day it [G] goes by.
_ I _ try [Bm] to live till the next one.
_ _ _ But these [A] history books _ _ full of [G] haunted books.
_ _ _ For [A] people I don't want to [G] see.
_ _ _ [A] I've learned [Bm] to love, _ [A] they've tried to hold [G] me. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When the _ [A] pain _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ just brings me _ down.
[A] When the pain [G] comes _ [D] around. _ _ _
When the pain _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] just _ _ [D] _ _ brings me down.
_ [A] When the pain [G] comes [D] around.
_ _ Just remind [Bm] me of the nights of [D] smoke and dirty jokes.
And army rules along because [Bm] they were beautiful _ [D] sometime before.
And time keeps _ rolling [Bm] us _ _ [G] _ on. _ _
[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D]
When the _ pain _ _ _ [Bm] comes around.
_ _ [D] It just brings me down.
_ [A] When I _ think [G] of you now.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
When the _ _ [A] pain _ _ [Bm] comes around.
_ [D] _ It just brings me down.
_ [A] When the _ pain [D] comes around.
_ _ _ Just remind me [Bm] of the nights of smoke [D] and dirty jokes.
_ And army rules along because [Bm] they were beautiful _ [D] sometime before.
And time [Bm] keeps _ [D] rolling us _ on.
[A] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] Rolling us _ _ on.
_ Rolling [B] us _ _ _ [G] _ on.
And [D] I go. _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
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[B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I knew [G] you when _ you _ _ [A] _
don't look too much like [Bm] my friend.
_ _ _ Those [A] history books _ _ _ _ filled up [G] with books, _ _ _ _ _ [D] stories I [A] don't want to [D] read.
_ _ _ [A] I've tried [Bm] to love _ [A] one thousand [G] years in a year. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] When the pain _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ just [D] brings me down.
[A] When the pain [D] comes around. _ _ _ _ _
When the pain [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ just brings me down.
_ [A] When the pain [D] comes around. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ I'm keeping [A] time, _ _ _ one day it [G] goes by.
_ I _ try [Bm] to live till the next one.
_ _ _ But these [A] history books _ _ full of [G] haunted books.
_ _ _ For [A] people I don't want to [G] see.
_ _ _ [A] I've learned [Bm] to love, _ [A] they've tried to hold [G] me. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When the _ [A] pain _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ just brings me _ down.
[A] When the pain [G] comes _ [D] around. _ _ _
When the pain _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] just _ _ [D] _ _ brings me down.
_ [A] When the pain [G] comes [D] around.
_ _ Just remind [Bm] me of the nights of [D] smoke and dirty jokes.
And army rules along because [Bm] they were beautiful _ [D] sometime before.
And time keeps _ rolling [Bm] us _ _ [G] _ on. _ _
[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D]
When the _ pain _ _ _ [Bm] comes around.
_ _ [D] It just brings me down.
_ [A] When I _ think [G] of you now.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
When the _ _ [A] pain _ _ [Bm] comes around.
_ [D] _ It just brings me down.
_ [A] When the _ pain [D] comes around.
_ _ _ Just remind me [Bm] of the nights of smoke [D] and dirty jokes.
_ And army rules along because [Bm] they were beautiful _ [D] sometime before.
And time [Bm] keeps _ [D] rolling us _ on.
[A] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] Rolling us _ _ on.
_ Rolling [B] us _ _ _ [G] _ on.
And [D] I go. _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
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[B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _