Certain Songs Chords by The Hold Steady

Tempo:
99.15 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Hold Steady - Certain Songs chords
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[C] [F]
[G] [C] [F]
[G] [C] Guess you're old [F] enough to know, [G] [C] the [F] kids out on the East [G] Coast, [C] roughly [F] 20 years [G] old,
[F] out by a certain perfect [G] ratio.
[F] Warm beer [G] to the summer [C] smoke, [F] and the meatloaf to [G] the Billy Joel.
[F] Certain songs, [G] they get so scratched [C] into our souls.
[F] [G] [C] She goes low on her seats when [G] she gets high in [C] her car.
[F] [C] She looks shallow, but she's [F] neck deep in the steamy [G] dreams of the guys who [C] own the harbor bars.
100%  ➙  99BPM
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
C
3211
F
134211111
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To start learning The Hold Steady - Certain Songs chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: F, G, C, F, C and G. Start with a comfortable 49 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 99. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: C Major.

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_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ Guess you're old [F] enough to know, [G] _ _ _ [C] _ the [F] kids out on the East [G] Coast, _ [C] _ _ roughly [F] 20 years [G] old,
_ [C] _ they got coaxed [F] out by a certain perfect [G] ratio.
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_ [F] Warm beer [G] to the summer [C] smoke, _ [F] and the meatloaf to [G] the Billy Joel.
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[F] Certain songs, [G] they get so scratched [C] into our souls.
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ She goes low on her seats when [G] she gets high in [C] her car. _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] She looks shallow, but she's [F] neck deep in the steamy [G] dreams of the guys who [C] own the harbor bars.
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
[F] Without her shirt [G] tails, and she's [C] jacking up in her socks.
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Stern [F] and stone and confident, [C] coming up towards the jukebox, born into the only [G] songs that
everybody [C] kind of sings along.
B1 [F] is for the good girls, [G] and it's only the [C] good die young.
C9 is [F] for the making [G] eyes, and it's [C] paradise by the dashboard light.
[F] B12 is for the [C] speeders, and D4 is for the lovers, and the hard drums [F] are for the [G] bartenders,
and the kitchen [C] workers, and the bartenders' friends, [F] and they're playing it [G] again.
_ [C] _ And I look [F] fully, give some hope, in [G] certain songs, they get [C] so scratched into our souls. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Guess you're old enough to know, _ _ _ _ your dad on the West Coast, or taking off their clothes.
Screwing in the surf, and going out to shows. _
They get high, and they ride around and cheat deals. _
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
In [F] certain songs, they get [G] so [C] scratched into our souls.
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In [F] certain songs, [G] they get so [C] scratched into our souls.

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This song finds its place within the Almost Killed Me album.

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