Positive Jam Chords by The Hold Steady

Tempo:
113.05 bpm
Chords used:

G

Dm

Bb

B

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Hold Steady - Positive Jam chords
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[Dm]
We woke up in the 20s and there were flappers [B] and fruits and white suits.
It was right before [Dm] the crash.
We got thrashed throughout the 30s, queuing up for soup and [B] scabby sores.
Then they sent us off to war.
[Dm]
We came back in the 40s and there were wheelchairs, guns and ticker tape.
[B] We poured it on the floor and we made love to the interstates.
[Dm] We got shiftless in the 50s, holding hands and going steady, twisting into dark parts
of the large midwestern cities.
[B]
[Dm]
Trip right through the 60s with some blissful little hippie.
Some Kennedys got shot while you were screwing San Francisco.
The 70s got heavy and we woke up on bloody carpets.
Got tangled up in gas lines and I guess that's where it started.
The 80s almost killed me, let's not recall them quite [B] so fondly.
Some Kennedy OD'd while we watched on [Dm] MTV.
And in the 90s we were wired and well connected.
[A] Put it all down on technology and lost everything we invested.
[Bb]
[G] [D]
We're gonna start it off with a positive [Bb] champ.
[G] [D]
Gonna start it with a positive champ, man.
[Bb]
[G] [D] Gonna start it with a positive champ.
[Bb]
[G]
[D] [Eb] [G]
[Bb] [C] [G]
[Cm] [G] [F] [G] And all the sniffling indie kids, [Bb] go [Gm] steady.
[A] [N] And all you clutching up [A] clobber kids, go steady.
[Bb] And I got bored when I didn't have a band.
[Db] And so I [Eb] started a [C] band.
We're gonna start it with a positive [Eb] champ, [Ab] [Dm] go steady.
Key:  
G
2131
Dm
2311
Bb
12341111
B
12341112
D
1321
G
2131
Dm
2311
Bb
12341111
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To learn The Hold Steady - Positive Jam chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - D, Bb, G, B, Dm and B. Set your pace at 56 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 113. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: D Minor.

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_ _ We woke up in the 20s and there were flappers [B] and fruits and white suits.
It was right before [Dm] the crash.
We got thrashed throughout the 30s, queuing up for soup and [B] scabby sores.
Then they sent us off to war.
[Dm]
We came back in the 40s and there were wheelchairs, guns and ticker tape.
[B] We poured it on the floor and we made love to the interstates.
[Dm] We got shiftless in the 50s, holding hands and going steady, twisting into dark parts
of the large midwestern cities. _
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_ _ Trip right through the 60s with some blissful little hippie.
Some Kennedys got shot while you were screwing San Francisco.
The 70s got heavy and we woke up on bloody carpets.
Got tangled up in gas lines and I guess that's where it started.
The 80s almost killed me, let's not recall them quite [B] so fondly.
Some Kennedy OD'd while we watched on [Dm] MTV.
_ And in the 90s we were wired and well connected.
[A] Put it all down on technology and lost everything we invested.
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_ _ We're gonna start it off with a positive [Bb] champ.
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Gonna start it with a positive champ, man.
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[Cm] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ And all the sniffling indie kids, [Bb] go [Gm] steady.
_ [A] _ _ [N] And all you clutching up [A] clobber kids, _ go steady. _
[Bb] _ _ And I got bored when I didn't have a band.
[Db] And so I [Eb] started a [C] band. _
_ We're gonna start it with a positive [Eb] champ, _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Dm] go steady. _
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This song was featured on the Almost Killed Me album.

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