{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":756534,"song":"Great Expectations","artist":"The Gaslight Anthem","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11588494-great-expectations-chords-by-the-gaslight-anthem/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/756534?type=chord","rating":4.89939,"votes":145,"content":"Tuning: Full Step Down\r\n\r\nChords:\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  - x032010\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] - x002210\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  - x003211\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  - x320030\r\n\r\n[Intro - Verse lead]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--0-5-0-8-7-5---|\r\nB|----------------|\r\nG|----------------|   x4\r\nD|----------------|\r\nA|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMary, this station is playing every sad song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI remember like we were alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI heard and sung them all from inside of these walls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn a prison cell, where we spent those nights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they burned up the diner where I always used to find her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLicking young boys blood from her claws[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I learned about the blues from this kitten I knew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHer hair was raven and her heart was like a tomb[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\nGuitar 1\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     My heart's like a wound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMary, I worried and stalled every night of my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBetter safe than making the party[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I never had a good time, I sat my bedside,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith papers and poetry about Estella[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus 2]\r\n\r\nGuitar 1\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     With great expectations, we had the greatest expectations[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw tail lights last night in a dream about my whole life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's funny how the night moves[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Humming a song from 1962[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were always,   waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nalways waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were always,   waiting for something[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto happen[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw tail lights last night in a dream about my whole life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\nGuitar 1\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]Guitar 2\r\n    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ne|------3-----3----------0--0-----0-------------|\r\nB|--1-----1-----1---1----1----1-----1---1-------|\r\nG|--0-------0-----0---0--2------2-----2---2-----|  x2\r\nD|--2--------------------2----------------------|\r\nA|--3-------------------------------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|--0---0-----0----------0--3-----3-------------|\r\nB|--1-----1-----1---1----3----3-----3---3----1--|\r\nG|--2-------0-----0---0--0------0-----0---0--0--|\r\nD|--3--------------------0-------------------2--|\r\nA|--0--------------------2-------------------3--|\r\nE|-----------------------3----------------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuning: Full Step Down\n\nChords:\nC  - x032010\nAm - x002210\nF  - x003211\nG  - x320030\n\n[Intro - Verse lead]\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\nGuitar 1\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus 2]\n\nGuitar 1\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nGuitar 1\n\nC  Am  C  Am  F  G  C","chords":["C","Am","F","G","B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}