Meet me by the Rivers Edge
by The Gaslight Anthem
Tab by: Thomas Stückelberger
Location: Austria
Date: 22 December 2008
Chords used:
G: 320033
C: x32010
Am: x01220
Em: 022000
Cadd: x32013
Emadd: 022003
F:
INTRO:
Use this picking pattern:
2x 2x 2x 1x 1x
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
H-------1--------------0---------------1--------------1--------------0--0----|
G---------2---2----------0----0----------2----3---------0---0----------0-----|
D-----2-----2-------2------2--------3------3--------2-----2------------------|
A---0--------------2---------------3--------------3----------------2---------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------3-----------|
Pick the first section like above:
Am
See I've been here for 28 years.
Em
Pounding sweat beneath these wheels.
F
We tattooed lines beneath our skin.
C G (play chord let ring)
No surrender, my Bobby Jean.
Cadd – Emadd – C - G
Verse 1:
Strum the other sections:
Am
See I've been here for 28 years.
Em
Pounding sweat beneath these wheels.
F
We tattooed lines beneath our skin.
C G
No surrender, my Bobby Jean.
Am
We've been burned by all our fears.
Em
Just from growing up around here.
F
Our father's factories marked our cars.
C G
While Eden burned against the stars.
Chorus 1:
C
And Sally said, Sally said.
Em
I can't take no more regret.
F
It cut us deep, into our souls.
C G
Came and climbed into our bed.
C
And Sally said, Sally said.
Em
Meet me by the River's edge.
F
We're going to wash these sins away.
C G
Or else we won't come back again.
Cadd – Emadd – C - G
Verse 2:
Am
You know I had these ballroom dreams.
Em
That, as a child, came to me.
F
I was a boy in Grandma's arms.
C G
A mother's pride and a wounded heart.
Am
And I was full with fiery wonder.
Em
You wore Audrey Hepburn pearls.
F C
You were the only one who understood me then
G
and the only one who will.
Chorus 2:
C
And Sally said, Sally said.
Em
I can't take no more regret.
F
It cut us deep, into our souls.
C G
Came and climbed into our bed.
C
And Sally said, Sally said.
Em
Meet me by the River's edge.
F
We're going to wash these sins away.
C G
Or else we won't come back again.
Bridge:
Am G F C
And now I drive the 101 on the California night.
Am G F
C
And I'm amazed at all the stars beneath that old Hollywood sign.
Am G F
C
And we waltz, ballet up a boulevard to a place we never kept
Am G F
C
And I'm not sure if we belong here, if I ever really left, or If I can go
G (long)
home.
Chorus / Outro:
C (one strum)
And Sally said, Sally said.
Em (one strum)
I can't take no more regret.
F
It cut us deep, into our souls.
C G
Came and climbed into our bed.
C
And Sally said, Sally said.
Em
Meet me by the River's edge.
F
We're going to wash these sins away.
C G
Or else we won't come back again.
C – Em – F – C – G (repeat)
No retreat. No regrets.
C G C (end)
Meet me by the river's edge.
