Use palm muting to get this guitar part to sound like the record. If you haven't
heard it, there's also an earlier version of the song performed live by Ben
Gibbard called "Casino Blues", which has a simpler but fuller right hand pattern.
Most of this song is an open E chord shape -- slide it up to frets 6 and 7 to play
the Amaj7 and then back.
Chords Used:
E 022100
Amaj7 077600
G 355433
A 577655
F#m 244222
B x24442
G#m 466444
C#m x46654
Intro: E to Amaj7 [x3]
Verse 1 Chords:
E Amaj7 E
The Eiffel Tower built to smaller scale
Amaj7 E
The freshest oxygen I ever inhaled
Amaj7 E
I tapped a bottle against the safety rail killing time
Amaj7 to E
Amaj7 E
And you were like a walking compliment
Amaj7 E
Tall in stature and exceptionally (well) read
Amaj7 E
In dummy glasses and a cardigan, oh, come on
Gm A
And oh so empty were the faces
E Amaj7 E
of the dealers and the waitresses around
Amaj7 to E
You said that all these things
Amaj7 E
you've learned to ignore
Amaj7 E
The hidden cameras on the casino floor
Amaj7 E
And what gets paid for behind hotel doors, oh, come on
Gm A E Amaj7 E
Pretend every slot machine is a robot amputee waving hello
Gm
The people stare into their eyes
A E Amaj7 E
And they feed them little bribes and then they go
Interlude: E to Amaj7 [x3]
F#m G# F#m
The never-ending twilight
C#m B F#m
In a basement where the sun has never spilt
G#
You said that you were lonely
C#m B F#m E Amaj7 E Amaj7 E
And then we kissed like lonely people do
Amaj7 E
You said this city has a beating heart
Amaj7 E
That pushes people down the boulevard
Amaj7 E
And they're all hoping for a wish fulfilled
Amaj7 E
In a desert for a dollar bill
Amaj7 E
Those foolish dreams, you know they plague me still, oh, come on
Gm A
And oh so empty were the faces of the dealers
E Amaj7 E
and the waitresses around
Gm A
And oh so empty were the faces of the dealers
E Amaj7 E
and the waitresses around
C#m G# Amaj7 E F#m E
They're empty.....................
