THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM - THE QUEEN OF LOWER CHELSEA
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Tabbed by: hoxxx
e-mail: bluebookfin AT gmail.com
www.bluebookband.net
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Standard tuning EADGBe
Intro
Gm Gm
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B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---7-----|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|
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B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---------|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|
VERSE
Repeat 4 times over Verse
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B-|----------------6----6--3-------------------------------|
G-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3----------------------7----7--(7)---|
D-|---------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5----------|
A-|--------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gm Bb Eb
Did you grow up lonesome and one of a kind?
Gm Bb Eb
Were your records all you had to pass the time?
Gm Bb Eb
Or maybe you were taken by the mysteries of New Orlenans?
Gm Bb Eb
Or the uptight, rowdy girls of Lower Chelsea?
VERSE
Repeat over Verse
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B-|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6----|
G-|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
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A-|----------------------------------|
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Gm Bb Eb
And we're hustling under but we live in the city
Gm Bb Eb
And we keep it down when we take a beating
Gm Bb Eb
Yeah, we keep it down with the radio on
Gm F Eb
And if you find a good man, don't take him home
CHORUS
Repeat over Chorus
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B-|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6----|
G-|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
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A-|----------------------------------|
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Bb
When you're working full-time
Ebmaj7 (xx1333) Bb Ebmaj7
And spending all of your nights, dancing like you did
Bb Ebmaj7
While the gravity hangs all over some boys you had
Bb Ebmaj7
She'll still remain the Queen of Lower Chelsea
BREAK
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B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---7-----|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|
e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---------|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|
VERSE
Repeat 4 times over Verse
e-|--------------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------------6----6--3-------------------------------|
G-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3----------------------7----7--(7)---|
D-|---------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5----------|
A-|--------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gm Bb Eb
Did you grow up a good girl, you daddy's pride?
Gm Bb Eb
Did you make all the right moves, take all the right drugs right on time?
Gm Bb Eb
American girls, they want the whole world
Gm Bb Eb
They want every last little in New York City
VERSE
Repeat over Verse
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B-|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6----|
G-|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
D-|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|
Gm Bb Eb
But we're hustling under and we're fast asleep
Gm Bb Eb
And we keep it down when we take a beating
Gm Bb Eb
Yeah, we keep it down with the radio on
Gm F Eb
And if you find a good man, don't take him home
CHORUS
Repeat over Chorus
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B-|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6----|
G-|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
D-|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|
Bb
When you're working full-time
Ebmaj7 Bb Ebmaj7
And spending all of your nights, dancing like you did
Bb Ebmaj7
While the gravity hangs all over some boys you had
Bb Ebmaj7
She'll still remain the Queen of Lower Chelsea
INTERLUDE:
Note: Guitar plays a lead as follows, didn't block the chords since no-one actually
any chords here.
Use a guitar slide
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B-|-8/11----11\8----8/11----/13\8----8/11----11\8---(\6\3)/8-----|
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Well they say these days,
Nothing comes cheap
And everything has a price
Everything has a price
Nothing is free
Not even me
BREAK
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B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---7-----|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|
e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|---------6--8--6------------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-7----------7-----------5---------|
D-|----------------------8---8-------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|
Gm Gm Gm Gm
REPEAT CHORUS 2x
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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