"Chesterfield King" written and performed by Jawbreaker (C) and (P) 1992 Punk: The Other White Meat music (BMI) from the Tupelo/Communion release Bivouac (Comm 38-2, Tup 38-2) transcribed by Mike Ripplinger (openface@aol.com) Notes * (p) = palm-muted * I'm not the best at transcribing solos, so the solo may be inaccurate * The F#/G chord is a G power chord with the root lowered a half-step: D---5--| A---5--| E---2--| *** "Chesterfield King" GC GC GC GC Verse G E B C (p) (p) We stood in your room and laughed out loud. G E A C Suddenly the laughter died G E B C (p) (p) and we were caught in an eye to eye. G E We sat on the floor and did we sit close A C I could smell your thoughts and thought. G C G Do you want to touch a lot like me? Too scared to say a thing. Pre-chorus B C (p) (p) I left your house and kicked myself. E D C (p) (p) I put those feelings on a shelf to die. B C (p) (p) I guess I'm not a gambling type E D C (p) (p) but think of what the two of us had lost. Verse Pre-chorus Chorus G F#/G E D C I took my car and drove it down the hill by your house. B A I drove so fast. G F#/G E D C The wind it couldn't cool me down, B A so I turned it around and came back up. G F#/G E D You were waiting on your step, C B A steam showing off your breath and water in your eyes. G F#/G E D We pulled each other into one, C B D parkas clinging on the lawn and kissed right there. CCCC Solo over verse h = hammer-on / = slide up = slide down E-------------------------------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------------------------------- G---0-----0----0-----0----------------------------------------------- D------0-----0---0-----0--------------------------------------------- A--------------------------9h10--97--7h9--75--5h7--53--3h5--32--- E-------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------------------| G---0-----0----0-----0-------------------------------| D------0-----0---0-----0-----------------------------| A--------------------------10/12--12/14--14/15-------| E----------------------------------------------------| ...and repeat Pre-chorus Said my .. Handed .. Held .. Traced .. Repeat chorus Play chorus progression once, palm muting all chords End on G