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KEEPSAKE - The Gaslight Anthem
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Tabbed by: Chrizz2kplus1
E-mail: chrizz.bert@googlemail.com
Tuning: DGCFAD (Full step down)
The following are not the actual chord names, but their shapes
are easier to remember when standard tuning chord names are used
AFCG
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|---5---|---1---|---8---|---3---|
|---5---|---2---|---9---|---4---|
|---7---|---3---|---10--|---5---|
|---7---|---3---|---10--|---5---|
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= Intro 0:00 - 0:32 =
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Rhythm pattern: (played twice)
AFAFAFCG
Lead plays main riff while rhythm pattern is repeated
Main riff
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|--15b17-15b17-15-15----15-13-------|
|-----------------------------------| 3x
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|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
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|--------13-----13-15-15b17-15-13-------|
|--12-14-----14-------------------14-14-|
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= Verse 0:32 - 0:54 =
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AmF
It's been thirty-one years
AmF
Since she's been in your arms
AmF
But don't worry about Mama
CG
Mama's got a good heart
AmF
And I'm not looking for your love
AmF
I'm only sniffing out blood
AmF
Just a little taste of
CG
where I came from
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= Chorus 0:54 - 1:20 =
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AmFCG
And at the bottom of this river
AmF
Is where I put you down to lay
CG
So I can live with it
AmF
And in my heart heart heart
CG
there are these waters
AmF
Where I put you down to lay
CG
While I learn to live with it
Am
Until I'm free
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= Interlude 1:20 - 1:33 =
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FAFAFCG
While lead plays main riff
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= Verse 1:33 - 1:55 =
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AmF
And it's been all my life
AmF
I've been wondering on the inside
AmF
What we could've had
CG
If you'd had a part in my life
AmF
And there were children involved
AmF
And they were brothers to me
AmF
Even if we
CG
never got to meet
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= Chorus 1:55 - 2:20 =
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AmFCG
And at the bottom of this river
AmF
Is where I put you down to lay
CG
So I can live with it
AmF
And in my heart heart heart
CG
there are these waters
AmF
Where I put you down to lay
CG
While I learn to live with it
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= Bridge 2:20 - 2:48 =
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C
Until I'm free at last
Am
from this shadow that hangs
F
Surely you wonder sometimes
CG
And I'm sure you all sympathize
C
Just what a man's to become,
Am
just like his daddy's done
F
I just want to love someone
CG
Who has the same blood
Who has the same blood
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= Interlude II 2:48 - 2:59 =
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|--------1--------1--------1--------1-------|
|----2--------2--------0--------0-----------| 2x
|-----------3-------------------------------|
|--0-----------------3----------------------|
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= Chorus 2:59 - 3:24 =
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AmFCG
And at the bottom of this river
AmF
Is where I put you down to lay
CG
So I can live with it
AmF
And in my heart heart heart
CG
there are these waters
AmF
Where I put you down to lay
CG
While I learn to live with it
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= Outro 3:24 - 4:04 =
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AmFAmF
Keepsake ( lead plays main riff )
AmFG
Keepsake
Am
Until I'm free
FAFAFCGAm