Chesterfield King
"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