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Keepsake by The Gaslight Anthem
Keepsake
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
Am F C G
|---5---|---1---|---8---|---3---|
|---5---|---1---|---8---|---3---|
|---5---|---2---|---9---|---4---|
|---7---|---3---|---10--|---5---|
|---7---|---3---|---10--|---5---|
|---5---|---1---|---8---|---3---|
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= Intro 0:00 - 0:32 =
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Rhythm pattern: (played twice)
Am F Am F
Am F C G
Lead plays main riff while rhythm pattern is repeated
Main riff
|--12----12----------12-------------|
|--15b17-15b17-15-15----15-13-------|
|-----------------------------------| 3x
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--------13-----13-15-15b17-15-13-------|
|--12-14-----14-------------------14-14-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
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= Verse 0:32 - 0:54 =
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Am F
It's been thirty-one years
Am F
Since she's been in your arms
Am F
But don't worry about Mama
C G
Mama's got a good heart
Am F
And I'm not looking for your love
Am F
I'm only sniffing out blood
Am F
Just a little taste of
C G
where I came from
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= Chorus 0:54 - 1:20 =
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Am F C G
And at the bottom of this river
Am F
Is where I put you down to lay
C G
So I can live with it
Am F
And in my heart heart heart
C G
there are these waters
Am F
Where I put you down to lay
C G
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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F Am F
Am F C G
While lead plays main riff
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= Verse 1:33 - 1:55 =
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Am F
And it's been all my life
Am F
I've been wondering on the inside
Am F
What we could've had
C G
If you'd had a part in my life
Am F
And there were children involved
Am F
And they were brothers to me
Am F
Even if we
C G
never got to meet
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= Chorus 1:55 - 2:20 =
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Am F C G
And at the bottom of this river
Am F
Is where I put you down to lay
C G
So I can live with it
Am F
And in my heart heart heart
C G
there are these waters
Am F
Where I put you down to lay
C G
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
C G
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
C G
Who has the same blood
Who has the same blood
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= Interlude II 2:48 - 2:59 =
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|------3--------3--------3--------3---------|
|--------1--------1--------1--------1-------|
|----2--------2--------0--------0-----------| 2x
|-----------3-------------------------------|
|--0-----------------3----------------------|
|-----------------------------3-------------|
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= Chorus 2:59 - 3:24 =
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Am F C G
And at the bottom of this river
Am F
Is where I put you down to lay
C G
So I can live with it
Am F
And in my heart heart heart
C G
there are these waters
Am F
Where I put you down to lay
C G
While I learn to live with it
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= Outro 3:24 - 4:04 =
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Am F Am F
Keepsake ( lead plays main riff )
Am F C G
Keepsake
Am
Until I'm free
F Am F
Am F C G
Am
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version 2
D# G# C# F# A# D#
Tuning: half-step down
*=Palm mute
Intro
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------8-8------3-3----|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
only rhythm guitar
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------8-8------3-3----|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|-11--11----------------------| |-----------------------------------|
|-14b-14b-14-14-16-14-12- x3 -| |----12-14--12-14-14b--14-12--------|
|-----------------------------| then |-13-------------------------13-13--|
|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
Verse
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------8-8------3-3----| x2
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| 2nd guitar riff during the verse
|------9-11-11b--11b--11--11-9--------|
|-9-11-------------------------11-----|
|-------------------------------------|
Chorus
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------| x4
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-------------------------|
Intro riff again
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------8-8------3-3----|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|-11--11----------------------| |-----------------------------------|
|-14b-14b-14-14-16-14-12- x3 -| |----12-14--12-14-14b--14-12--------|
|-----------------------------| then |-13-------------------------13-13--|
|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
Verse
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------8-8------3-3----| x2
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| 2nd guitar riff during the verse
|------9-11-11b--11b--11--11-9--------|
|-9-11-------------------------11-----|
|-------------------------------------|
Chorus
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------| x4
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-------------------------|
Bridge
|-7---7---4---4---0---0---2---2----------------- ---------------4---|
|-7---7---4---4---0---0---2---2----------------- ---------------4---|
|-8---8---4---4---1---1---3---3----------------- x2 -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4---|
|-9---9---6---6---2---2---4---4----------------- -4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6---|
|-9---9---6---6---2---2---4---4----------------- -4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6---|
|-7---7---4---4---0---0---2---2----------------- -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4---|
* * * * * * *
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----4-------0-------7-------2-----------|
|---4---4---1---1---8---8---3---3---------| x2
|-6-------2-------9-------4---------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
Chorus
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------| x4
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-------------------------|
Intro riff x2
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------4-4------0-0------7-7------2-2----|
|-----4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------4-4------1-1------8-8------3-3----|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4----|
|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2----|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|-11--11----------------------| |-----------------------------------|
|-14b-14b-14-14-16-14-12- x3 -| |----12-14--12-14-14b--14-12--------|
|-----------------------------| then |-13-------------------------13-13--|
|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
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