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Mae by The Gaslight Anthem
Mae
Full step down tuning (DGCFAd)
Chords used:
C (332010)
G (320033)
Am (x02210)
F (x33210) <--the way Brian often plays it
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Intro: C, G, Am, F x2
Verse one:
C
Stay the same, don't ever change
G
Cause I'd miss your ways
Am
With your Bette Davis eyes
F G
And your mama's party dress
C
While this city pumps it's aching heart
G
For one more drop of blood,
Am
We work our fingers down to dust
F G
And we wait for kingdom come
C
With the radio on
Chorus:
Am F
I wanna see you tonight
C G
Would you come for a drive?
Am F
You can lean into me
C G
If you ain't been in love for a while
Repeat intro chords
Verse 2:
C
I was born beside a river
G
That flows to a raging sea
Am
That will one day serve to quell
F G
Or one day be the death of me
C
In my faded jeans and far away eyes
G
And salty carnival kiss
Am F
That all my former lovers say
G C
Was once magnificent
Chorus:
Am F
I wanna see you tonight
C G
Would you come for a drive?
Am F
You can lean into me
C G
And if you ain't oh if you ain't...
Am F
I wanna see you tonight
C G
Would you come for a drive?
Am F
You can lean into me
C G C
If you ain't been in love for a while
Repeat intro chords again
Outro chorus:
Am F
And still this city pumps it's aching heart
C G
For one more drop of blood
Am F
We work our fingers down to dust
C G
While we wait for kingdom come
C G Am
With the radio on
F C G Am
With the radio on
F C G Am
It's been so long Mae, so long
F C G Am
It's been so long Mae, so long
F C
But since the radio's on...
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version 2
D G C F A D
this sounds good to me
d----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
F----------------------------------------------------| repeat through verse except you play each phrase twice.
C---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
B--3-3-3-3------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---------------|
D-----------3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--1-1-1-1----------------|
d------------|
A------------|
F------------| on the last beat of every bar in the verse it does this
C------------|
B--3-3-3-3---|
D-1-1-3-3----|
the chords in the pre-chorus are as follows
Am,F,C,G (all open) x2
the chorus chords are
C,G,Am,F
d--12--15---------------------|
A---------15--17--12--15------|
F-----------------------------| this is the solo bit during the chorus
C-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
D-----------------------------|
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version 3
D G C F A D
The song is played in D standard tuning
INTRO
E --------------------------------|
B --------------------------------|
G --------------------------------|
D -5-5-5-5------------------------| Play twice
A 3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E --------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-|
VERSE
E ----------------------------------------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------------------------------------| Play twice
D -5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------|
A 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E ---------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
The picking stops and a C power chord is held, whilst the lead (Alex) plays this over the top:
E 12--13p12---|
B ---------13-|
G ------------|
D ------------|
A ------------|
E ------------|
Then the following chords throughout the rest of the verse:
AM F C G
CHORUS
(Alex)
E 12-12-12-15-15-15----------------------------- -------------|
B -----------------15-15-15-17-17-17-12-12-12-12 -13-13-13-13-|
G ---------------------------------------------- Play 3 times -------------|
D ---------------------------------------------- -------------|
A ---------------------------------------------- -------------|
E ---------------------------------------------- -------------|
Brian plays:
C5 G5 A5 F5
C5 G5 A5 A5
In verse 2 Alex plays some lead over the verse:
"Will you come for a drive"
E ----------------|
B 13--15b17b15-13-|
G ----------------|
D ----------------|
A ----------------|
E ----------------|
And before the final chorus:
"We work our fingers down to dust"
E ------------------------------------------------|
B 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
G ------------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------------| Play twice
A ------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------|
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