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Our Fathers Sons by The Gaslight Anthem




              Our Fathers Sons







Guitar is tuned one whole step down (DGCFAd)

Intro lick:
G|---0-2-3---|
D|3----------|

Chord progression throughout the entire song is:

C C/B E Am F G

(The C/B is just part of a walkdown)

At the end of the song, they play the intro riff to "Great Expectations."

d|-------5--------8---7------|
A|-----------5-----------8---|
F|----5----------------------|
C|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|

Help me sing
All you weary strangers raise your voice
In this chain gang chorus in our younger days
My brothers, we were naive sailors
Storms we'd all endure
Oh the road, oh you who sing her praises [...]
The places that she takes us, the choice is ours
We wanted much more than our fathers
While our mothers said their prayers

Now moving on up, to the east side
We finally got a piece of the pie

Baby doll
All you women of the travelers, your empty arms
Your patient hearts in waiting, bless your hearts
And your never ending patience
I could not go on without you
We're all the same
All blue and bright white collars, we're all the same
Our troubles and our sorrows and underneath
Blood and bone and mixture
Though we dance to different songs
Not songs to sing along
Not songs to sing along

Every man, every woman with a burden raise your hands
Raise'em up to the firmament, see those hands
Meet your brothers and your sisters, use your hands
We are our father's sons









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version 2










 Whole step down (DGCFAD)

Intro: (Palm-Muted)
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|------0---2---3----|
G|---3---------------|
D|-------------------|

[Walk-up]
C,              C/B,  E, Am, F, G

Verse 1:
C
Help me sing
               C/B                     E
All you weary strangers raise your voice
                                           Am
In this chain gang chorus in our younger days

My brothers, we were naive sailors
F              G
Storms we'd all endure
C                                   C/B               E
Oh the road, oh you who sing her praises, are dust and bones
                                             Am
The places that she takes us, the choice is ours
                                  F
We wanted much more than our fathers
                                  G
While our mothers said their prayers
C                         C/B
Now moving on up, to the east side
                            E
We finally got a piece of the pie

Of the pie


Verse 2:
C
Baby doll
                      C/B                   E
All you women of the travellers, your empty arms
                                                 Am
Your patient hearts in waiting, bless your heart

And your never ending patience
F                        G
I could not go on without you
C
We're all the same
                         C/B                       E
All blue and bright white collars, we're all the same
                                          Am
Our troubles and our sorrows and underneath

Blood and bone and mixture
  F                              G
Though we dance to different songs


Bridge: (Not too sure about this part, though they seem to sound good when played as 
octave chords)
C                 C/B
And your momma's alright
Am
And your daddy's alright
C                  C/B
They just seem a little bit weird
Am
No surrender,


Outro:
C                    C/B               E
Every man, every woman with a burden raise your hands
                                          Am
Raise'em up to the firmament, see those hands

Meet your brothers and your sisters, use your hands
F                      G
We are our father's sons













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