45 Chords
45 by The Gaslight Anthem is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B, C#m, A and Abm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse One:
E B C#m
Have you seen my hands?
B E
Just look at 'em shake
B C#m
And the song just keeps on beating
B E
Drop the needle again
B C#m
And I dance with your ghost
B A
but that ain't the way
A B
I can't move on and I can't stay the same
And all my friends say
C#m A E
Heeeeyyyy
B
Turn the record over
C#m A E
Heeeyyyyy
B
I'll see you on the flip side
E B C#m A
There you go and turn the key and engine over
E B
Let her go
C#m A
Let somebody else lay at her feet
Intro repeat
Verse three:
E B C#m
But have you seen my heart?
B E
Have you seen how it bleeds?
B C#m B
And the nights are so long baby out here in the deep
E B C#m
The tick ticking of hours lonely, I hear the alarm
A B
I used to hear when she would sleep in my arms, but better sense says
C#m A E
Heeeeyyyy
B
Turn the record over
C#m A E
Heeeyyyyy
B
I'll see you on the flip side
E B C#m A
There you go and turn the key and engine over
E B
Let her go
C#m A
Let somebody else lay at her feet
Solo chords: C#m, Abm, A, B, C#m, Abm, A, B
Break: C#m, B
C#m B
And all my friends say
C#m A E
Heeeeyyyy
B
Turn the record over
C#m A E
Heeeyyyyy
B
I'll see you on the flip side
E B C#m A
There you go and turn the key and engine over
E B
Let her go
C#m A E B A
Let somebody else lay at her feet
Outro:
E B A
Where you used to be
E B A
Where you used to be
E B A
Where you used to be
B C#m
Here with me