Great Expectations (acoustic) Chords
Great Expectations (acoustic) by The Gaslight Anthem is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords A, F#m, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Capo II
Intro:
A F#m A F#m D E
A
Mary, this station is playing every sad song
F#m
I remember like we were alive
A
I heard and sung them all from inside of these walls
F#m
In a prison cell, where we spent those nights
A
And they burned up the diner where I always used to find her
F#m
Licking young boys blood from her claws
A
And I learned about the blues from this kitten I knew
F#m
Her hair was raven and her heart was like a tomb
D E
My heart's like, like a wound
F#m D A E
But I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife
F#m D A E
Everybody leaves and I'd expect this much from you
F#m D A E
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life
F#m D A E A
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?
A
Mary, I worried and stalled every night of my life
F#m
Better safe than making then making the party
A
And I never had a good time, I sat by my bedside
F#m
With papers and poetry about Estella
D E
Great expectations
D E
We had the greatest expectations
F#m D A E
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife
F#m D A E
Everybody left me Mary, why wouldn't you?
F#m D A E
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life
F#m D A E
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?
F#m D A E
F#m D A E
It's funny how the night moves
F#m D A E
Humming a song from 1962
D E
We were always waiting
D E
We were always waiting
D E F#m E
We were always waiting for something to happen
F#m D A E
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife
F#m D A E
Everybody left me Mary, why wouldn't you?
F#m D A E
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life
F#m D A E
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?
A F#m A F#m D E A