High Lonesome Sound Chords
High Lonesome Sound by The Gaslight Anthem is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am7, Dm, G, C, F/E, G/E and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
Am7
So the ambulances came
Dm G
They took your pulse and packed up your things
Am7
And the papers read
C G
Some boys forget what the heart it brings
Am7
And the pounding in the street
Dm G
Was your heart in four four time
Am7
And the taste of defeat
C G F/E G/E
Was was never too far from your mind
Am F/E C G
And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
Am F/E C G
I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis
Am F/E C G
And in my head there's all these classic cars and outlaw cowboy bands
Am F/E C G
I always kinda sorta wish I'm someone else
Verse
Am7
So gravity came
Dm G
And stole the temple that the schoolboys praised
Am7
And the crowd shuffled in
C
You're getting drinks for the same boys
G Am7
Who once bought you everything
Dm
And the patter on the bar
G
Was just this one time
Am7
The patter on the bar
C
Was just this one night
G F/E G/E
Only to get by
Am F/E C G
And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
Am F/E C G
I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis
Am F/E C G
And in my head there's all these classic cars and outlaw cowboy bands
Am F/E C G
I always kinda sorta wish I'm someone else
Bridge
Am7 C G
There were Southern accents
Am7 C G
On the radio As I drove home
Am7
And at night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
C G
It's a pretty good song Maybe you know the rest
Am7 C G
Maybe you know the rest
Am F/E C G
And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
Am F/E C G
I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis
Am F/E C G
And in my head there's all these classic cars and outlaw cowboy bands
Am F/E C G
I always kinda sorta wish I'm someone else
Am F/E
When our boots they hit the ground
C G
They made a high and lonesome sound 3x
Am F/E
When our boots they hit the ground
C G Am
They made a high a high and lonesome sound