Capo: 2 Tuning:

Standard tuning, Capo 2 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBA5Cmf2zIQ For you G’s and Em’s, keep the E and B strings held down on the third fret. Chords D - xx0232 A - 002220 G - 320033 C - 032010 Em - 022000 Cadd9 - 032033 Asus - 002233 [Intro] D,A,G x4 (the strumming for the first verse is pretty odd, try not to strum anything before the D string)

^DHe invited me in; said his name ^Awas Jesse, and to take a ^Glook around I found my coat at the ^Dbottom of ^Athe closet, d^Gug it out. The only thing that she ^Dleft,^A there in the ^Gmiddle of the room, was the couch. She’d always hated the ^Dpattern or the ^Atexture. ^GI can’t remember it now. (Normal strumming pattern again) ^DI relived those ^Anights there ^Gbreaking ^Ddown. I guess ^AI’ll see ^Gmyself out.

up/down G deadstrum

^GYou kept me ^Dwaiting like ^Athe G ^GTrain. I held ^Dthe door open ^Afor hours. down/up/down G deadstrum

^AI had to walk ^Gaway. I rode ^Dthe A line out ^Ato Rock^Caway. ^GI’m ^Emalways drawn to the ^Awater. ^AWalked the streets to ^Dthe shore^A. Passed by ^Gthe murals fading off of the walls Still licking the fresh ^Dwounds from ^Aa hurricane ^Gin the fall. And I watch them ^Drebuild. ^AI hummed a ^GRamone’s song out of key. Staring off ^Dat the skyline over ^Ashorebreak and ^Gremembering ^Cthat this ^Gsame ocean ^Emalmost killed ^Cme. South ^GCarolina, ^Emseafoam ^Agreen.

^GYou kept me ^Dwaiting like ^Athe G ^GTrain. I held ^Dthe door open ^Afor hours. I had to down/up/down G deadstrum ^Awalk away.^G I took ^Dthe A line out to ^ARocka^Cway. ^GI’m ^Emalways drawn ^Ato the water. ^AI felt the weight.

*for this part, palm mute everything until the line “And I read that on a calendar long enough”

^GOn a calendar ^Emlong enough all ^Cadd9my grief starts ^Asusto decay. ^GOn a calendar ^Emlong enough it grows ^Cadd9more useless by ^Asusthe day, and I ^Gread that on a calendar ^Emlong enough, ^Cadd9New York will be returned to the ^Asussea. ^GWhen the water gets^Em high enough, ^Cadd9it’ll take back ^Asuseverything. G Em Cadd9 Asuslt A So the subway and the G Train, our apartment, all our memories come to ^Grest there under ^Emwater, all ^Cadd9the things that I thought meant ^Asusthe most to me. I try to ^Gpicture it– just ^Emthe top of ^Cadd9the skyline ^Asusat low tide, piercing the ^Gsurface as ^Emthe ships try ^Cadd9to navigate ^Asustheir lanes, and there ^G(hold)alone and ^Em(hold)triumphant on the ^Cadd9crest of ^Asusa wave is the ^G(hold)couch yo^A(hold)u gave a^Dway.

These are the tabs for the “And there alone and triumphant” E|--3----–0-–| B|--3----–3--| G|--------–--| D|--------–--| A|–2----–2---| E|3----–0----| Then just lightly strum the Cadd9 and Asus chords respectively. ^^

Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties - Green like the g train green like sea foam