The Gaslight Anthem - 1930

^Gm Give me mercy and I need it ^Ebnow I'm a bleed a little poison ^Bbout I'm a cry a little river ^Fdown and then I'm setting this whole thing on ^Gmfire and I'm burning up the night she ^Ebdied and I'm putting every last picture a^Bbside I'm gonna say what I need to ^Fsay in my very last letter to ^Gmyou cuz you always made it ^Ebclear said that you'd never be my ^Bbpain So here's to you when you ^Fcried baby blues And just paused a cool to re^Gmfrain And you said she was satis^Ebfied and this body's just waiting to ^Bbdie and I could listen sometimes but you ^Fsaid its alright its just a whole lot harder a^Gmlone^{F Eb Gm Bb Eb Gm F Eb F}

But ^BbI I wish you knew her ^Fnow she's a better side of me ^Gmnow and I'm doing the best I ^Ebcan its what you wanted ^Bb and I sing like you were ^Fthere and I knew it was just how you would s^Gmmile Mary you looked just ^Eblike it was 1930 that ^Ebnight

^Gm But hear the days they will eat you a^Eblive but I won't give in to^Bbnight

worth my ^Ftime and not to record them ^Bb/D And not to settle just a piece of ^Ebmind but I can wait it out all ^Bbnight (hold) And we keep on breathing ^Gm But Mary I found a ^Ebsound and this heart keeps pouring it ^Bbout and the

^Fprobably gonna fade like the tattoo that hides this ^Gmshame and the reasons always ^Ebfade

out some ^Bbday and I'm saying my goodbyes ^Fdeeply wise cuz I don't know how to ^Gmsay^{F Eb} Stay still in the ^Gmpain^{Bb Eb} Stay still in the ^Gmpain^{F Eb F}

If I re^Bbcall the ^Flast thing you ^Gmsaid to me before we ^Bbbroke up^F before it took you from ^Ebme and you said I ^Bblove you ^Fmore than the s^Gmtars in the sky but your a^Bbliveness^F just ^Ebgets me tonight I ^Bblove you ^Fmore than the s^Gmtars in the sky but your a^Bbliveness^F Eb Bb(hold) Bb(hold) just gets me tonight