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This tab is based off of this acoustic version of Handwritten by The Gaslight Anthem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3aHvAfxgbU Tuning: D (full step down)
DNoGteC: FThAerDe are many times where he will play an Fadd9 instead of an F. He also adds the high g to all chords for most parts of the song.
Chords:
---Am-0---C0---F0---F/C0-----G0---| ----1---1---1---1-----1---| ----2---0---2---2-----0---| ----2---2---3---3-----0---| ----0---3---X---3-----2---| ----X---X---X---X-----3---|
Fill (An * will represent the fill): --------------------------| --------------------------| ---------0---2p0----------| ---0h2-------------2---0--| --------------------------| --------------------------| Intro: Am C F/C* (2x) Am G F (2x) Verse: Am C F* Pull it out, turn it up. What's your favorite song? Am C F/C* That's mine, I've been crying to it since I was young.
AmI know there's someone out Gthere feeling just like I fF/Ceel. I know they're waiting up. I know they're waiting to heal. AmAnd I've been holding my brGeath, are you holding your bFreath For too many years to countC? G And too many years to counAmt. F/C Am
Chorus:
And we F/Cwaited Cfor the sGirens that never comAme. And we F/Conly write by the mCoon, with everGy word handwritteAmn. And to F/Cease the loss of yCouth, and how maGny years I've missed yoAmu. F/CPages plead forgiveCness, with evGery word handwritAmtenC. F* Am C F/C
Verse: Am C F/C* Let it out, let me in, take a hold of my hand. Am C F/C* There's nothing like another soul that's been cut up the same.
AmAnd did you wanna dGrive without a word in-Fbetween? I can understand, you need a minute to breathe, AmAnd to sew up the seGams...after Fall this defeatC. G All this defeaAmt. F Am
Chorus:
And we F/Cwaited Cfor the sGirens that never comAme. And we F/Conly write by the mCoon, with eveGry word handwrittAmen. And to F/Cease the loss of yCouth, And the mGany many years I've misAmsed you. F/CPages plead forgiveCness, eveGry word handwrittAmen.
Bridge: Am F C G (2x)
AmHere in theF dark,C I cherish theG moonlight. AmI'm inF love with theC way you're in Glove with the night. AmAnd it Ftravels fromC heart, to Glimb, to AmpenF. C G
Outro:
F/CAnd we waited Gfor the sirens that never cF/Come. We only write by the Gmoon, With every word haCndwritten. G Every word handwritteAmn. F/C And wCith this pen, GI thee wed, From my Amheart to your distreFss. And wCith this pen, FI thee wed, From my Cheart to your distreFss. And wCith this pen, FI thee wed, From my Cheart to your distreF*(slow)ss. C