The Hold Steady - Dont let me explode
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Don't Let me Explode off of Separation Sunday
Can someone please, please tab First Night and any other songs off of Boys and Girls in
There are not nearly enough Hold Steady tabs on ultimate guitar.
The timing is 3/4 I think - just strum every chord for two bars of three strums. The
of the chords over the lyrics is somewhat wrong, but its close enough to play it - plus I
on the last verse because I'm lazy. Also keep in mind this is a pretty piano heavy
but it sounds pretty good on guitar too.
For it to sound perfect try:
-sliding up F to G to Bb (1 to 3 to 6) on the Low E when you make the transition from F
Bb.
-similarly sliding up F to F# to G (1-2-3) on the Low E for the F to Gm transition.
Verse 1:
Bb Gm he said Ebwhat about los Fangeles
Bb Gm she said we Ebnever really made it that Ffar west
Gm we scored big in Ebdenver and we Bbthought it might be Fbest
Gm to go Ebhang around in the Bbupper midFwest
Verse 2: Same Chords
he said what about new orleans
she said i don't think you understand what that means
all those hangers on - the girls lifting up their shirts when the cameras come on
we were trying to stay away from those kind of scenes.
Bridge:
Bb Dm we Ebdidn't go to Fdallas.
Bb Dm 'cause Ebjackie onassis said that it Fain't safe for catholics yet.
Bbthink about what they pulled onDm kennedy.
and then Ebthink about his security. F
Bbthen think about what theyGm might try to pull on you and Cme. F
Rock out:
F Eb saint Dbarbara i'm calling your Gmname.
don't Clet me blow up. we'll Dmhook it all up.
i guess there's Bbfields of speed where there's Bbfields of grain.
A Eb Dmsaint barbara don't let me Gmexplode.
i can Cfeel the whole scene Dstarting to corrode when we're Ebfooling around on
the Ffrontage roads.
Verse 3:
Bbhe GmaskEbed Dmwhat happened to charlemagne.
BbsheGm juEbst Dmsmiled all polite-like and said something vague.
DmsheEb saBbid Fcharlemagne got caught up in some complicated things.
GmsheEb wiBbpedF at her nose and she winked.
Enjoy... Dm