Keepsake Chords & Lyrics by The Gaslight Anthem

Keepsake

guitar chords lyrics

The Gaslight Anthem

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KEEPSAKE - The Gaslight Anthem
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Tabbed by: Chrizz2kplus1
E-mail: [email protected]

Tuning: DGCFAD (Full step down)

The following are not the actual chord names, but their shapes
are easier to remember when standard tuning chord names are used

Am F C G
|---5---|---1---|---8---|---3---|
|---5---|---1---|---8---|---3---|
|---5---|---2---|---9---|---4---|
|---7---|---3---|---10--|---5---|
|---7---|---3---|---10--|---5---|
|---5---|---1---|---8---|---3---|


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= Intro 0:00 - 0:32 =
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Rhythm pattern: (played twice)
Am F Am F
Am F C G

Lead plays main riff while rhythm pattern is repeated

Main riff
|--12----12----------12-------------|
|--15b17-15b17-15-15----15-13-------|
|-----------------------------------| 3x
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|
|--------13-----13-15-15b17-15-13-------|
|--12-14-----14-------------------14-14-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


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= Verse 0:32 - 0:54 =
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Am F
It's been thirty-one years
Am F
Since she's been in your arms
Am F
But don't worry about Mama
C G
Mama's got a good heart

Am F
And I'm not looking for your love
Am F
I'm only sniffing out blood
Am F
Just a little taste of
C G
where I came from


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= Chorus 0:54 - 1:20 =
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Am F C G
And at the bottom of this river
Am F
Is where I put you down to lay
C G
So I can live with it
Am F
And in my heart heart heart
C G
there are these waters
Am F
Where I put you down to lay
C G
While I learn to live with it
Am
Until I'm free


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= Interlude 1:20 - 1:33 =
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F Am F
Am F C G

While lead plays main riff


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= Verse 1:33 - 1:55 =
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Am F
And it's been all my life
Am F
I've been wondering on the inside
Am F
What we could've had
C G
If you'd had a part in my life

Am F
And there were children involved
Am F
And they were brothers to me
Am F
Even if we
C G
never got to meet


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= Chorus 1:55 - 2:20 =
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Am F C G
And at the bottom of this river
Am F
Is where I put you down to lay
C G
So I can live with it
Am F
And in my heart heart heart
C G
there are these waters
Am F
Where I put you down to lay
C G
While I learn to live with it


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= Bridge 2:20 - 2:48 =
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C
Until I'm free at last
Am
from this shadow that hangs
F
Surely you wonder sometimes
C G
And I'm sure you all sympathize
C
Just what a man's to become,
Am
just like his daddy's done
F
I just want to love someone
C G
Who has the same blood

Who has the same blood


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= Interlude II 2:48 - 2:59 =
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|------3--------3--------3--------3---------|
|--------1--------1--------1--------1-------|
|----2--------2--------0--------0-----------| 2x
|-----------3-------------------------------|
|--0-----------------3----------------------|
|-----------------------------3-------------|

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= Chorus 2:59 - 3:24 =
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Am F C G
And at the bottom of this river
Am F
Is where I put you down to lay
C G
So I can live with it
Am F
And in my heart heart heart
C G
there are these waters
Am F
Where I put you down to lay
C G
While I learn to live with it

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= Outro 3:24 - 4:04 =
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Am F Am F
Keepsake ( lead plays main riff )
Am F C G
Keepsake
Am
Until I'm free

F Am F
Am F C G
Am