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Meet me by the Rivers Edge

by The Gaslight Anthem

Tab by: Thomas Stückelberger


Location: Austria
Date: 22 December 2008

Chords used:

G: 320033
C: x32010
Am: x01220
Em: 022000
Cadd: x32013
Emadd: 022003
F:x33210

INTRO:

Use this picking pattern:

Am 2x Em 2x F 2x C 1x G 1x
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H-------1--------------0---------------1------------------1--------------0-------
G---------2---2----------0----0----------2----3------------0---0---------0—0--
D-----2-----2-------2------2--------3------3----------2------2-------------0----
A---0--------------2---------------3-----------------3-----------------2----------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------3------------

Pick the first section like above:

Am
See I've been here for 28 years.
Em
Pounding sweat beneath these wheels.
F
We tattooed lines beneath our skin.
C G (play chord let ring)
No surrender, my Bobby Jean.
Cadd – Emadd – F – C - G

Verse 1:

Strum the other sections:

Am
See I've been here for 28 years.
Em
Pounding sweat beneath these wheels.
F
We tattooed lines beneath our skin.
C G
No surrender, my Bobby Jean.

Am
We've been burned by all our fears.
Em
Just from growing up around here.
F
Our father's factories marked our cars.
C G
While Eden burned against the stars.

Chorus 1:

C
And Sally said, Sally said.
Am
I can't take no more regret.
F
It cut us deep, into our souls.
C G
Came and climbed into our bed.
C
And Sally said, Sally said.
Am
Meet me by the River's edge.
F
We're going to wash these sins away.
C G
Or else we won't come back again.

Cadd – Emadd – F – C - G

Verse 2:

Am
You know I had these ballroom dreams.
Em
That, as a child, came to me.
F
I was a boy in Grandma's arms.

C G
A mother's pride and a wounded heart.
Am
And I was full with fiery wonder.
Em
You wore Audrey Hepburn pearls.
F C
You were the only one who understood me then
G
and the only one who will.

Chorus 2:

C
And Sally said, Sally said.
Am
I can't take no more regret.
F
It cut us deep, into our souls.
C G
Came and climbed into our bed.
C
And Sally said, Sally said.
Am
Meet me by the River's edge.
F
We're going to wash these sins away.
C G
Or else we won't come back again.

Bridge:

Am G F C
And now I drive the 101 on the California night.
Am G F C
And I'm amazed at all the stars beneath that old Hollywood sign.
Am G F C
And we waltz, ballet up a boulevard to a place we never kept
Am G F C
And I'm not sure if we belong here, if I ever really left, or If I can go
G (hold chord)
home.

Chorus / Outro:

C (one strum)
And Sally said, Sally said.
Am (one strum)
I can't take no more regret.
F
It cut us deep, into our souls.
C G
Came and climbed into our bed.
C
And Sally said, Sally said.
Am
Meet me by the River's edge.
F
We're going to wash these sins away.
C G
Or else we won't come back again.
C – Am – F – C – G (repeat)
No retreat. No regrets.
C G C (end)
Meet me by the river's edge.

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