Tabbed by Dom Glynn
The song is played in D standard tuning
INTRO
E --------------------------------|
B --------------------------------|
G --------------------------------|
D -5-5-5-5------------------------| Play twice
A 3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E --------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-|
VERSE
E ----------------------------------------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------------------------------------| Play twice
D -5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------|
A 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E ---------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
The picking stops and a C power chord is held, whilst the lead (Alex) plays this over the top:
E 12--13p12---|
B ---------13-|
G ------------|
D ------------|
A ------------|
E ------------|
Then the following chords throughout the rest of the verse:
AM F C G
CHORUS
(Alex)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_gaslight_anthem/mae_tab_ver_2.html ]
E 12-12-12-15-15-15----------------------------- -------------|
B -----------------15-15-15-17-17-17-12-12-12-12 -13-13-13-13-|
G ---------------------------------------------- Play 3 times -------------|
D ---------------------------------------------- -------------|
A ---------------------------------------------- -------------|
E ---------------------------------------------- -------------|
Brian plays:
C5 G5 A5 F5
C5 G5 A5 A5
In verse 2 Alex plays some lead over the verse:
"Will you come for a drive"
E ----------------|
B 13--15b17b15-13-|
G ----------------|
D ----------------|
A ----------------|
E ----------------|
And before the final chorus:
"We work our fingers down to dust"
E ------------------------------------------------|
B 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
G ------------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------------| Play twice
A ------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------|
