The 59 Sound Chords & Tabs
Band: Gaslight Anthem
Album: The ’59 Sound
Song: The ’59 Sound
Best band out there at the moment!
There are a lot of slides and he often
plays the same note but on a different
string but I have tabbed it such that there
is some timing to it.
Drop D tuning
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Intro/chorus
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-1111111111111111-----------------|
D|-----------------1111111111111111-|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
D|-55555555333333331111111111111111-|
Verse (0:22)
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------5555555555555555-|
D|-5555555555555555-----------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
D|-55555555555555551111111111111111-|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------5555555555555555-|
D|-5555555555555555-----------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------6666666666666666-|
D|-5555555555555555-----------------|
Pre-chorus (0:45)
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
D|-55--------------55---------------|
Chorus (0:51) x2
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|\11111111111111116666666666666666-|
D|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-55555555-------------------------|
A|---------888888886666666666666666-|
D|----------------------------------|
Verse (1:13)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_gaslight_anthem/the_59_sound_btab.html ]
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
D|-55555555555555550000000000000000-|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
D|-5555555555555555-----------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
D|-55555555555555550000000000000000-|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------6666666666666666-|
D|-5555555555555555-----------------|
Pre-chorus
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
D|-55--------------55---------------|
Chorus (1:42) x2
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|\11111111111111116666666666666666-|
D|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-55555555-------------------------|
A|---------888888886666666666666666-|
D|----------------------------------|
Pause – young boys
Bridge (2:17) (aint supposed to die on a Saturday night)
G|------------------|
D|-5-5-----8-8------|
A|-----6-6-----8-8--| x3
D|------------------|
Chorus (2:28) x2
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|\11111111111111116666666666666666-|
D|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-55555555-------------------------|
A|---------888888886666666666666666-|
D|----------------------------------|
Ending (2:50)
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|---------1-1------| x4
D|-5-5-1-1-----3-3--|
End Note
G|----|
D|----|
A|-1~-|
D|----|
