Too Much Blood Chords & Tabs
Tuned down 1 step
Sorry that the formatting is a bit wonky in places.
Unusual Chords:
A*
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---7-----|
A|---7-----|
E|---5-----|
C*
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---5-----|
D|---5-----|
A|---3-----|
E|---------|
Riff
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------5----|
D|-------------------7---7---7----5----| X3
A|-------------------7---7---7----3----|
E|----0--0--3--5-----5---5---5---------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------5----------------|
D|-----------------------------7----5----7--|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|----0--0--3--5----------------------------|
Intro:
C E Am F
Play the riff twice:
Are you scared this sounds familiar?
What if everybody knew the very trials and temptations
That we put ourselves through?
Now I am no angel but I got nothing to hide
Can you say the same thing for yourself tonight?
C E
What can I keep for myself if I tell you my hell?
Am F
What would be left to take to my grave?
C E
And whats left for you, my lover to save?
Am F
Whats left for only you to take?
C G Am F
If I put too much blood on the page
C G Am F
If I put too much blood on the page
C G Am F
And if I just tell the truth are there only lies left for you
C G Am F
If I put too much love on the page?
Riff X3
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_gaslight_anthem/too_much_blood_crd_ver_2.html ]
Now as my eternal witness to the pride and the shame
Are you worried I say too much?
Are you scared they’ll take me away?
Now I am no devil but I’ve got things on my mind
And they're gonna come out and they’re gonna come up time to time
C E
What can I keep for myself if I tell you my hell?
Am F
What would be left to take to my grave?
C E
And whats left for you, my lover to save?
Am F
Whats left for only you to take?
C G Am F
If I put too much blood on the page
C G Am F
If I put too much blood on the page
C G Am F
And if I just tell the truth are there only lies left for you
C G Am F
If I put too much love on the page?
Riff X2
C E
What can I keep for myself if I tell you my hell?
Am F
What would be left to take to my grave?
C E
And whats left for you, my lover to save?
Am F
Whats left for only you to take?
C G Am F
If I put too much blood on the page
C G Am F
If I put too much blood on the page
C G Am F
And if I just tell the truth are there only lies left for you
C G Am F
If I put too much love on the page?
C G Am F
If I put too much blood on the page
C G Am F
If I put too much blood on the page again
Repeat C G Am F till the end