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The 59 Sound Tab

by The Gaslight Anthem


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)

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|----|