"Chesterfield King"
written and performed by Jawbreaker
(C) and (P) 1992 Punk: The Other White Meat music (BMI)
from the Tupelo/Communion release Bivouac (Comm 38-2, Tup 38-2)
[Notes]
* (p) = palm-muted
* The F#/G chord is a G power chord with the root lowered a half-step:
D---5--|
A---5--|
E---2--|
***
["Chesterfield King"]
[ GC GC GC GC ]
[Verse]
(p) (p)
We stood in your room and laughed out loud
Suddenly the laughter died, we were caught in an eye to eye
(p) (p)
We sat on the floor and did we sit close
I could smell your thoughts and thought,
"Do you want to touch a lot like me?"
Too scared to say a thing
[Pre-chorus]
(p) (p)
Left your house and kicked myself
(p) (p)
Put those feelings on a shelf to die
(p) (p)
Guess I'm not the gambling type
(p) (p)
Think of what the two of us had lost Had lost
[Verse]
I needed some time to think it out
7-Eleven parking lot, a toothless woman turned and stopped
Gave her a dime and a Chesterfield
She leaned down and kissed my cheek
I was scared but it felt sweet Felt so sweet
[Pre-chorus]
She asked me if I had a name
Told her I was glued up on some chick
We sat and smoked against the wall
Drank a beer, felt the chill of fall Of fall
[Chorus]
/
I took my car and drove it down the hill by your house
I drove so fast
/
The wind it couldn't cool me down so I turned it around
And came back up
/
You were waiting on your step, steam chilling off your
breath and water in your eyes
/
We pulled each other into one, parkas clinging on the
lawn, and kissed right there
[ GC GC GC GC ]
[Solo over verse]
= hammer-on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---0-----0----0-----0-----------------------------------------------|
D------0-----0---0-----0---------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------9h10--9\7--7h9--7\5--5h7--5\3--3h5--3\2---|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G---0-----0----0-----0-------------------------------|
D------0-----0---0-----0-----------------------------|
A--------------------------10/12--12/14--14/15-------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
...and repeat
[Pre-chorus]
Said my chicks all smoke these things
Handed you a Chesterfield King
Held your hand and watched TV
Traced the little lines along your palm Your palm
[Repeat chorus]
[Play chorus progression once, palm muting all chords]
[End on G]