Chesterfield King Jawbreaker
"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)
transcribed by Mike Ripplinger (openface@aol.com)
[Notes]
* (p) = palm-muted
* I'm not the best at transcribing solos, so the solo may be inaccurate
* 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]
[G] [E] [B] (p) [C] (p)
We stood in your room and laughed out loud.
[G] [E] [A] [C]
Suddenly the laughter died
[G] [E] [B] (p) [C] (p)
and we were caught in an eye to eye.
[G] [E]
We sat on the floor and did we sit close
[A] [C]
I could smell your thoughts and thought.
[G] [C] [G]
Do you want to touch a lot like me?
Too scared to say a thing.
[Pre-cborus]
[B] (p) [C] (p)
I left your house and kicked myself.
[E] (p) [D] (p) [C]
I put those feelings on a shelf to die.
[B] (p) [C] (p)
I guess I'm not a gambling type
[E] (p) [D] (p) [C]
but think of what the two of us had lost.
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
[G] [F#/G] [E] [D] [C]
I took my car and drove it down the hill by your house.
[B] [A]
I drove so fast.
[G] [F#/G] [E] [D] [C]
The wind it couldn't cool me down,
[B] [A]
so I turned it around and came back up.
[G] [F#/G] [E] [D]
You were waiting on your step,
[C] [B] [A]
steam showing off your breath and water in your eyes.
[G] [F#/G] [E] [D]
We pulled each other into one,
[C] [B] [D]
parkas clinging on the lawn and kissed right there.
[G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C]
Solo over verse h = hammer-on / = slide up = slide down E-------------------------------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------------------------------- G---0-----0----0-----0----------------------------------------------- D------0-----0---0-----0--------------------------------------------- A--------------------------9h10--97--7h9--75--5h7--53--3h5--32--- 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 ..
Handed ..
Held ..
Traced ..
Repeat chorus
Play chorus progression once, palm muting all chords
End on G
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