"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-chorus]
[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
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-chorus]
[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
