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Blackout Sam easy guitar chords by 
The Hold Steady
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Verse 1
Am
G
That winter we were dealing
C
With unrest in the interior
Bm
Am
Careful when they mention local legends
G
He was down there in the trenches
She was holding down home office
C
Bm
Am
Bm
Still in constant correspondence
Verse 2
C
Bm
Blackout Sam has got credentials
Em
Am
C
He keeps flashing them as
Bm
laminate
Am
He keeps scratching at his neck
D
Verse 3
G
The General made a gesture
Bm
G
of contrition
C
Bm
The law of averages says
Am
something's gotta give
G
We were stuck up in survival mode
You were twisting on the telephone
C
G
Bm
Giving blanket denials to
Am
that one persistent kid
Verse 4
Em
Blackout Sam don't have the answer
Am
Bm
He keeps waking up in parking ramps
C
He could never find his key
D
s
Interlude 1
G
C
D
G
C
D
G
C
Verse 5
Am
Bm
Now promise me you won't forget
G
C
D
G
The nights that haven't happened yet
Verse 6
C
D
Separate the smoke from all
G
C
the cinders
D
G
Put another sticker on the van
C
The carpet at the party house
Am
Bm
Tear it up and take it out
C
Somebody should check
D
on Blackout Sam
Bm
Verse 7
Em
D
G
While we stood there at the service
With her hand up on my shoulder
C
We could feel, like,
Bm
G
Am
every single thing
G
Push the pill right through the foil
Check the engine, change the oil
C
G
Spent the summer wish
Bm
Am
ing it was spring
Verse 8
Am
They sent another man to sing the anthem
Em
Am
Bm
But the monitor malfunctioned
C
D
And he couldn't find the key
G
Verse 9
C
D
G
Always tried to take it so much further
C
D
G
Spinnin' like a sparrow through the spire
C
Ingested every offering
Am
Bm
Tried to make it interesting
C
D
Cut up and consumed what we desired
G
Verse 10
C
Take a little comfort,
D
G
C
it's just thunder
D
Put another sticker on the van
G
C
D
And now that it's a haunted house
Am
Bm
Break the lease and empty out
C
D
Somebody should check
Am
Bm
on Blackout Sam
C
D
Em
D
Somebody should check on Blackout Sam
G
Am
Interlude 2
G
D
Em
D
G
D
Em
D
Em
G
D
Dropped out of school but he still
Verse 11
Em
went to church
D
He was a friend of mine,
G
D
I hope it didn't hurt
G
Cried when he died,
Em
but tonight it felt worse
D
Snuff out your smoke,
G
and pour your drink in the dirt
D
Local legends with the faraway
Verse 12
Em
eyes
D
I want to make you feel
G
D
protected and high
G
If you're in the city,
D
Em
and while you're still alive
D
I want to make you feel
G
protected and high
Verse 13
Local legends with the faraway eyes
C
I want to make you feel protected and high
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