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Key: D major•
Verse 1
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Nelson Algren came to Paddy at
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some party at the Dead End Al ley
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Yeah, he told him what to
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celebrate
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And I met William Butler Yeats,
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Sunday night dance party, summer 1988
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At first I thought it might
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be William Blake
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We
Verse 2

mix our own mythologies,
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we push them out through PA systems
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We dictate our doxologies and try to get
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sleeping kids to sit up and listen
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And I'm not saying we could save you
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But we could put you in a place where you could
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save yourself

And if you don't get born again at least
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you'll get high as hell
Verse 3
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Yeah, and sweet St. Paul,
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that must be the hardest luck saint of them all
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We met him at some suburban
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St. Paul mall
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Yeah, and St. Theresa came to Holly,
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but I wasn't even at that party

I'd already moved out to New York
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City
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Verse 4
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Yeah, when Judas went up
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and kissed him
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I almost got sick
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I guess I knew what was coming
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I guess I knew it was coming
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We gather our gospels
Verse 5

from gossip and bar
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talk then we declare them the truth
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We salvage our sermons from message

boards and scene reports
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And we sic them on the youth
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We try out new testaments

on the guys sitting next to us
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In the bars with the bars on the windows,
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al right

And even if you don't

get you converted tonight
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You gotta ad mit the band's pretty tight
Interlude 1
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Esus4
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They did "She's Got Legs" into "Ain't
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Too Proud To Beg"
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Into something by the Dixie Dregs
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And they faked their way
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through "Fairytale of New York"
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When the band stopped playing
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we howled out for more
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Verse 7

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Hey Nelson Algren, Chicago
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seemed tired last night
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They had cigarettes where there were sup
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posed to be eyes
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Hey William Butler Yeats,
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all the Irish seemed wired last night
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They tried to separate our girls
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from our guys
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Verse 8
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They had cigarettes where
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there were supposed to be eyes
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • F#m

    2

  • G

  • A

  • C

  • F

  • Em

  • Esus4

  • Am

  • Bm

    2

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night by The Hold Steady is D major.

The primary chords used in Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night are D, F#m, G, A, C, F.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like D, F#m, G, A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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