Positive Jam chords by
The Hold Steady

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Key: D minor

Intro 1

Esus4

Verse 1
Am Am 
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Woke up in the '20s and there were
Esus4 Esus4 
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flappers and fruits in     white suits
Am Am 
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And it was right before the crash,
we got thrashed throughout the '30s
Queuing up for soup with scabby
Esus4 Esus4 
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sores
Am Am 
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Then they sent us off to war

Verse 2
Am Am 
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We came back in the '40s and there
were wheelchairs, guns and tickertape
Esus4 Esus4 
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We poured it on the floor    and we made
Am Am 
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love to  the interstates
We got shiftless in the '50s, holding
hands and going steady
Esus4 Esus4 
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Am Am 
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Twisting into dark parts of the large midwestern

Interlude 1

cities

Esus4

Verse 3
Am Am 
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Tripped right through the '60s with some
Esus4 Esus4 
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blissful little hippie
Some Kennedy's got shot while you were
Am Am 
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screwing San Francisco
And the '70s got heavy,
we woke up on bloody carpets
Esus4 Esus4 
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Got tangled up in gas lines,
Am Am 
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and I guess that's where it started

Verse 4
Am Am 
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The '80s almost killed me,
Esus4 Esus4 
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let's not recall them quite so fondly
Some Kennedy OD'ed while
Am Am 
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we watched on MTV
And in the '90s we were
wired and well connected
Esus4 Esus4 
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Put it all down on technology and lost
everything we invested
F F 
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D D 
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Verse 5

We gotta start it off with a positive jam

We gotta start it with a positive jam,

man

Interlude 2
Gotta start it with a positive jam
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D D 
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Am Am 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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F F 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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D D 
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F F 
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Gm Gm 3
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D D 
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Am Am 
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D D 
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Verse 6
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F F 
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All the sniffling indie kids, hold steady
And all you clustered- up clever kids,
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F F 
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hold steady
And I got bored when
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I didn't have a band
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And so I started a band, man
We're gonna start it with
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a positive jam
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Hold steady

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