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Positive Jam easy guitar chords by
The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady

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Intro 1
Am
Esus4
Am

Esus4
Am


Verse 1
Am

Woke up in the '20s and there were
Esus4

flappers and fruits in white suits
Am

And it was right before the crash,

we got thrashed throughout the '30s

Queuing up for soup with scabby
Esus4

sores
Am

Then they sent us off to war
Verse 2
Am

We came back in the '40s and there

were wheelchairs, guns and tickertape
Esus4

We poured it on the floor and we made
Am

love to the interstates

We got shiftless in the '50s, holding

hands and going steady
Esus4
Am

Twisting into dark parts of the large midwestern
Interlude 1

cities
Am
Esus4
Am

Esus4
Am


Verse 3
Am

Tripped right through the '60s with some
Esus4

blissful little hippie

Some Kennedy's got shot while you were
Am

screwing San Francisco

And the '70s got heavy,

we woke up on bloody carpets
Esus4

Got tangled up in gas lines,
Am

and I guess that's where it started
Verse 4
Am

The '80s almost killed me,
Esus4

let's not recall them quite so fondly

Some Kennedy OD'ed while
Am

we watched on MTV

And in the '90s we were

wired and well connected
Esus4

Put it all down on technology and lost

everything we invested
F
D
Verse 5
Am


We gotta start it off with a positive jam
F
D
Am

We gotta start it with a positive jam,
F
D
Am

man
Interlude 2

Gotta start it with a positive jam
F
D

Am
D

Am
F
D
Am

D
F
Gm
D
D
Am

D

Verse 6
D
F
E

All the sniffling indie kids, hold steady

And all you clustered- up clever kids,
E
E
F

hold steady

And I got bored when
F

I didn't have a band
G

And so I started a band, man

We're gonna start it with
Gm

a positive jam
Am

Hold steady

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Chords
  • Am

  • Esus4

  • F

  • D

  • Gm

    3
  • E

  • G

Capo: 5

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