Alkaline Trio are a punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois consisting of Matt Skiba (guitar/vocals), Dan Andriano (bass/vocals), and Derek Grant (drums/backing vocals). Their music is characterized by dark lyrics, catchy hooks, fast tempos and recurring subjects of alcoholism, depression, shattered relationships, drugs and death.
The band formed in December of 1996, originally consisting of Skiba, Rob Doran (bass/vocals), and Glenn Porter (drums/vocals).
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Alkaline Trio As You Were GodDamnit! 1998 Vagrant Records Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: E - 022100 B - x24442 C#m - x46654 A - x02220 E/G# - 476xxx B/Eb - x698xx
Intro: E--A--C#m--A-B-
Verse 1: E Stale as a 2 day E/G# half full beer Cigarette boats C#m float around in here A A field in my gut B lacking sunshine E Put down like a teenagers E/G# first drink I cough C#m up compliments I think A You're better off walking B away while you still can
Chorus 1: EB She was passing AE through to climb a hill B As you slipped and AC#m slid on my gut spill My better half was AB praying for you to fall
Verse 2: E Rotten like a 3 week half E/G# full glass of breast milk C#m drunken off my ass
I would give anything A to erase the past nine B years of my life E Put down like a E/G# prostitute in court C#m All liberty soon to abort A like my sanity like B thoughts of you
Chorus 2: EB She was passing AE through to climb a hill B As you slipped and AC#m slid on my gut spill My better half was AB praying for you to fall E praying for B/EbC#m you to fall B So pitiful E praying for B/EbC#m you to fall BA I'm fucking pitiful
Interlude: E-- x2, E--B/Eb-C#m-B- x2
Outro: E praying for B/EbC#m you to fall B So pitiful E praying for B/EbC#m you to fall BA(Bass Solo) x2, E(hold) I'm fucking pitiful