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 Midnight Blue My Shame Is True 2012 Epitaph Records Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: E - 022100 B - x24442 C#m - x46654 A - x02220
Intro: E-- x2
Verse 1: E And it came A Just like B the rising sun E The shame A Of everything B I've done E And the pain A Blew in just B like a storm E and now it A rains And will B forever more
Chorus 1: C#mBA What's a boy to do? C#mBA I had nobody but you C#mB My heart is sad but A B(hold) E-A-B-- x2 true In midnight blue
Verse 2: E And it died A Out there in BE the sun A dead rose A From the ceiling BE it hung And you cried A You cried out your B fucking eyes E before you sang A Me happy birthday B one last time
Chorus 2: C#mBA What's a girl to do? C#mBA I had nobody but you C#mB Your heart is sad but AB(hold) EA true In midnight blue BA Midnight blue EA Midnight blue B Midnight blue woah oh woah
Interlude: C#m-B-A-- x3, B--
Bridge: E I keep a photograph ABE In a drawer Since the day you left AB Me at my door E And now there's nothing left AB Of you and me E I'm a total wreck AB(hold) I'm smoldering
Chorus 3: C#mBA What's a boy to do? C#mBA I had nobody but you C#mB My heart is sad but AB(hold) EAB true In midnight blue EAB Midnight blue EAB Midnight blue EA Midnight blue B Now our hearts E(hold) are midnight blue