Biography:
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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Other songs:
- Blue In The Face
- Burn
- Calling All Skeletons
- Da Da Da
- Dine, Dine My Darling
- Do You Wanna Know
- Draculina
- Eating Me Alive
- Every Thug Needs A Lady Live
- Fuck You Aurora
- I Was A Prayer
- If You Had A Bad Time
- Like The Angel
- Love Love Kiss Kiss
- Maybe I'll Catch Fire
- Mercy Me
- Radio
- Sadie
- 100 Stories
- All On Black
- Another Innocent Girl
- Armageddon
- As You Were
- Balanced On A Shelf
- Blackbird
- Bleeder
- Bloodied Up
- Blue Carolina
- Broken Wing
- Burned Is The House
- Clavicle
- Continental
- Cooking Wine
- Cop
- Crawl
- Cringe
- Dead And Broken
- Dead On The Floor
- Demon And Division
- Dethbed
- Dine Dine My Darling
- Donner Party All Night Long
- Emma
- Enjoy Your Day
- Every Thug Needs A Lady
- Every Thug Needs A Lady Live Acoustic
- Fall Victim
- Fatally Yours
- Fine
- Hell Yes
- Help Me
- I Found Away
- I Lied My Face Off
- I Pessimist
- I Remember A Rooftop
- I Wanna Be A Warhol
- If We Never Go Inside
- Im Dying Tomorrow
- Im Only Here To Disappoint
- In Vein
- In Your Wake
- Into The Night
- Is This Thing Cursed
- Jaked On Green Beers
- Kick Rocks
- Kiss You To Death
- Krystalline
- Lead Poisoning
- Little Help
- Live Young Die Fast
- Lost And Rendered
- Maybe Ill Catch Fire
- Message From Kathlene
- Midnight Blue
- Movin Right Along
- Mr Chainsaw
- My Friend Peter
- My Standard Break From Life
- Nose Over Tail
- Off The Map
- Old School Reasons
- Olde English 800
- One Hundred Stories
- One Last Dance
- Only Love
- Over And Out
- Piss And Vinegar
- Pocket Knife
- Poison
- Private Eye
- Queen Of Pain
- Rooftops
- Ruin It
- San Francisco
- Settle For Satin
- She Lied To The Fbi
- She Took Him To The Lake
- Snake Oil Tanker
- Song For Julie
- Sorry About That
- Stay
- Steamer Trunk
- Straight From The Jacket
- Stupid Kid
- Sun Burns
- Sweet Vampires
- Take Lots With Alcohol
- The American Scream
- The Temptation Of St Anthony
- The Torture Doctor
- This Addiction
- This Could Be Love
- Time To Waste
- Trucks And Trains
- Until Death Do Us Part
- Wake Up Exhausted
- Warbrain
- Wash Away
- Weve Had Enough
- While Youre Waiting
- Young Lover
- Your Neck
- Youre Dead
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This is Alkaline Trio's "Draculina", 7th track from their record 'This Addiction'.
Half-Step the crap out of this song.
Take note!
C#* - C# Octave
B* - B Octave
E5/Eb5 - Keep changing between these two chords.
________________________________________________________________
Intro: E5 (Slide from 2nd fret to 7th on the A string)
Verse 1: (Palm muted)
E5
Whatever happened to Wonderland?
C#5 D5
And where'd Alice go? Oh.
E5 C#5
I took a night train with knife in hand,
(Slide)
And cut out to the next show
Pre-Chorus:
A5
Back in her living hell.
E5 B5
I wish to dwell, I long to be,
C#*
In the blood and the guts with the birds
B* C#*
Of prey and the stinging of bees, and bullets maybe
Chorus:
E5
Leaving heaven behind for good
A5
This time, the angels can keep it.
C#5
I've got a demon in mind and she's
B5 E5
Standing behind my dark secret.
B5 E5
Draculina.
(The E5 chord at the end of 'Draculina' leads into the second verse. Like a glove. Mmm.)
Verse 2: (Palm muted)
E5/Eb5
Whatever happened to Wonderland?
C#5 D5
No one really knows, no.
E5
But Draculina had her teeth sinking deep in me,
C#5
From the get to the go
Pre-Chorus:
A5
Back in her living hell.
E5 B5
I wish to dwell, I long to be,
C#*
In the blood and the guts with the birds
B* C#*
Of prey and the stinging of bees, and bullets maybe
Chorus:
E5
Leaving heaven behind for good
A5
This time, the angels can keep it.
C#5
I've got a demon in mind and she's
B5 E5
Standing behind my dark secret.
B5
Oh, Draculina.
E5
Leaving heaven behind for good
A5
This time, the angels can keep it.
C#5 B5
I've got a devil inside that has been exorcised
E5
Now I'm bleeding for
B5 E5
Draculina.
Bridge:
E5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
B5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#* Eb* E* B5 E5
Draculina, Draculina,
E5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
B5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#* Eb* E* B5 E5
Draculina, Draculina,
Chorus:
E5
Leaving heaven behind for good
A5
This time, the angels can keep it.
C#5
I've got a demon in mind and she's
B5 E5
Standing behind my dark secret.
B5
Draculina.
E5
Leaving heaven behind for good
A5
This time, the angels can keep it.
C#5 B5
I've got a devil inside that has been exorcised
E5
Now I'm bleeding for
B5 E5
Draculina.
(The E5 above is palm muted and leads into the second bridge.)
Bridge 2:
E5 (7th Fret)
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#5
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
B5
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
E5 (2nd Fret)
Draculina. Draculina.
E5 (7th Fret)
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
A5
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#5
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
G#5
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
E5 B5 E5 E
Draculina. oh, Draculina.
Half-Step the crap out of this song.
Take note!
C#* - C# Octave
B* - B Octave
E5/Eb5 - Keep changing between these two chords.
________________________________________________________________
Intro: E5 (Slide from 2nd fret to 7th on the A string)
Verse 1: (Palm muted)
E5
Whatever happened to Wonderland?
C#5 D5
And where'd Alice go? Oh.
E5 C#5
I took a night train with knife in hand,
(Slide)
And cut out to the next show
Pre-Chorus:
A5
Back in her living hell.
E5 B5
I wish to dwell, I long to be,
C#*
In the blood and the guts with the birds
B* C#*
Of prey and the stinging of bees, and bullets maybe
Chorus:
E5
Leaving heaven behind for good
A5
This time, the angels can keep it.
C#5
I've got a demon in mind and she's
B5 E5
Standing behind my dark secret.
B5 E5
Draculina.
(The E5 chord at the end of 'Draculina' leads into the second verse. Like a glove. Mmm.)
Verse 2: (Palm muted)
E5/Eb5
Whatever happened to Wonderland?
C#5 D5
No one really knows, no.
E5
But Draculina had her teeth sinking deep in me,
C#5
From the get to the go
Pre-Chorus:
A5
Back in her living hell.
E5 B5
I wish to dwell, I long to be,
C#*
In the blood and the guts with the birds
B* C#*
Of prey and the stinging of bees, and bullets maybe
Chorus:
E5
Leaving heaven behind for good
A5
This time, the angels can keep it.
C#5
I've got a demon in mind and she's
B5 E5
Standing behind my dark secret.
B5
Oh, Draculina.
E5
Leaving heaven behind for good
A5
This time, the angels can keep it.
C#5 B5
I've got a devil inside that has been exorcised
E5
Now I'm bleeding for
B5 E5
Draculina.
Bridge:
E5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
B5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#* Eb* E* B5 E5
Draculina, Draculina,
E5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
B5
Woah, oh oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#* Eb* E* B5 E5
Draculina, Draculina,
Chorus:
E5
Leaving heaven behind for good
A5
This time, the angels can keep it.
C#5
I've got a demon in mind and she's
B5 E5
Standing behind my dark secret.
B5
Draculina.
E5
Leaving heaven behind for good
A5
This time, the angels can keep it.
C#5 B5
I've got a devil inside that has been exorcised
E5
Now I'm bleeding for
B5 E5
Draculina.
(The E5 above is palm muted and leads into the second bridge.)
Bridge 2:
E5 (7th Fret)
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#5
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
B5
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
E5 (2nd Fret)
Draculina. Draculina.
E5 (7th Fret)
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
A5
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
C#5
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
G#5
Woah oh oh (Harmonised by Dan)
E5 B5 E5 E
Draculina. oh, Draculina.
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