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).
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Chords used: A - x02220 E - 022100 F#m - 244222 D - xx0232 Bm - x24432 A/C# - x465xx C#m - x46654
Intro: ADF#mED x2
Verse 1: DA It ain't hard to get lost E When you forget Where BmA/C# you come from Turn D that dial to the right A Push that pedal down E Don't say goodbye D Just for a drive C#mE Along for the ride
Chorus 1: A It'd be real nice just E to fly away And escape F#m everything But little D bird looks like A you've got a broken wing Now anything so E easy it might not make F#mD you weak But it sure ADF#mED won't make me believe
Verse 2: D It's hell you say and A it gets worse you know E How many more days am I gonna wake up when Bm there's no place A/C# I wanna go? If D that sunshine's really gonna kill us all why A is every day so cold? E Why is everything D so fucking cold? C#mE It never melts away
Chorus 2: A It'd be real nice just E to fly away And escape F#m everything But little D bird looks like A you've got a broken wing Now anything so E easy it might not make F#m you weak But it sure won't make me-
Bridge: BmD -believe That's the top A of your lungs and the Bm bottom of your heart D It's at the top of A your lungs It's at the Bm bottom of your heart A/C#D It's at as deep as BmF#mEA-- your heart goes
Chorus 3: A I understand the things E that keep you up And I F#m know that you still feel And I know your heart D is hemorrhaging You A need some time to heal And now the traffic E lights there on your street flash yellow F#m all the time And the mirror in D the bathroom It looks cracked in the wrong-
Bridge: C#m -light But walk out D through your threshold A Through your lungs and ED move on down the stairs F#mE And let the things you D love come back to you in ABmE time we'll all get there
Chorus 4: A It'd be real nice just E to fly away And escape F#m everything But little D bird looks like A you've got a broken wing Now anything so E easy it might not you F#mD you weak But it sure EA(hold) won't make me believe