I Remember A Rooftop by Alkaline Trio, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

I Remember A Rooftop

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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First time tabbing/chording out a song.
Alkaline198's chords are mostly right, but he's missing a lot in the chorus.

Intro:
E B (x3)
C#m A

Verse 1:
E Abm C#m
I remember a rooftop, making out
A E
Downstairs the coppers screamed so loud
Abm C#m
I'd waited so long for that night
A
Then I just turned away

Pre-Chorus 1:
B C#m A
And I know every street on the West-Side
E B A
But I was lost, unfound, not right
E B A
Maybe there's something wrong inside

Verse 2:
E Abm C#m
Now I've got nowhere to go
A E
My hands is all that I've got
Abm C#m
I'm so sorry for so many things
A B
That I haven't said yet

Pre-Chorus 2:
C#m A E
This is the waiting-room I spend my whole life in
B A
They gave me a thousand hands so I could count my sins
E B A
If I'm lucky maybe I'll finish before the roof caves in

Chorus:
E B A
I lost my life on the first try
Ab*
You found it miles down the line
A E B
A swollen face with three first names
E B A
You kissed the taste back in my tongue
Ab*
You sucked the smoke out of my lungs
A E B
And then we slept for days and days and days
E C#m A E C#m A
When we woke up, my heart all choked up
C#m B E A
Had to say "I love you" way too soon
E B A
But right there on your couch you loved me too
E B A
Right there on your couch you loved me too

Bridge:
E B (x3)
C#m A

Verse 3:
E Abm C#m
Nineteen and sober once or twice
A E
I caught some junkie's bad advice
Abm C#m
Up to my eyes in others' problems
A B
Couldn't see, I'd never solve them

Pre-Chorus 3:
C#m A E
I'm only skin and bone and piss and pills unknown
B A
I took my lousy shot at public recognition
E B A
Could never pull the trigger if I wasn't shaking

Chorus:
E B A
I lost my life on the first try
Ab*
You found it miles down the line
A E B
A swollen face with three first names
E B A
You kissed the taste back in my tongue
Ab*
You sucked the smoke out of my lungs
A E B
And then we slept for days and days and days
E C#m A E C#m A
When we woke up, my heart all choked up
C#m B E A
Had to say "I love you" way too soon
E B A
But right there on your couch you loved me too
E B A
Right there on your couch you loved me too

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*The Ab during the chorus is played by barring and A chord and adding the 4th fret of
the low E string (Ab)*
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Sounds damn near perfect to me!