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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Alkaline Trio
In Vein
Standard Tuning
Dm F Bb A Gm C
|-1-| |-1-| |-1-| |-0-| |-3-| |-0-|
|-3-| |-1-| |-3-| |-2-| |-3-| |-1-|
|-2-| |-2-| |-3-| |-2-| |-3-| |-0-|
|-0-| |-3-| |-3-| |-2-| |-5-| |-2-|
|-0-| |-3-| |-1-| |-0-| |-5-| |-3-|
|---| |-1-| |---| |---| |-3-| |-0-|
Intro
Four measures of Dm (you might not want to play it that long)
Verse
Dm F
My point of reference makes me afraid to begin convincing,
Bb A
But you might as well just change your name.
Dm F
'Cause I only recognize this shadow,
Bb A Bb
Kinda like a superhero with nobody's best interests in mind.
Interlude
(Strike Once)
D A Bb F
(slowly release palm-mute)
A ------> Dm
Verse
Dm F
Now there's blood in the waters, that I squeezed from this stone, here
Bb A
And we turned into our cheap wine.
Dm F
And I swallowed every drop, yes, I could feel my stomach rotting,
Bb A Bb
You were so supportive as I drank through the pain.
Chorus
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You recognize this shape, it's the back of your hand.
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You placed it on my face here again, and again, yeah.
Dm C Bb F A Dm
And I don't wanna be the one who takes this place in vein.
Another four measures of Dm
Verse
Dm F
Dove off the deep side platform, jack-knifed and bone dry, I hit floor
Bb A
One broken ankle saved my name.
Dm F
And this eraser burn, I dig in deep at every turn.
Bb A Bb
It keeps getting darker and the fear stays the same.
Chorus
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You recognize this shape, it's the back of your hand.
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You placed it on my face here again, and again, yeah.
Dm C Bb F Dm
And I don't wanna be the one who takes this place
C Bb F
don't wanna be the one who takes,
Dm C Bb F A Bb Dm
I don't wanna be the one who takes this place in vein.
Bridge
Bb Dm C
Bb Dm C
Bb
Whoa-oh whoa-oh
Dm C
Whoa-oh whoa-oh oh
Bb
Whoa-oh whoa-oh
Dm C
Whoa-oh whoa-oh oh
Bb Dm C
I don't wanna take, I don't wanna take this place, no.
Bb Dm C
I don't want to take, I don't wanna take this place, no.
Bb Dm C
No-oh, no-oh. I don't wanna take this place, no.
Bb Dm C Bb C A
No-oh, no-oh. I don't wanna take this place, no-o-o-oh oh-whoa.
Chorus
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You recognize this shape, it's the back of your hand.
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You placed it on my face here again, and again, yeah.
Dm C Bb F Dm
And I don't wanna be the one who takes this place
C Bb F
don't wanna be the one who takes,
Dm C Bb F A Dm
I don't wanna be the one who takes this place in vein.
In Vein
Standard Tuning
Dm F Bb A Gm C
|-1-| |-1-| |-1-| |-0-| |-3-| |-0-|
|-3-| |-1-| |-3-| |-2-| |-3-| |-1-|
|-2-| |-2-| |-3-| |-2-| |-3-| |-0-|
|-0-| |-3-| |-3-| |-2-| |-5-| |-2-|
|-0-| |-3-| |-1-| |-0-| |-5-| |-3-|
|---| |-1-| |---| |---| |-3-| |-0-|
Intro
Four measures of Dm (you might not want to play it that long)
Verse
Dm F
My point of reference makes me afraid to begin convincing,
Bb A
But you might as well just change your name.
Dm F
'Cause I only recognize this shadow,
Bb A Bb
Kinda like a superhero with nobody's best interests in mind.
Interlude
(Strike Once)
D A Bb F
(slowly release palm-mute)
A ------> Dm
Verse
Dm F
Now there's blood in the waters, that I squeezed from this stone, here
Bb A
And we turned into our cheap wine.
Dm F
And I swallowed every drop, yes, I could feel my stomach rotting,
Bb A Bb
You were so supportive as I drank through the pain.
Chorus
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You recognize this shape, it's the back of your hand.
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You placed it on my face here again, and again, yeah.
Dm C Bb F A Dm
And I don't wanna be the one who takes this place in vein.
Another four measures of Dm
Verse
Dm F
Dove off the deep side platform, jack-knifed and bone dry, I hit floor
Bb A
One broken ankle saved my name.
Dm F
And this eraser burn, I dig in deep at every turn.
Bb A Bb
It keeps getting darker and the fear stays the same.
Chorus
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You recognize this shape, it's the back of your hand.
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You placed it on my face here again, and again, yeah.
Dm C Bb F Dm
And I don't wanna be the one who takes this place
C Bb F
don't wanna be the one who takes,
Dm C Bb F A Bb Dm
I don't wanna be the one who takes this place in vein.
Bridge
Bb Dm C
Bb Dm C
Bb
Whoa-oh whoa-oh
Dm C
Whoa-oh whoa-oh oh
Bb
Whoa-oh whoa-oh
Dm C
Whoa-oh whoa-oh oh
Bb Dm C
I don't wanna take, I don't wanna take this place, no.
Bb Dm C
I don't want to take, I don't wanna take this place, no.
Bb Dm C
No-oh, no-oh. I don't wanna take this place, no.
Bb Dm C Bb C A
No-oh, no-oh. I don't wanna take this place, no-o-o-oh oh-whoa.
Chorus
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You recognize this shape, it's the back of your hand.
Dm Bb F A Dm Bb Gm A
You placed it on my face here again, and again, yeah.
Dm C Bb F Dm
And I don't wanna be the one who takes this place
C Bb F
don't wanna be the one who takes,
Dm C Bb F A Dm
I don't wanna be the one who takes this place in vein.
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