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 Kick Rocks This Addiction 2010 Epitaph Records Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: A - x02220 E - 022100 F#m - 244222 D - xx0232 C#m - x46654 E/G# - 476xxx
Intro: A-C#m-F#m-D- x2
Verse 1: AC#m You take these F#mD sticks and stones AC#m And apply what F#mD you have learned A But you ain't C#mF#m got no water D So you let that AC#mF#mD motherfucker burn E Yeah it smoked up D and it burned out
Verse 2: AC#m Like a graduation bonfire F#mDAC#mF#mD two miles from your house AC#mF#mD And you had nowhere to go AC#m so you came right back F#mDAC#m here I couldn't find what F#mDA you wanted so you slapped me C#m in the face and spilled my F#mDE beer And when the mess D dried up you came up singing
Chorus 1: AD Let us drink from E the hourglass AD We can make time EA stop Watch from the E/G#F#m window upstairs E While they all DE kick rocks while they all AC#mF#mDAC#mF#mD kick rocks
Verse 2: A And I miss smoking C#mF#mD in the fall A And pissing on that C#mF#mD gas station wall A What's a law? What's C#mF#m a fire? What's a river? DAC#mF#mD We jumped over them all E But I guess my legs got D tired and my teeth got long A I guess my legs got C#mF#mD tired and my teeth got long
Chorus 2: AD So take a sip from E the hourglass AD We can make time EA stop Watch from E/G#F#m the window upstairs E While they all DE kick rocks
Bridge: C#m I tried to write F#m you a passage D But you're holding AE/G# out for the flick F#mD Wait outside by the exit E When they don't let you in
Chorus 3: AD So we can drink E from the hourglass AD We can make time EA stop Watch from E/G#F#m the window upstairs E While they all DE kick rocks A Watch from E/G#F#m the window upstairs E While they all DE kick rocks while they all AC#mF#mD(hold) kick rocks