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 This Addiction This Addiction 2010 Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: E - 022100 C#m - x46654 B - x24442 A - x02220 G#m - 466444 B/Eb - x698xx
Intro: E--C#m--B--A-- x2, E--G#m-A- x2
Verse 1: EG#mA You hit me just like heroin EG#mA I feel you coursing through my veins EG#mA I once tried to kick this addiction E I swear I'll never kick again BEB/Eb won't ever kick again no
Chorus 1: C#mA This addiction E Can't seem to B live without you C#mA This addiction EB Now going clean C#mA This addiction E I go through B withdrawal A without you B Sick with this A addiction in me
Post chorus: E--G#m-A- x2
Verse 2: E Well those others G#mA were like methadone E I took to get me G#mA through the day E Now I'm trying to G#mA find my way back home E Staying clean along the way B Hold out for the EB/Eb real thing yeah
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Interlude: E--C#m--B--A-- x2
Chorus 2: C#mAEB This addiction C#mAEB This addiction C#mA This addiction EB I Go off the roads A without you B Sick with this A addiction in me