alkaline trio
i’m only here to disappoint
my shame is true
2013
submitted by : jeremyunderground41@yahoo . com

key : E

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
C#m – x46654
A – x02220
E – 022100
B – x24442
F#m – 244222
G#m – 466444

intro : C#m – – A – – x4

verse 1 :
C#m
well i’m hurting
A
for someone else
C#m
to feel this pain
E A G#m
are you hurting too?
F#m A
i’m desperate
C#m
so desperate
C#m
but i won’t get
A
my hopes up
C#m
i’ll just get all
E
my ropes taught
A G#m
after all
F#m
i’m only here
A C#m
to disappoint

chorus 1 :
A
i Am truly only
B C#m
here to disappoint
A
like all good
B G#m C#m
dreams you wind up dead
A B
all those promises
G#m C#m
i never kept
A B
i laugh and you
G#m C#m
will cry again
and again and
again and again
C#m A B
these simple things
G#m C#m
i just can’t say
A B
remove the you
G#m C#m
from you and me
A B
i stand to bring
G#m C#m
you to your knees
again and again and again

post chorus : C#m – – A – – x4

verse 2 :
C#m
and i’m crying
A
for someone
C#m
to show me
E A
real tears
G#m
i’ve tasted them
F#m A
i’ve wasted them
C#m
so many empty years
C#m
now i’m dying
A
just to give you
C#m E A
a body i can give to
G#m F#m
something i can be
A C#m
a part of forever

( repeat chorus 1 )

bridge :
F#m A
distorted is
E
my silhouette
F#m A
tainted starved
C#m
and desperate
F#m
there’s no easy
A
fix for this
F#m A
that i cannot control
G#m
i’m breaking
B
apart at the soul

chorus 2 :
C#m A
like all good
B G#m C#m
dreams you wind up dead
A B
all those promises
G#m C#m
i never kept
A B
i laugh and you
G#m C#m
will cry again
and again and
again and again
C#m A B
these simple things
G#m C#m
i just can’t say
A B
remove the you
G#m C#m
from you and me
A B
i stand to bring
G#m C#m
you to your knees
again and again and again

outro : C#m – – x8