Alkaline Trio - As You Were

alkaline trio
as you were
1998 vagrant records
submitted by : jeremyunderground41@yahoo . com

key : E

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
E – 022100
B – x24442
C#m – x46654
A – x02220
E/G# – 476
xxxb/D# – x698

xxintro : E – – A – – C#m – – A – B –

verse 1 :
E
stale as A 2 day
E/G#
half full beer
cigarette boats
C#m
float around in here
A
a field in my gut
B
lacking sunshine
E
put down like a teenagers
E/G#
first drink i cough
C#m
up compliments i think
A
you’re better off walking
B
away while you still can

chorus 1 :
E B
she was passing
A E
through to climb a hill
B
as you slipped and
A C#m
slid on my gut spill
my better half was
A B
praying for you to fall

verse 2 :
E
rotten like A 3 week half
E/G#
full glass of breast milk
C#m
drunken off my ass

i would give anything
A
to erase the past nine
B
years of my life
E
put down like A
E/G#
prostitute in court
C#m
all liberty soon to abort
A
like my sanity like
B
thoughts of you

chorus 2 :
E B
she was passing
A E
through to climb a hill
B
as you slipped and
A C#m
slid on my gut spill
my better half was
A B
praying for you to fall
E
praying for
B/D# C#m
you to fall
B
so pitiful
E
praying for
B/D# C#m
you to fall
B A
i’m fxxking pitiful

interlude : E – – x2 , E – – B/D# – C#m – B – x2

outro :
E
praying for
B/D# C#m
you to fall
B
so pitiful
E
praying for
B/D# C#m
you to fall
B A ( bass solo ) x2 , E ( hold )
i’m fxxking pitiful