Alkaline Trio - Emma

alkaline trio
emma
good mourning
2003
submitted by : paramore_fans@yahoo . com

key : E

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
E – 022100
B – x24442
C#m – x46654
A – x02220

intro : E – – A – B – x2

verse 1 :
E
emma appeared like an angel
A B
emma fell like rain
E
into my lap like a heart attack
A B
like lightning from her name
E
i’m running dry of bad excuses
A B
don’t want to lie or seem intrusive
E
but time hasn’t told me
A B
anything and neither has she

chorus 1 :
C#m
a poinsettia in
A
poison rain
E
traded true love for
B
insult and injury
C#m
we washed it down
A E
the drain with one silver
B E A B
bullet and two vicodin
E A B
with two vicodin

verse 2 :
E
emma woke up in darkness
A B
suitcase already packed
E
note on the bedstand signed
A
in blood “sincerely
B
never coming back”
E
a nightmare on my street
the day she arrived
A
a nightmarish household
B
in which she died because
E
it made her feel at home
A B
somehow made me feel at home

chorus 2 :
C#m A
a poinsettia in poison rain
E
traded true love for
B
insult and injury
C#m A
we washed it down the drain
E
with one wooden stake
B E A B E A B
through the heart and two vicodin

chorus 3 :
C#m
a poinsettia in
A
poison rain
E
traded true love for
B
insult and injury
C#m
we washed it down
A E
the drain with one silver
B
bullet and two vicodin

chorus 4 :
C#m A
we watched the sun fall crown
E
on a city that sleeps
B
in a world upside down
C#m
a slow ticket
A
straight out of town
E
you went out with a bang when
B
you took with you all
E A
my dreams underground
B
with you all my
E A
dreams underground
B
with you all my
E A
dreams underground
B
with you all my
E A B E ( hold )
dreams underground