Alkaline Trio - Kick Rocks

alkaline trio
kick rocks
this addiction
2010 epitaph records
submitted by : jeremyunderground41@yahoo . com

key : A

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
A – x02220
E – 022100
F#m – 244222
D – xx0232
C#m – x46654
E/G# – 476

xxxintro : A – C#m – F#m – D – x2

verse 1 :
A C#m
you take these
F#m D
sticks and stones
A C#m
and apply what
F#m D
you have learned
A
but you ain’t
C#m F#m
got no water
D
so you let that
A C#m F#m D
motherfxxker burn
E
yeah it smoked up
D
and it burned out

verse 2 :
A C#m
like a graduation bonfire
F#m D A C#m F#m D
two miles from your house
A C#m F#m D
and you had nowhere to go
A C#m
so you came right back
F#m D A C#m
here i couldn’t find what
F#m D A
you wanted so you slapped me
C#m
in the face and spilled my
F#m D E
beer and when the mess
D
dried up you came up singing

chorus 1 :
A D
let us drink from
E
the hourglass
A D
we can make time
E A
stop watch from the
E/G# F#m
window upstairs
E
while they all
D E
kick rocks
while they all
A C#m F#m D A C#m F#m D
kick rocks

verse 2 :
A
and i miss smoking
C#m F#m D
in the fall
A
and pissing on that
C#m F#m D
gas station wall
A
what’s a law? what’s
C#m F#m
a fire? what’s a river?
D A C#m F#m D
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#m F#m D
tired and my teeth got long

chorus 2 :
A D
so take a sip from
E
the hourglass
A D
we can make time
E A
stop watch from
E/G# F#m
the window upstairs
E
while they all
D E
kick rocks

bridge :
C#m
i tried to write
F#m
you a passage
D
but you’re holding
A E/G#
out for the flick
F#m D
wait outside by the exit
E
when they don’t let you in

chorus 3 :
A D
so we can drink
E
from the hourglass
A D
we can make time
E A
stop watch from
E/G# F#m
the window upstairs
E
while they all
D E
kick rocks
A
watch from
E/G# F#m
the window upstairs
E
while they all
D E
kick rocks
while they all
A C#m F#m D ( hold )
kick rocks