Alkaline Trio - Mr Chainsaw

alkaline trio
mr . chainsaw
from here to infirmary
2001 vagrant records
submitted by : jeremyunderground41@yahoo . com

key : A

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
A – x02220
E/G# – 476
xxxe – 022100
F#m – 244222
D – xx0232
A/C# – x476

xxintro :
A E/G# F#m E D A/C# D x2
F#m E D A/C# D A/C# D E

verse 1 :
A E/G#
when was it that you
F#m E D A/C# D
lost your youth or traded
A E/G#
it for something more
F#m E D A/C# D
for them to use so jaded
F#m
why is it that you
E
never said i love you
more than just a friend
D
i pray this gridlock
A/C# D A/C# D
ne – – – ver ends and when
E
we get there just depends
A E/G# F#m
i found out recently
E D A/C# D
that you are leaving
A E/G#
for good i hope i
F#m E D A/C# D
softly tell my ceiling
F#m
it’s better now to be alive
E
sleeping is my 9 to 5
D
i’m having nightmares
A/C# D A/C# D
all the time
of running out of
E
words that rhyme

chorus :
A
everything that
you could never
E
say would never
F#m
matter anyway
i took a hammer and two
D E
nails to my eardrums long
A
ago before that steak
E
knife took my eyes
F#m
i looked up to the sky
for the last thing
D
i would ever see for
E
the last time i’d cry

post chorus :
A E/G# F#m E D A/C# D x2
F#m E D A/C# D A/C# D E

verse 2 :
A E/G#
when was it that you
F#m E D A/C# D
sold your life or wasted
A E/G#
every bite of that small
F#m E D A/C# D
slice you never tasted
F#m
i guess i should
be one to talk
E
there’s nights that
i can’t even walk
D
there’s days i
A/C# D A/C# D
couldn’t give a fxxk
and in between is
E
where i’m stuck from
A E/G# F#m
blocks away i heard
E D A/C# D
somebody screaming
A E/G#
that small child inside
F#m E
of you that you left
D A/C# D F#m
bleeding you stabbed
him up not once but twice
E
cubicles will now suffice
D
some say it’s the
A/C# D A/C# D
roll of the dice
i think they’re wrong
E
i know i’m right

( repeat chorus )

interlude :
A E/G# F#m E D A/C# D x2

outro :
A
in case you’re wondering
D
i’m singing about growing
E
up about giving in
A
in case you’re wondering
D
i’m singing about growing
E
up about giving in
A
in case you’re wondering
D
i’m singing about growing
E
up about giving in
A
in case you’re wondering
D
i’m singing about growing
E D
up about giving up
A ( hold )
and kneeling