Alkaline Trio - Steamer Trunk

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

key : A

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
A – x02220
E – 022100
F#m – 244222
D – xx0232

intro : A – – F#m – E – A – – F#m – E ( hold )

verse 1 :
A F#m
why you turned out
the way you did
E A
that thunderstorm
F#m
is still crashing
E
in your cranium
A
find that all these
F#m
funny faces look the same
E
i know who’s to
D E ( hold )
blame but i swore
A F#m E A F#m E
i wouldn’t say

verse 2 :
A
it’s time that
F#m E
i got moving on
A
as you’re still
burning the
F#m
dress you wore
E
to senior prom
A F#m
try to forget how
you’ve been touched
E
i loved you so i told you
D
but it didn’t matter much

chorus 1 :
A
and i’m trying
to figure out
D
what you’re all
F#m
about these days
i don’t have much
E
to say to you
A
and i’ve been
drunker than A
D
skunk ever since
the day i left you
F#m
with your darkest
E
secret safely packed away
A F#m E A F#m E ( hold )
up in my steamer trunk

verse 3 :
A F#m
why i turned out
E
the way i did
A
someone somewhere
F#m
dropped me on
E
my cranium
A
i’m sorry can
F#m
you repeat what
you just said
E
my short term
memory is gone
D
but my long term’s
far from dead

chorus 2 :
A
and i’m trying
to figure out
D
what you’re all
F#m
about these days
i don’t have much
E
to say to you
A
and i’ve been
drunker than A
D
skunk ever since
the day i left you
F#m
with your darkest
E
secret safely packed away
A D F#m E
up in my steamer trunk
A D F#m E
up in my steamer trunk

chorus 3 :
A
i’m trying
to figure out
D
what you’re all
F#m
about these days
i don’t have much
E
to say to you
A
and i’ve been
swearing
like a sailor
D
since the day
that i left her
F#m
with your darkest
E
secret safely packed away
A ( hold )
up in my steamer trunk