As You Were Chords & Lyrics by Alkaline Trio
As You Were
guitar chords lyrics
Alkaline Trio
As You Were
1998 Vagrant Records
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
E/G# - 476xxx
B/Eb - x698xx
Intro: 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/Eb C#m
you to fall
B
So pitiful
E
praying for
B/Eb C#m
you to fall
B A
I'm fucking pitiful
Interlude: E-- x2, E--B/Eb-C#m-B- x2
Outro:
E
praying for
B/Eb C#m
you to fall
B
So pitiful
E
praying for
B/Eb C#m
you to fall
B A(Bass Solo) x2, E(hold)
I'm fucking pitiful
