Biography:
Alkaline Trio are a punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois consisting of Matt Skiba (guitar/vocals), Dan Andriano (bass/vocals), and Derek Grant (drums/backing vocals). Their music is characterized by dark lyrics, catchy hooks, fast tempos and recurring subjects of alcoholism, depression, shattered relationships, drugs and death.
The band formed in December of 1996, originally consisting of Skiba, Rob Doran (bass/vocals), and Glenn Porter (drums/vocals).
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Other songs:
- Blue In The Face
- Burn
- Calling All Skeletons
- Da Da Da
- Dine, Dine My Darling
- Do You Wanna Know
- Draculina
- Eating Me Alive
- Every Thug Needs A Lady Live
- Fuck You Aurora
- I Was A Prayer
- If You Had A Bad Time
- Like The Angel
- Love Love Kiss Kiss
- Maybe I'll Catch Fire
- Mercy Me
- Radio
- Sadie
- 100 Stories
- All On Black
- Another Innocent Girl
- Armageddon
- As You Were
- Balanced On A Shelf
- Blackbird
- Bleeder
- Bloodied Up
- Blue Carolina
- Broken Wing
- Burned Is The House
- Clavicle
- Continental
- Cooking Wine
- Cop
- Crawl
- Cringe
- Dead And Broken
- Dead On The Floor
- Demon And Division
- Dethbed
- Dine Dine My Darling
- Donner Party All Night Long
- Emma
- Enjoy Your Day
- Every Thug Needs A Lady
- Every Thug Needs A Lady Live Acoustic
- Fall Victim
- Fatally Yours
- Fine
- Hell Yes
- Help Me
- I Found Away
- I Lied My Face Off
- I Pessimist
- I Remember A Rooftop
- I Wanna Be A Warhol
- If We Never Go Inside
- Im Dying Tomorrow
- Im Only Here To Disappoint
- In Vein
- In Your Wake
- Into The Night
- Is This Thing Cursed
- Jaked On Green Beers
- Kick Rocks
- Kiss You To Death
- Krystalline
- Lead Poisoning
- Little Help
- Live Young Die Fast
- Lost And Rendered
- Maybe Ill Catch Fire
- Message From Kathlene
- Midnight Blue
- Movin Right Along
- Mr Chainsaw
- My Friend Peter
- My Standard Break From Life
- Nose Over Tail
- Off The Map
- Old School Reasons
- Olde English 800
- One Hundred Stories
- One Last Dance
- Only Love
- Over And Out
- Piss And Vinegar
- Pocket Knife
- Poison
- Private Eye
- Queen Of Pain
- Rooftops
- Ruin It
- San Francisco
- Settle For Satin
- She Lied To The Fbi
- She Took Him To The Lake
- Snake Oil Tanker
- Song For Julie
- Sorry About That
- Stay
- Steamer Trunk
- Straight From The Jacket
- Stupid Kid
- Sun Burns
- Sweet Vampires
- Take Lots With Alcohol
- The American Scream
- The Temptation Of St Anthony
- The Torture Doctor
- This Addiction
- This Could Be Love
- Time To Waste
- Trucks And Trains
- Until Death Do Us Part
- Wake Up Exhausted
- Warbrain
- Wash Away
- Weve Had Enough
- While Youre Waiting
- Young Lover
- Your Neck
- Youre Dead
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BAND: Alkaline Trio
SONG: Armageddon (chords)
STANDARD TUNING: EADGBe
Tabbed by: Shaun Booth
Chords used (in order of appearance): E C# A D# B
INTRO: part one: EEEEEEEE C#C#C#C# AAAA x2
part two: EEEEEEEE EEEED#D#D#D BBBBBBBB BBBBBBBB
(mute the D string for the E's and D#'s)
C# A
I wrote the words to this song on the back of a photograph
E
Behind your back it goes
C# A E
A little something like this is way too big to miss
C#
I got a letter in the mail
A E C#
The sender failed to let me know where it came from
A B
Opened it up and sure enough there we were arm in arm again
[Intro part one]
C# A
I know it's small but my last call's been called
E C#
half an hour ago
A
I know it's late but do you think you could at least
E C#
fix it for me
A
Then I'll go I'll go alone I swear
E C#
I won't tell a soul
A B E
I'll drink this beer and write in fear of a song everybody hates
CHORUS:
E (continued)
Armageddon, let the light in
C# B A
Before we say goodbye give us something to believe in
E
Armageddon, we're not begging
C#
For too much I don't think
B A
Need a goodbye kiss before we sink
[Intro parts one and two]
C# (let ring) A (let ring)
I wrote the words to this song on the back of a photograph
E (let ring)
Behind your back it goes
C# A E
A little something like this is way too big to miss
C#
I got a letter in the mail
A E C#
The sender failed to let me know where it came from
A B E
Opened it up and sure enough there we were up in arms again
CHORUS:
E (continued)
Armageddon, let the light in
C# B A
Before we say goodbye give us something to believe in
E
Armageddon, we're not begging
C#
For too much I don't think
B A
Need a goodbye kiss before we sink
BRIDGE:
C#C#C#C#C#C#C#C# BBBBBBBB AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA
We sink X4
CHORUS:
E
Armageddon, let the light in
C# B A
Before we say goodbye give us something to believe in
E
Armageddon, we're not begging
C#
For too much I don't think
B A
Need one last salute before we sink
SONG: Armageddon (chords)
STANDARD TUNING: EADGBe
Tabbed by: Shaun Booth
Chords used (in order of appearance): E C# A D# B
INTRO: part one: EEEEEEEE C#C#C#C# AAAA x2
part two: EEEEEEEE EEEED#D#D#D BBBBBBBB BBBBBBBB
(mute the D string for the E's and D#'s)
C# A
I wrote the words to this song on the back of a photograph
E
Behind your back it goes
C# A E
A little something like this is way too big to miss
C#
I got a letter in the mail
A E C#
The sender failed to let me know where it came from
A B
Opened it up and sure enough there we were arm in arm again
[Intro part one]
C# A
I know it's small but my last call's been called
E C#
half an hour ago
A
I know it's late but do you think you could at least
E C#
fix it for me
A
Then I'll go I'll go alone I swear
E C#
I won't tell a soul
A B E
I'll drink this beer and write in fear of a song everybody hates
CHORUS:
E (continued)
Armageddon, let the light in
C# B A
Before we say goodbye give us something to believe in
E
Armageddon, we're not begging
C#
For too much I don't think
B A
Need a goodbye kiss before we sink
[Intro parts one and two]
C# (let ring) A (let ring)
I wrote the words to this song on the back of a photograph
E (let ring)
Behind your back it goes
C# A E
A little something like this is way too big to miss
C#
I got a letter in the mail
A E C#
The sender failed to let me know where it came from
A B E
Opened it up and sure enough there we were up in arms again
CHORUS:
E (continued)
Armageddon, let the light in
C# B A
Before we say goodbye give us something to believe in
E
Armageddon, we're not begging
C#
For too much I don't think
B A
Need a goodbye kiss before we sink
BRIDGE:
C#C#C#C#C#C#C#C# BBBBBBBB AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA
We sink X4
CHORUS:
E
Armageddon, let the light in
C# B A
Before we say goodbye give us something to believe in
E
Armageddon, we're not begging
C#
For too much I don't think
B A
Need one last salute before we sink
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