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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Continental
Alkaline Trio
Standard Tuning
Intro
C#m
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------6--------4--------7--------4--------6----|
A|--4--4-----4--4-----4--4-----4--4-----4--4-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
A B
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------6--------4--------1--1--1--2--2--2--1----|
A|--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Intro x2
Verse
C#m A B
i've got a dying urge to feel the way you do
C#m
too close for comfort
A B
bed and breakfast in a spoon
C#m A
the shortest breath of your young life
B
a long walk home on friday night
A E B
you made one last stop at the store
C#m A B
so close to perfect swear to hell thought it was you
C#m A B
this bouncing baby boy's now turning baby blue
C#m A
i've got your pictures on my walls
E B
i've got a long list of calls i must make
to your existing family
Chorus
A E B
you had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up
A E B
your final coffin nail's been driven far too much
A E B
this won't take long you said i'm not going far
Abm/E Abm A
go wait in the car
B
go wait in the car
Intro x2
Verse
C#m A B
i often wonder what it feels like to be you
C#m A B
a mess like this stuck on your hands with krazy glue
C#m A
ran outta time no kiss goodbye
E B
wish i could learn to let this sleeping dog die
without lying to myself
Chorus
A E B
you had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up
A E B
your final coffin nail's been driven far too much
A E B
this won't take long you said i'm not going far
Abm/E Abm A
go wait in the car
B
go wait in the car
Bridge
C#m A B
C#m A B
Intro x2 B B
Chorus
A E B
you had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up
A E B
your final coffin nail's been driven far too much
A E B
this won't take long you said i'm not going far
Abm/E Abm A
go wait in the car
B E
go wait in the car
Alkaline Trio
Standard Tuning
Intro
C#m
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------6--------4--------7--------4--------6----|
A|--4--4-----4--4-----4--4-----4--4-----4--4-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
A B
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------6--------4--------1--1--1--2--2--2--1----|
A|--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Intro x2
Verse
C#m A B
i've got a dying urge to feel the way you do
C#m
too close for comfort
A B
bed and breakfast in a spoon
C#m A
the shortest breath of your young life
B
a long walk home on friday night
A E B
you made one last stop at the store
C#m A B
so close to perfect swear to hell thought it was you
C#m A B
this bouncing baby boy's now turning baby blue
C#m A
i've got your pictures on my walls
E B
i've got a long list of calls i must make
to your existing family
Chorus
A E B
you had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up
A E B
your final coffin nail's been driven far too much
A E B
this won't take long you said i'm not going far
Abm/E Abm A
go wait in the car
B
go wait in the car
Intro x2
Verse
C#m A B
i often wonder what it feels like to be you
C#m A B
a mess like this stuck on your hands with krazy glue
C#m A
ran outta time no kiss goodbye
E B
wish i could learn to let this sleeping dog die
without lying to myself
Chorus
A E B
you had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up
A E B
your final coffin nail's been driven far too much
A E B
this won't take long you said i'm not going far
Abm/E Abm A
go wait in the car
B
go wait in the car
Bridge
C#m A B
C#m A B
Intro x2 B B
Chorus
A E B
you had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up
A E B
your final coffin nail's been driven far too much
A E B
this won't take long you said i'm not going far
Abm/E Abm A
go wait in the car
B E
go wait in the car
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