This Could Be Love Alkaline Trio
Band - Alkaline Trio
Song - This Could Be Love
Album - Good Mourning
Killer. This new ALK3 album is already in my all-time favorites and I only just bought it.
This opening track is amazing, and I'm pretty sure that 90% of this tab is correct.
Well `nuff chit-chat, here she be, lyrics and all, shouldn't be too hard for you to figure out.
Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Chrods:
C#5 (X466XX) C#m (X46654)
A5 (577XXX) G#5* (47XXXX)
F#5 (244XXX) E2 (X799XX)
B5 (799XXX)
Intro:
(Only one guitar on the first time)
[C#5]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------13--13--14--14--13--13----------13--14--14--14--13--13-| D|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Itro (cont'd)
[A5]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------13--13--14--14--13--13----------13--14--14--14--13--13-| D|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
[C#5] I've got a book of matches[A5] I've got a [F#5]can of kero[C#5]sene
I've got some bad ideas[A5] involving [F#5]you and me
I don't [C#5]blame you for walking away [A5]I touch myself at [F#5]thoughts of flames
I [C#5]shat the bed I laid there in it [A5]thinking of you [F#5]wide awake for [C#5] days
*Back to the intro*
Verse 2:
(Same progression)
And i found you tongue tied
My twisted little brain
You couldn't crack a smile
I didn't catch your name
I don't blame you for walking away
I'd do the same if i saw me
I swear it's not contageous
Four short steps we can erase this
Chorus:
Step [E2]one: slit my throat, step [A5]two: play in my [B5]blood
Step [E2]three: cover me in dirty sheets and run [A5]laughing out of the [B5]house
Step [E2]four: stop off at edgebrook creek and [A5]rinse your crimson [B5]hands
[A5]You took me hostage and [B5]made your demands[A5] I couldn't meet `em so you [B5]cut off
My fingers, One by [C#5]one
*Back to the intro*
Verse 3:
(Same progression again, just let the first few notes ring)
I'm like a broken record
I've got a needle scratching me
It injects the poison of alcohol I.V.
I don't blame you for walking away
I'd do the same if i saw me
I swear it's not contagious
Swear to God it's not contagious
Chorus:
(Same prigression)
Step one: slit my throat
Step two: play in my blood
Step three: cover me in dirty sheets
And run laughing out of the house
Step four: stop at lake michigan
And rinse your crimson hands
You took me hostage you made your demands
I couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers
Bridge:
(there's two guitars here playing)
C#m~~~~
C#5 G#5* A5
...One by one
C#m~~~~
C#5 G#5* A5
This could be love (love for fire)
C#m~~~~
C#5 G#5* A5
This could be love (love for fire)
C#m~~~~
C#5 G#5* A5
This could be love (love for fire)
[C#5]This could be love for [A5]fire for[B5]evermore
Chorus:
(Same progression)
Step one: slit my throat
Step two: play in my blood
Step three: cover me in dirty sheets
And run laughing out of the house
Step four: stop at berkeley marina
Rinse those crimson hands
You took me hostage and made your demands
I couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers
One by one
Carry on with the "one by one"s with the E2-A5-B5 progression then end the song with an E chord (022100).
There you have it. E-mail me and tell me what you think (or if its wrong). And if someone has
figured out how to play "We've Had Enough" or "All On Black" yet by ALK3, let me know. Over and Out.
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