Continental
Alkaline Trio

Standard Tuning

Intro
   C#me|-------------------------------------------------| (x13321@4)B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------6--------4--------7--------4--------6----|
A|--4--4-----4--4-----4--4-----4--4-----4--4-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
    A (x02220@1)                     Be|-------------------------------------------------| (x2444x@1)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 (x13321@4)         A (x02220@1)              Bi've (x2444x@1)got a dying urge to feel the way you do
               C#mtoo (x13321@4)close for comfort
          A (x02220@1)           Bbed (x2444x@1)and breakfast in a spoon
               C#m (x13321@4)               Athe (x02220@1)shortest breath of your young life
             Ba (x2444x@1)long walk home on friday night
        A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)               Byou (x2444x@1)made one last stop at the store

C#m (x13321@4)           A (x02220@1)                  Bso (x2444x@1)close to perfect swear to hell thought it was you
               C#m (x13321@4)          A (x02220@1)         Bthis (x2444x@1)bouncing baby boy's now turning baby blue
               C#m (x13321@4)           Ai've (x02220@1)got your pictures on my walls
            E (022100@1)                      Bi've (x2444x@1)got a long list of calls i must make

to your existing family

Chorus
               A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)               Byou (x2444x@1)had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)            Byour (x2444x@1)final coffin nail's been driven far too much
                 A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)          Bthis (x2444x@1)won't take long you said i'm not going far
               Abm/E  Abm (133111@4)Ago (x02220@1)wait in the car
    Bgo (x2444x@1)wait in the car

Intro x2

Verse
          C#m (x13321@4)         A (x02220@1)              Bi (x2444x@1)often wonder what it feels like to be you
              C#m (x13321@4)              A (x02220@1)             Ba (x2444x@1)mess like this stuck on your hands with krazy glue
           C#m (x13321@4)           Aran (x02220@1)outta time no kiss goodbye
              E (022100@1)                           Bwish (x2444x@1)i could learn to let this sleeping dog die

without lying to myself

Chorus
               A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)               Byou (x2444x@1)had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)            Byour (x2444x@1)final coffin nail's been driven far too much
                 A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)          Bthis (x2444x@1)won't take long you said i'm not going far
               Abm/E  Abm (133111@4)Ago (x02220@1)wait in the car
    Bgo (x2444x@1)wait in the car

Bridge

C#m A B
C#m A B

Intro x2 B B

Chorus
               A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)               Byou (x2444x@1)had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)            Byour (x2444x@1)final coffin nail's been driven far too much
                 A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)          Bthis (x2444x@1)won't take long you said i'm not going far
               Abm/E  Abm (133111@4)Ago (x02220@1)wait in the car
    B (x2444x@1)           Ego (022100@1)wait in the car