• Song:

    I Remember A Rooftop

  • Artist:

    Alkaline Trio

  • Album:

    Damnesia

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First time tabbing/chording out a song.
Alkaline198's chords are mostly right, but he's missing a lot in the chorus.

Intro:
E B (x3)
C#m A

Verse 1:
E (022100@1)          Abm (133111@4)           C#mI (x13321@4)remember a rooftop, making out
               A (x02220@1)                    EDownstairs (022100@1)the coppers screamed so loud
              Abm (133111@4)           C#mI'd (x13321@4)waited so long for that night
            AThen (x02220@1)I just turned away

Pre-Chorus 1:
B (x2444x@1)              C#m (x13321@4)             AAnd (x02220@1)I know every street on the West-Side
          E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)          ABut (x02220@1)I was lost, unfound, not right
              E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)   AMaybe (x02220@1)there's something wrong inside

Verse 2:
E (022100@1)          Abm (133111@4)       C#mNow (x13321@4)I've got nowhere to go
            A (x02220@1)             EMy (022100@1)hands is all that I've got
                 Abm (133111@4)      C#mI'm (x13321@4)so sorry for so many things
       A (x02220@1)            BThat (x2444x@1)I haven't said yet

Pre-Chorus 2:
            C#m (x13321@4)          A (x02220@1)                 EThis (022100@1)is the waiting-room I spend my whole life in
               B (x2444x@1)                       AThey (x02220@1)gave me a thousand hands so I could count my sins
       E (022100@1)              B (x2444x@1)               AIf (x02220@1)I'm lucky maybe I'll finish before the roof caves in

Chorus:
E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)               AI (x02220@1)lost my life on the first try
             Ab*
You found it miles down the line
A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)                   BA (x2444x@1)swollen face with three first names
E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)              AYou (x02220@1)kissed the taste back in my tongue
               Ab*
You sucked the smoke out of my lungs
A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)                BAnd (x2444x@1)then we slept for days and days and days
E (022100@1)     C#m (x13321@4)A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)          C#m (x13321@4)  AWhen (x02220@1)we woke up, my heart all choked up
C#m (x13321@4)  B (x2444x@1)              E (022100@1)     AHad (x02220@1)to say "I love you" way too soon
    E (022100@1)                 B (x2444x@1)                ABut (x02220@1)right there on your couch you loved me too
            E (022100@1)               B (x2444x@1)      ARight (x02220@1)there on your couch you loved me too

Bridge:
E B (x3)
C#m A

Verse 3:
E (022100@1)          Abm (133111@4)            C#mNineteen (x13321@4)and sober once or twice
              A (x02220@1)               EI (022100@1)caught some junkie's bad advice
         Abm (133111@4)           C#mUp (x13321@4)to my eyes in others' problems
         A (x02220@1)                  BCouldn't (x2444x@1)see, I'd never solve them

Pre-Chorus 3:
         C#m (x13321@4)             A (x02220@1)            EI'm (022100@1)only skin and bone and piss and pills unknown
          B (x2444x@1)           AI (x02220@1)took my lousy shot at public recognition
            E (022100@1)              B (x2444x@1)         ACould (x02220@1)never pull the trigger if I wasn't shaking

Chorus:
E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)               AI (x02220@1)lost my life on the first try
             Ab*
You found it miles down the line
A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)                   BA (x2444x@1)swollen face with three first names
E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)              AYou (x02220@1)kissed the taste back in my tongue
               Ab*
You sucked the smoke out of my lungs
A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)                BAnd (x2444x@1)then we slept for days and days and days
E (022100@1)     C#m (x13321@4)A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)          C#m (x13321@4)  AWhen (x02220@1)we woke up, my heart all choked up
C#m (x13321@4)  B (x2444x@1)              E (022100@1)     AHad (x02220@1)to say "I love you" way too soon
    E (022100@1)                 B (x2444x@1)                ABut (x02220@1)right there on your couch you loved me too
            E (022100@1)               B (x2444x@1)      ARight (x02220@1)there on your couch you loved me too

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*The Ab during the chorus is played by barring and A chord and adding the 4th fret of 
the low E string (Ab)*
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Sounds damn near perfect to me!
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