• Song:

    My Friend Peter

  • Artist:

    Alkaline Trio

  • Album:

    Live at the Courtyard C...

Alkaline Trio
My Friend Peter

Standard Tuning

E (022100@1)  C#m (x13321@4)  B (x2444x@1)   A|-0-| (x02220@1)|-4-| |-2-| |-0-|  
|-0-| |-5-| |-4-| |-2-|  
|-1-| |-6-| |-4-| |-2-|  
|-2-| |-6-| |-4-| |-2-|  
|-2-| |-4-| |-2-| |-0-|  
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Intro

E C#m B
E C#m B
E C#m B
A B A

Verse 
         E (022100@1)                  C#m (x13321@4)              BI (x2444x@1)don't care who you've been sleeping with these days
                 E (022100@1)                                        
You're outta my hair
                    C#m (x13321@4)           B (x2444x@1)          E (022100@1)         
It's growing just above my smiling face that I wear
                C#m (x13321@4)           B (x2444x@1)                          
Every night I drink myself to sleep
      A (x02220@1)                                                   
Not thinking about you
      B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)                            
Not thinking about anything at all

C#m B
E C#m B

Verse
         E (022100@1)                  C#m (x13321@4)             B (x2444x@1)           
I don't care who you've been dining with these days
                E (022100@1)                                         
It's more than fair
                C#m (x13321@4)        B (x2444x@1)                            
Much rather be drinking anyways
           E (022100@1)                                                
With my friend Peter
              C#m (x13321@4)        B (x2444x@1)                                
Who lives so fucking far away
     A (x02220@1)                                                    
Yet not as far as you
       B (x2444x@1)                  A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)              
Even though you live right down my fucking street

Chorus
         A (x02220@1)   B (x2444x@1)                  E (022100@1)                        
And I'm tired    of sleeping with myself
     A (x02220@1)   B (x2444x@1)                                   E (022100@1)           
I'm tired, all these drinks and drugs no longer help
     A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)                         A (x02220@1)                 
I'm tired of lying about not thinking of you
                 B (x2444x@1)       A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)                
Maybe my friend Peter can tell me what to do

C#m B
E C#m B

E (022100@1)                  C#m (x13321@4)            B (x2444x@1)             
I don't care who you've been kissing on these days
                E (022100@1)                                         
It's out of my hands
                     C#m (x13321@4)            B (x2444x@1)                   
and in my mouth with such a pleasant taste
          E (022100@1)                  C#m (x13321@4)         B (x2444x@1)             
I need a beer to wash it all away without a trace
                A (x02220@1)                                         
And then I'll drink 23 more
               B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)                 
To wipe this stupid smile off my fucking face

Chorus
         A (x02220@1)   B (x2444x@1)                  E (022100@1)                        
And I'm tired    of sleeping with myself
     A (x02220@1)   B (x2444x@1)                                   E (022100@1)           
I'm tired, all these drinks and drugs no longer help
     A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)                         A (x02220@1)                 
I'm tired of lying about not thinking of you
                 B (x2444x@1)       A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)                
Maybe my friend Peter can tell me what to do
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