Alkaline Trio
The American Scream

Standard Tuning



e|--7---7---7---7---7---7---5---4----|
B|----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|Lead if you have another guitar

Intro
E   F#m C#m
E   F#m C#m

Verse 1
           E (022100@1)              F#m (244222@1)           C#mWell (x13321@4)they tied that yellow ribbon round the oak tree.
         E (022100@1)               F#m (244222@1)              C#m (x13321@4)                     
They've worn out all the prayer in their hearts.
     A (x02220@1)                     E (022100@1)             B (x2444x@1)              
All along thought they were routing for the home team,
            A (x02220@1)                         B (x2444x@1)   C5 (x355xx@1)         
As they're sent to the game and torn apart.

E (022100@1)             F#m (244222@1)          C#m (x13321@4)                      
We twist this tourniquet upon the pipeline,
         E (022100@1)             F#m (244222@1)             C#m (x13321@4)           
That he carries all the pain in the world.
        A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)                   
As we blindly clap and cheer from the sidelines
                  A (x02220@1)                         B (x2444x@1)           
It's clear, on a losing streak from the very start.

Chorus
     C5 (x355xx@1)                  C#mA   E (022100@1)                             
And that's where they found me,
    B (x2444x@1)      C#mA   E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)                                        
In the cemetery.
          C#m (x13321@4)      A (x02220@1)                                       
A smoking gun in my hand,
              E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)           A (x02220@1)                   
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
          B (x2444x@1)                                               
Sing with me,                                                           
                E (022100@1)                                          
The american scream.

Intro
E   F#m C#m
E   F#m C#m

Verse 2
     E (022100@1)              F#m (244222@1)          C#m (x13321@4)                      
They took that faded ribbon off the oak tree.
         E (022100@1)              F#m (244222@1)         C#m (x13321@4)                 
They've worn out all the hope in their hearts.
     A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)                       
All along thought I was doing the right thing,
          A (x02220@1)                  B (x2444x@1)                           
Now I'm lying in a pool of my blood.

Chorus
     C5 (x355xx@1)                  C#mA   E (022100@1)                             
And that's where they found me,
    B (x2444x@1)      C#mA   E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)                                        
In the cemetery.
          C#m (x13321@4)      A (x02220@1)                                       
A smoking gun in my hand,
              E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)           A (x02220@1)                   
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
          B (x2444x@1)                                               
Sing with me,
                                                           
                          C#mA   E (022100@1)                             
And that's where they found me,
    B (x2444x@1)      C#mA   E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)                                        
In the cemetery.
          C#m (x13321@4)      A (x02220@1)                                       
A smoking gun in my hand,
              E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)           A (x02220@1)                   
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
          B (x2444x@1)                                               
Sing with me,

Bridge (Solo)
                E (022100@1)A (x02220@1) C#mB AThe (x02220@1)american scream.
                E (022100@1)A (x02220@1) C#mB AThe (x02220@1)american scream.

Chorus
                           C#mA   E (022100@1)                             
And that's where they found me,
    B (x2444x@1)      C#mA   E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)                                        
In the cemetery.
          C#m (x13321@4)      A (x02220@1)                                       
A smoking gun in my hand,
              E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)           A (x02220@1)                   
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
          B (x2444x@1)                                               
Sing with me,                                                           
                C#m~~                                            
The american scream.