Alkaline Trio
As You Were
1998 Vagrant Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -    022100
B -    x24442
C#m -  x46654
A -    x02220
E/G# - 476xxx
B/Eb - x698xx


Intro: E--A--C#m--A-B-


Verse 1:
E
  Stale as a 2 day
          E/G#
half full beer
Cigarette boats
                C#m
float around in here
              A
A field in my gut
        B
lacking sunshine
E
  Put down like a teenagers
      E/G#
first drink I cough
                 C#m
up compliments I think
                     A
You're better off walking
           B
away while you still can


Chorus 1:
E         B
  She was passing
A                  E
through to climb a hill
        B
As you slipped and
 A              C#m
slid on my gut spill
My better half was
A           B
praying for you to fall


Verse 2:
E
  Rotten like a 3 week half
     E/G#
full glass of breast milk
               C#m
drunken off my ass

I would give anything
    A 
to erase the past nine
B
years of my life
E
  Put down like a
              E/G#
prostitute in court
                     C#m
All liberty soon to abort
              A
like my sanity like
B
thoughts of you


Chorus 2:
E         B
  She was passing
A                  E
through to climb a hill
        B
As you slipped and
 A              C#m
slid on my gut spill
My better half was
A           B
praying for you to fall
E
  praying for 
B/Eb   C#m
you to fall
       B
So pitiful
E
  praying for 
B/Eb   C#m
you to fall
            B   A
I'm fucking pitiful


Interlude: E-- x2, E--B/Eb-C#m-B- x2


Outro:
E
  praying for 
B/Eb   C#m
you to fall
       B
So pitiful
E
  praying for 
B/Eb   C#m
you to fall
            B      A(Bass Solo) x2, E(hold)
I'm fucking pitiful