Artist: The Alkaline Trio Album: Agony & Irony (EP) Tuning: Standard Just about 100% on this one. I just heard it for the first time today and desperately to play it, and when I saw there were no tabs I realized I had to pull the good old DIY. song, pretty simple. Have fun playing it. *The lyrics included in this tab are a rough estimate. I haven't looked at the official I'm basing this off of my ears* -Intro- Guitar 1: --14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14-------| -----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----| -----------------------------------------------------| X4 -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2: -----------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------| ---44444444------------------------------| ---44444444---6666---4444----------------| X3 ---22222222---6666---4444----------------| --------------4444---2222----------------| -Intro's Ending- Guitar 1: --12---11---9-----12---11---9----------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| Guitar 2: ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ----22222222---44444444----------------| ----22222222---44444444----------------| ----00000000---22222222----------------| -Verse 1- *Take Note* Skiba briefly plays the B power chord before switching to the G# note, I've tabbed out. It's just two strokes, but I didn't want anyone to get confused by it. a quick strum and then onto the G#; you can hardly notice it's there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------4444---------44---------------------------------------------| ---------4444---------44-----6666--------4444------------------------| ---------2222---------22-----6666--------4444------------------------| -----------------------------4444--------2222------------------------| Here you find me in between Heaven and hell my dear Where nothing's what it seems, It's just as well I fear I'm giving you the creeps And a farewell kiss to -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| ---22222222-----44444444-------------------| ---22222222-----44444444-------------------| ---00000000-----22222222-------------------| Go, into the unknown -Verse 2- Guitar 1: --14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14-------| -----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----| -----------------------------------------------------| X3 -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2: -------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------| ---4444---------44-------------------------------------------------| ---4444---------44---------6666--------4444------------------------| ---2222---------22---------6666--------4444------------------------| ---------------------------4444--------2222------------------------| Saw you standing there Outside the music hall You come out for some air Until the curtain call And everyone just stared When you took the stage that Guitar 2: ----------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------| ------22222222---------44444444---------| ------22222222---------44444444---------| ------00000000---------22222222---------| Night, something's not right Guitar 1 (Over top of Guitar 2): --12---11---9-----12---11---9----------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| -PreChorus- --------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------44---------66-----------------| ------------66---------------22-------------44---------XX-----------------| ------------66---------------22-------------22---------44-----------------| ------------44---------------00-------------------------------------------| You're out there, took the stairs, to the stars all alone You left all the lights burning but nobodys' home ........I believe they deceived your tuneful heart too... -----------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------| --22222222---------44444444--------------| --22222222---------44444444--------------| --00000000---------22222222--------------| Looooooooooooooooong And they sing... -Chorus- *Note* for the second E you see below, I prefer to add the open E-string. It's really a preference, but it sound much better in my opinion. If you really want, you can just a low E with the root on the E rather than the A, but in the album it sounds as though plays the higher of the two. Also note that the second time through, the E changes to a C#. ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----44444444------99999999----------------------------------------------| ----44444444------XXXXXXXX------66666666---------44444444---------------| ----22222222------77777777------66666666---------44444444---------------| ------------------00000000------44444444---------22222222---------------| Help me, help me won't you? Sing me, sing me one last song ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----44444444------66666666--------------------------------------| ----44444444------XXXXXXXX----------6666---4444----22222222-----| ----22222222------44444444----------6666---4444----22222222-----| ------------------------------------4444---2222----00000000-----| Help me help me, somebody help me Save me from myself End chorus with: ---0---| ---0---| ---0---| ---2---| ---2---| ---0---| It is imperative that you include those top three notes on the G, B, and high E strings. Playing those strings turns the chord from an E power chord to an E minor bar chord not a bar chord, since it's on an open string and there's no bar included, but it's in same shape as any other E string minor bar chord). Playing your E power chord and to a minor provides a huge difference, as you can tell from this track. -Verse 3- ---------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------4444---------44---------------------------------------------| ---------4444---------44-----6666--------4444------------------------| ---------2222---------22-----6666--------4444------------------------| -----------------------------4444--------2222------------------------| Here I find you in between Heaven and hell again Where nothing's what it seems It's just as well my friend I'm giving me the creeps And a farewell to arms -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| ---22222222-----44444444-------------------| ---22222222-----44444444-------------------| ---00000000-----22222222-------------------| And legs and heads and hearts -PreChorus- --------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------44---------66-----------------| ------------66---------------22-------------44---------XX-----------------| ------------66---------------22-------------22---------44-----------------| ------------44---------------00-------------------------------------------| You're out there, took the stairs, to the stars all alone You left all the lights burning but nobodys' home ........I believe they deceived your tuneful heart too... ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| --22222222---------44444444---------| --22222222---------44444444---------| --00000000---------22222222---------| Looooooooooooooooong Now they sing... -Chorus- ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----44444444------99999999----------------------------------------------| ----44444444------XXXXXXXX------66666666---------44444444---------------| ----22222222------77777777------66666666---------44444444---------------| ------------------00000000------44444444---------22222222---------------| Help me, help me won't you? Sing me, sing me one last song ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----44444444------66666666--------------------------------------| ----44444444------XXXXXXXX----------6666---4444----22222222-----| ----22222222------44444444----------6666---4444----22222222-----| ------------------------------------4444---2222----00000000-----| Help me help me, somebody help me Save me from myself ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| --6666----4444----22222222-------| --6666----4444----22222222-------| --4444----2222----00000000-------| Take me from this hell Now they sing... -Bridge- *Very simple. Simply bar the appropriate A or E form bar and pluck away* Guitar 1: ----------2-------------------4---------------------------------0~-----| ---------------------------------------------6--------4---------0~-----| ------4------4---4---------6-----6---6--------------------------1~-----| ---------------4-------------------6-------------6--------4-----2~-----| X2 ---2-------------------/4----------------------6--------4-------2~-----| ------------------------------------------4---------2-----------0~-----| La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la Guitar 2: (plays ONLY on the second time through) --------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---44444444------------66666666-------------------------------------------| ---44444444------------66666666------------6666----4444--------22222222---| ---22222222------------44444444------------6666----4444--------22222222---| -------------------------------------------4444----2222--------00000000---| La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la -PreChorus- *Guitar 1 comes back into play again here* Guitar 1: --14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14-------| -----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----| -----------------------------------------------------| Repeat throughout -----------------------------------------------------| entire prechorus -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2: --------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------4444------6666-----------------| ----------------6666---------2222----------4444------XXXX-----------------| ----------------6666---------2222----------2222------4444-----------------| ----------------4444---------0000-----------------------------------------| You're out there, took the stairs, to the stars all alone You left all the lights burning but nobodys' home ............I believe they deceived your tuneful heart too... Guitar 1: --12---11---9-----12---11---9----------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| Guitar 2: ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| --22222222---------44444444---------| --22222222---------44444444---------| --00000000---------22222222---------| Looooooooooooooooong Now they sing... -Chorus- ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----44444444------99999999----------------------------------------------| ----44444444------XXXXXXXX------66666666---------44444444---------------| ----22222222------77777777------66666666---------44444444---------------| ------------------00000000------44444444---------22222222---------------| Help me, help me won't you? Sing me, sing me one last song ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----44444444------66666666--------------------------------------| ----44444444------XXXXXXXX----------6666---4444----22222222-----| ----22222222------44444444----------6666---4444----22222222-----| ------------------------------------4444---2222----00000000-----| Help me help me, somebody help me Save me from myself Guitar 1: (starts play the same riff yet again during the second part of this chorus) --14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14-------| -----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----| -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2: ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----44444444------99999999----------------------------------------------| ----44444444------XXXXXXXX------66666666---------44444444---------------| ----22222222------77777777------66666666---------44444444---------------| ------------------00000000------44444444---------22222222---------------| Help me, help me won't you? Sing me, sing me one last song ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----44444444------66666666--------------------------------------| ----44444444------XXXXXXXX----------6666---4444----22222222-----| ----22222222------44444444----------6666---4444----22222222-----| ------------------------------------4444---2222----00000000-----| Help me help me, somebody help me La la la la la la la la Guitar 1: --12---11---9-----12---11---9----------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| Guitar 2: ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| --6666----4444----22222222-------| --6666----4444----22222222-------| --4444----2222----00000000-------| Save me from myself ----------------------------| ----------------------------| ----------------------------| --6666----4444------2-------| --6666----4444------2-------| Hold final E chord --4444----2222------0-------| Take me from this hell That's it. Questions, comments, etc., hit me up at alkoholicmike@hotmail.com. Enjoy the song.
