• Song:

    Snake Oil Tanker

  • Artist:

    Alkaline Trio

  • Album:

    For Your Lungs Only

Song: Snake Oil Tanker
Artist: Alkaline Trio
Album: Maybe I'll Catch Fire (Bonus Track)

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

I don't think this is the official way, but it means you don't
have to change the tuning on your guitar.  I can't guarantee 
it's right cos the guitar is really unclear on this song, but I
think this is more accurate than the other version.

Intro:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-2---2---2---------2---2---72-|
D|-2---2---2---2-2---2---2---72-|
A|-0---0---0---2-2---0---0---5-|
E|-------------0-0---------------|

Verse:
e|---------------------------------------|
B|-----3-------3-----------3-------3-----|
G|-----2-------2-----------2-------2-----|
D|-4---0---4---0---2---4---0---4---0---2-|
A|-4-------4-------2---4-------4-------2-|
E|-2-------2-------0---2-------2-------0-|
  (Play 8 of each chord covering E,A + D)

Chorus:
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6---------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6---4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-x-4---4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-|
E|-------------4-----------------4-----2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-|

Bridge:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-2---2---2---------2---2---72-|
D|-2---2---2---2-2---2---2---72-|
A|-0---0---0---2-2---0---0---5-|
E|-------------0-0---------------|
   PM  PM  PM  PMPM  PM  PM

Verse 2:
e|----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3----------3-|
G|---------------------------2----------2-|
D|-4----------x//----------0----------0-|
A|-4--------------------------------------|
E|-2--------------------------------------|
		                    PM

Chorus:
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6---------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6---4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-x-4---4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-|
E|-------------4-----------------4-----2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-|

Outro:
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-2---2---2---------2---2---7-6-4----------|
D|-2---2---2---2-2---2---2---7-6-4-4-6-71p-|
A|-0---0---0---2-2---0---0---5-4-2-4-6-71p-|
E|-------------0-0-----------------2-4-5--|

| /  slide up
|   slide down
| p  pull-off
| PM palm-mute
| x  scrape along string

Ps the scraping bit won't work with acoustics

enjoy xxx

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