This song is normally played in D-Standard tuning, however this tab will show chord voicings that are in standard tuning with a capo on the 1st fret. Basically, treat the song as if you were playing in Db minor/E Major, and it's simple manipulation of chords in in those keys. Hope it helps! Alcoa's Website: http://www.bridge9.com/read/2357/alcoa-the-solo-project-of-derek-from-defeater-to- release-debut-lp-on-b9 Capo 1st fret ~: Let chord/note ring x: Mute string (*): Lyrics The overall rhythm of this song is sort of described as |x--X--x-x---x--X--x-x---...| where there's a lot of emphasis on the "X" rather than the "x". I will show the tab exactly first, then at the end of each section I will put the tabs for the chords if that's easier to follow. Intro: (Before vocals come in) B Major Db minor e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6 D|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6 A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- Ab minor A Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 E|--4-x-4--4-4---4-x-4--4-4-----x------------x------- Repeat this part again. Chords B Major Db minor Ab minor A Major e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4- D|--4- D|--6- D|--2- D|--2- A|--2- A|--4- A|--2- A|--0- E|---- E|---- E|--4- E|---- Verse: First part: (Another night alone at the bar that you call home, you sit there waiting for no one.) After repeat: (And the melting of the ice in your drink passes the time, order another to keep you numb, to keep you numb.) A Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- E Major E Major/Eb Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---1-x-1~~1-1---1-x-1~~1-1 A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 E|--0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0 Repeat this part again Chords: A Major E Major E major/Eb Major e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- G|--4- G|--4- G|--4- D|--2- D|--2- D|--1- A|--0- A|--2- A|--2- E|---- E|--0- E|--0- Chorus: (No vocals this chorus) Db minor/A Eb Major E Major Gb minor e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 E|----x------------x----------0-x-0--0-0---2-x-2--2-2 A Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- Repeat part again Chords: Db minor/A Eb Major E major/Eb Major Gb minor A Major e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4- G|--4- D|--2- D|--4- D|--2- D|--2- D|--2- A|--4- A|--6- A|--2- A|--2- A|--0- E|---- E|---- E|--0- E|--2- E|---- Verse: First part: (And you miss the way it felt when it was new and not routine. Same production, just different actors every night.) After repeat: (And your not proud, but not ashamed. Sits alone, you ask her name, but always know the ending of this play, when you say...) A Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- E Major E Major/Eb Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---1-x-1~~1-1---1-x-1~~1-1 A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 E|--0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0 Repeat this part again Chords: A Major E Major E major/Eb Major e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- G|--4- G|--4- G|--4- D|--2- D|--2- D|--1- A|--0- A|--2- A|--2- E|---- E|--0- E|--0- Chorus: First part: (Don't go, you know that we've only just met.) After repeat: (I'll call a cab home, or we can walk and smoke these cigarettes.) Db minor/A Eb Major E Major Gb minor e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 E|----x------------x----------0-x-0--0-0---2-x-2--2-2 A Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- Repeat part again Chords: Db minor/A Eb Major E major/Eb Major Gb minor A Major e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4- G|--4- D|--2- D|--4- D|--2- D|--2- D|--2- A|--4- A|--6- A|--2- A|--2- A|--0- E|---- E|---- E|--0- E|--2- E|---- Intro repeat: (Vocal break) B Major Db minor e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6 D|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6 A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- Ab minor A Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 E|--4-x-4--4-4---4-x-4--4-4-----x------------x------- Repeat this part again. Chords B Major Db minor Ab minor A Major e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4- D|--4- D|--6- D|--2- D|--2- A|--2- A|--4- A|--2- A|--0- E|---- E|---- E|--4- E|---- Verse: First part: (Early morning half-asleep, half-awake under stranger's sheets, not surprised, that she's already left.) After repeat: (Find your clothes and find your smokes, there's no goodbye there's just a note, didn't see just how this would end, and it says...) A Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- E Major E Major/Eb Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---1-x-1~~1-1---1-x-1~~1-1 A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 E|--0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0---0-x-0--0-0 Repeat this part again (Always know the ending of this play, when you say...) Chords: A Major E Major E major/Eb Major e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- G|--4- G|--4- G|--4- D|--2- D|--2- D|--1- A|--0- A|--2- A|--2- E|---- E|--0- E|--0- Repeat twice Chorus: First part: (Don't call, I know that we've only just met.) After first repeat: (I'm sorry to have lead you on, there's no good that could ever come of this) After second repeat: (I've got no room for you in my life, I am complicated." After third repeat: (Here's money for the cab home, the drinks, and half smoked cigarettes) Db minor/A Eb Major E Major Gb minor e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 E|----x------------x----------0-x-0--0-0---2-x-2--2-2 A Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- Repeat part 3 times Chords: Db minor/A Eb Major E major/Eb Major Gb minor A Major e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4- G|--4- D|--2- D|--4- D|--2- D|--2- D|--2- A|--4- A|--6- A|--2- A|--2- A|--0- E|---- E|---- E|--0- E|--2- E|---- Intro repeat: (Vocal break) B Major Db minor e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6 D|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---6-x-6~~6-6---6-x-6~~6-6 A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 E|----x------------x------------x------------x------- Ab minor A Major e|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 B|--0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 G|--4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4---4-x-4~~4-4 D|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2 A|--2-x-2~~2-2---2-x-2~~2-2---0-x-0~~0-0---0-x-0~~0-0 E|--4-x-4--4-4---4-x-4--4-4-----x------------x------- Repeat this part until the song fades out. Chords B Major Db minor Ab minor A Major e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- e|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- B|--0- G|--4- G|--6- G|--4- G|--4- D|--4- D|--6- D|--2- D|--2- A|--2- A|--4- A|--2- A|--0- E|---- E|---- E|--4- E|----