• Song:

    In Vein

  • Artist:

    Alkaline Trio

  • Album:

    Agony & Irony (Standard...

Standard Tuning
Intro 

Four measures of Dm (you might not want to play it that long)  
Verse
D5                              F5                              
  My point of reference makes me afraid to begin convincing,
Bb5                                   A5                       
  But you might as well just change your name.
D5                              F5                                
  'Cause I only recognize this shadow,
                     Bb5                     A5             Bb5         
  Kinda like a superhero with nobody's best interests in mind.

Interlude

(Strike Once)
D5 A5 Bb5 F5
(slowly release palm-mute)
A5 ------> D5


Verse
D5                                F5                                         
  Now there's blood in the waters, that I squeezed from this stone, here
Bb5                            A5                                  
  And we turned into our cheap wine.
D5                                F5                              
  And I swallowed every drop, yes, I could feel my stomach rotting,
  Bb5                           A5                 Bb5                 
  You were so supportive as I drank through the pain.

Chorus
D5          Bb5         F5              A5             D5 Bb5 G5 A5      
  You recognize this shape, it's the back of your hand. 
D5              Bb5     F5         A5            D5 Bb5 G5 A5           
  You placed it on my face here again, and again,      yeah.
      D5       C5           Bb5       F5        A5          D5                     
  And I don't wanna be the one who takes this place in vein.

Another four measures of Dm

Verse
D5                                F5                                     
  Dove off the deep side platform , jack-knifed and bone dry, I hit floor
Bb5                      A5                                        
  One broken ankle saved my name.
D5                         F5                                    
  And this eraser burn, I dig in deep at every turn.
      Bb5                           A5              Bb5              
  It keeps getting darker and the fear stays the same.


Chorus
D5          Bb5         F5              A5             D5 Bb5 G5 A5      
  You recognize this shape, it's the back of your hand. 
D5              Bb5     F5         A5            D5 Bb5 G5 A5           
  You placed it on my face here again, and again,      yeah.
      D5       C5           Bb5       F5          D5                     
  And I don't wanna be the one who takes this place
         C5           Bb5       F5                   
  don't wanna be the one who takes,
  D5       C5           Bb5       F5        A5          Bb5     D5               
  I don't wanna be the one who takes this place in vein.

Bridge

Bb5      D5   C5  
Bb5      D5   C5  

Bb5
  Whoa-oh whoa-oh 
D5               C5
  Whoa-oh whoa-oh oh
Bb5
  Whoa-oh whoa-oh 
D5               C5
  Whoa-oh whoa-oh oh

Bb5                   D5                   C5                                                  
  I don't wanna take,   I don't wanna take this place, no.
Bb5                     D5                  C5                             
  I don't want to take,   I don't wanna take this place, no.
Bb5             D5                   C5                                          
  No-oh, no-oh.   I don't wanna take this place, no.
Bb5             D5                   C5                   Bb5   C5   A5              
  No-oh, no-oh.   I don't wanna take this place, no-o-o-oh   oh-whoa.

Chorus
D5          Bb5         F5              A5             D5 Bb5 G5 A5      
  You recognize this shape, it's the back of your hand. 
D5              Bb5     F5         A5            D5 Bb5 G5 A5           
  You placed it on my face here again, and again,      yeah.
      D5       C5           Bb5       F5          D5                     
  And I don't wanna be the one who takes this place
         C5           Bb5       F5                   
  don't wanna be the one who takes,
  D5       C5           Bb5       F5        A5          D5               
  I don't wanna be the one who takes this place in vein.
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