Alkaline Trio - Old School Reasons
Good Mourning (2003) UK bonus track/b-side
Vagrant Records
Intro
A5 D5 E5 D5
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|---------77-------------77------ x 2
|--7------77------2------77------
|--7------55------2------55------
|--5--------------0--------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------77-777----------77-777-- x 2
|--7-77--77-777--22-222--77-777--
|--7-77--55-555--22-222--55-555--
|--5-55----------00-000----------
verse
A5 D5 E5 D5
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|------------77777777------------77777777-- x 4
|--77777777--77777777--22222222--77777777--
|--77777777--55555555--22222222--55555555--
|--55555555------------00000000------------
(on 3rd and fourth repeat , release palm mute to sound the chord on every 3rd strum and release palm mute fully on last 2 bars of 4th repeat)
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repeat intro followed by this
A5 E5 F#5 D5
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|------------------------77-777--
|--7-77--22-222--44-444--77-777--
|--7-77--22-222--44-444--55-555--
|--5-55--00-000--22-222----------
repeat verse times 4
chorus
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------66666666-77777777----------------------66666666-7777-9999--
|--7777777777777777--xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx--77777777--22222222--xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx--
|--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--44444444-55555555--xxxxxxxx--xxxxxxxx--44444444-5555-7777--
|--5555555555555555---------------------55555555--00000000----------------------
repeat intro and verse bridge riff
verse 3
A5 D5 E5 D5
|----------------------
|----------------------
|-------777-------777-- x 2
|--777--777--222--777--
|--777--555--222--555--
|--555-------000-------
follow in by repeating earlier verse form with palm mute's
repeat chorus twice followed by intro and verse bridge riff twice
bridge
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|--6666666666666666-7777777777777777-6666666666666666-77777777-9--
|--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-x--
|--4444444444444444-5555555555555555-4444444444444444-55555555-7--
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
(palm mute everything except the last octave on E and release the palm mute's every 3rd strum again)
repeat chorus twice followed by repeating intro and verse bridge riff twice
Ending
A5 E5 F#5 A5
|---------------------
|---------------------
|------------7-6-4----
|--7--22--4--x-x-x-7--
|--7--22--4--5-4-2-7--
|--5--00--2--------5--
and there you have it. great song by a great band.
