• Song:

    Trucks And Trains

  • Artist:

    Alkaline Trio

Nobody else could get this tab right, and I knew the correct version, so I decided to share it with the world.

Mainly no one else could figure out the beginning part. Compare this one to the others, its obvious that this one is how it is played on the CD. There are also some other minor corrections.

Some notation:
4^5^4 => bend the note on the 4th fret up to the pitch of the 5th fret and back down again
4/0 => slide from the 4th fret down the rest of the guitar neck

Also notice that the strumming pattern for the chorus goes like this:

one and two and three and four and a one and two and a three and four and a one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and a... (repeat)

My best advice for getting this down right is listen carefully to each part on the CD before you attempt trying to play it.

Good luck!

Intro
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------
G|--4-4-6-6-7-7-9-9-7-7-6-6-7-7-6-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
D|----------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4--
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------
G|--4-4-6-6-7-7-9-9-7-7-6-6-7-7-6-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------
D|----------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-4^5^4~~
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

(First Repeat of Intro Ends Like This)

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------
G|--4-4-6-6-7-7-9-9-7-7-6-6-7-7-6-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------
D|----------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4/0
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

These years go by like trucks and trains...

(guitar silent)

Verse Ending      Play this at the end of every verse 
'to the nearest liquor store' 
e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------| 
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| 
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| 
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| 

pm |-----------------------------|

Chorus 
'there's something Blue that's leaving town' 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------------| 
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--| 
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--| 
E|-------------------------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--| 

Breakdown

E|----------------------------------
B|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
G|--4-4-6-6-7-7-9-9-7-7-6-6-7-7-6-6-   x4
D|----------------------------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------

'feel the ocean blue' 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------7-7---| 
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7---| 
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-| 
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-------|
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