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Burn - Alkaline Trio - Acoustic
Arranged by Jack Cookson
Standard Tuning
Capo 4th Fret
Chords: Em (022000)
D (xx0232)
Bm (x24432)
C (x32010)
G (320033)
Em7 (022033)
Cadd9 (x32033)
Intro (Listen to the original song for the rhythm):
Em D C
Em Bm C
First Verse:
Em D C
There's a lightning storm each and every night
Em Bm C
Crashing inside you like motorbikes
Em D C
We toss and turn, sleep so loud
Em
Grind the teeth in our
Bm C Em
Our empty mouths (are empty...)
Second Verse:
Em D C
There's a forest fire burning bright
Em Bm C
Spreading quickly towards our last rites
Em D C
Nowhere to run, pointless to hide
Em Bm C
Just lay there and scream, pretending to try
Em
Pretending...
Chorus:
C Em
Intending to burn, pretending to fight it
D C Em
Everyone learns faster on fire
D C Em
Things took a turn, lost all desire
D C D
You live and you burn
C Em
You live and you burn
Third Verse:
Em D C
This impending doom is left deep inside
Em Bm C
And it's haunting you each and every night
Em D C
Like starving wolves drowning sheep
Em Bm C
We close our eyes, pretending to sleep
Em
Descending...
Chorus:
C Em
Intending to burn, pretending to fight it
D C Em
Everyone learns faster on fire
D C Em
Things took a turn, lost all desire
D C D
You live and you burn
C
You live and...
Bridge:
Em7 G Cadd9
Like hell we are anxiously waiting
Em7 G Cadd9
Like hell burning silently strong
Em7 G Cadd9 D
Somehow we fell down by the wayside
Cadd9 D
And somehow this hell is home
Chorus:
C Em
Intending to burn, pretending to fight it
D C Em
Everyone learns faster on fire
D C Em
Things took a turn, lost all desire
D C D
You live and you burn
C
You live and...
Bridge:
Em7 G Cadd9
Like hell we are anxiously waiting
Em7 G Cadd9
Like hell burning silently strong
Em7 G Cadd9 D
Somehow we fell down by the wayside
Cadd9 D
And somehow this hell is home
C D Em
Right now, this hell is my home
Outro(Figure out the rhythm by listening to the end of the song):
Em C
Nice tab. 5*
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