Breath On A Window

Alice In Chains

MetalAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F#Diagram coming soon

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C#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
 
Intro: E 
 
verse 1: 
 
 E 
 Mending fence along the road 
 G      D       E 
 Barely holding together 
 E 
 Mapless zone the road signs holed 
 G        D        E 
 Keep ahead of the weather 
 E 
 Long past time to close dead eyes 
 G      D            E 
 Find a break in the highway 
 E 
 Out here I'm invisible 
 G        D       E 
 Very few going my way 
 
 
 
 A               E   A              E 
 Breath on a window showing tic tac toe  
 A         C     G                     E 
 Rear view reflecting there ain't nobody home 
 
verse 2: 
 
 E 
 Ghost town strip of misery 
 G       D          E 
 I ain't feeling no better 
 E 
 Road kill heart inside of me 
 G      D         E 
 Follow it to the letter 
 E 
 Sundown brings a welcome change 
 G      D          E 
 Everything that's hiding 
 E 
 More at home in landscapes strange 
 G         D         E 
 Are you selling I'm buying 
 
 
 
 A               E   A              E 
 Breath on a window showing tic tac toe  
 A         C     G                     E 
 Rear view reflecting there ain't nobody home 
 A               E    A              E 
 Cigarette burn holes outline an old soul 
 A           C         G 
 Connect the dot scribbling 
                   E 
 And you would never know  
 
Bridge: F#      A  A#  (use power chords) 
 
 F#      A  A#          F#     A  A# 
 Failed to head the signal 
 F#      A  A#          F#     A  A# 
 Thought you got through just in time     (it was hard to line these up 
 F#      A  A#          F#     A  A#       exactly with the lyrics...so 
 Crashing hard upon your ego               I didn't) 
 F#      A  A#          F#     A  A# 
 Penetrated from the side 
 
 F#      A  A# 
 
Outro: 
 
 D    F#                    E             Bm 
 I'd let you go, but you're always in the way 
 D       F#                 C#           E 
 I'm the damage done, your scar of yesterday 
 
 D    F#                    E             Bm 
 I'd love to go, but you're always in the way 
 D       F#                 C#            E 
 I'm the damage done, your scar of yesterday.  
 
Fade Out:  
D  F#  E   Bm 
D  F#  C#  E

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Chord set

E · G · D · A · C · F# · A# · Bm · C#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.