I Held Her In My Arms
Alkaline Trio
RockEasy for beginners3 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
A
D
E
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro: A D A D A D A D E Verse 1: A D I'm gnawing on the knowledge, A D That I have been burned, A D A D And I'm learning things that I should've already learned, A D A D Everyone I ever knew, wasn't kind and coy, A D A D I was with a girl, but it felt like I was with a boy, A D A E I can't even remember, if we were lovers, or if I just wanted to, A But I held her in my arms, D I held her in my arms, A E I held her in my arms but it wasn't you Interlude: A D A D A D E Verse 2: A D A D I will not kill, the one thing that I love, A D A D In this world of wreckage, I look above, A D A D I said help me lord, help me understand, A D A D What it means to be a boy, what it means to be a man A D A E I can't even remember, if we were lovers, or if I just wanted to, A But I held her in my arms, D I held her in my arms, A E I held her in my arms but it wasn't you Interlude: A D A D A D A D Verse 3: A D I'm gnawing on the knowledge, A D That I have been burned, A D A D And I'm learning things that I should've already learned, A D A D Everyone I ever knew, wasn't kind and coy, A D A D I was with a girl, but it felt like I was with a boy, A D A E I can't even remember, if we were lovers, or if I just wanted to, A But I held her in my arms, D I held her in my arms, A E I held her in my arms but it wasn't you A D A E I can't even remember, if we were lovers, or if I just wanted to, A But I held her in my arms, D I held her in my arms, A E I held her in my arms but it wasn't you Outro: A D A D A D E A
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Chord set
A · D · E
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.