Ruin It

Alkaline Trio

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
Capo on 3rd fret
              
 
 
 
Intro 
e:-0----------¦ let ring 
B:-1----------¦ let ring 
G:-2----------¦ let ring 
D:-2----------¦ let ring 
A:-0--3--2--0-¦ 
E:------------¦ 
 
 
Verse 
 
     Am                          Dm 
I've waited a long time for this life 
        Am                       Em   
Just to ruin it, so please don't ruin this for me 
       Am 
Yes to understand this lie 
       Dm 
Hell I crossed those t's 
                          Em                Dm  
I scratched out all these eyes, myself last night 
       Em             Am (intro riff x2) 
What I promise not to find 
 
   Am                                  Dm 
So this is what I'm looking like these days 
             Am              Em 
I'm all grown up, so full of hate 
    Am                         Dm 
But I don't wanna let go of my rage 
              Am                     Em 
Cause it's the salt, that brings the taste 
 
 
 
   F                                 G 
So where am I to decide that I'm not right? 
              Am        Em     G 
Cause I might break and I might bend 
                   Am     Em     G 
Your heart strings out of tune again 
            Am     Em     G 
And I might try to apologize 
          Dm 
On a good day 
       G  
On my best day 
   Em        Am          
If you stick around 
 
 
Am  Dm  Am  Em 
 
 
Verse 
 
      Am                            Dm 
Did I stay inside to sterilize this knife? 
              Am                 Em 
Am I being to careful? Does this seem right? 
      Am                   Dm 
Did I open up the shades to expose the sunny rays? 
   Am                     Em 
To show what burned there inside 
 
 
 
 
F                                             G 
Take a close look, Hold me right up in to the light 
              Am        Em     G 
Cause I might break and I might bend 
                   Am     Em     G 
Your heart strings out of tune again 
            Am     Em     G 
And I might try to apologize 
          Dm 
On a good day 
       G  
On my best day 
   Em        F          
If you stick around 
 
 
 
 
F                Am 
I've waited for so long 
F                Dm 
I've waited for so long 
          F  
Spread me out, rake me in 
     Am 
This scorched and rocky field 
     G 
Will camouflage my skin 
 
 
            Am        Em     G 
And I might break and I might bend 
                   Am     Em     G 
Your heart strings out of tune again 
            Am     Em     G 
And I might try to apologize 
          Dm 
On a good day 
       G  
On my best day 
   Em        Am          
If you stick around 
      G 
On my best day 
   Em        Am       
If you stick around

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Chord set

A · E · Am · Dm · Em · F · G

Practice tip

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