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Trucks And Trains

Alkaline Trio

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

Bm×
G
A×
D××
F#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Bm  G  A  (2x) 
 
 
verse 1: 
 
Bm 
  These days go by  
                G     A 
like trucks and trains 
     Bm 
Some hit so hard you  
              G    A 
barely feel a thing 
       Bm 
Lights out right now  
                     G   A 
back then and forevermore 
       Bm 
Lights out left now 
these robots marching 
G                A 
  To the nearest liquor store 
 
 
Chorus 1: 
        D 
There's something 
                     A 
green that's leaving town 
  G 
Always thought it was blue 
Always knew I was wrong 
         D 
Where it goes hell knows 
                A 
maybe somewhere better than 
G                  D 
here And what they say of the 
                           A 
grass on the other side is true 
         G 
Too much time looking up 
is turning everything blue 
  A            G 
Including me including 
A                Bm  G  A  x2 
you Including you 
 
 
verse 2: 
Bm 
  These times count  
                    G     A 
down like boats and planes 
     Bm 
Some wash away in undertow 
     G                     A 
Some plummet down in flames 
       Bm 
Lights out right now  
                     G   A 
back then and forevermore 
     Bm 
With sirens on this  
             G 
ambulance is racing  
       A 
to the west coast shore 
 
 
Chorus 2: 
        D 
There's something 
                     A 
green that's leaving town 
  G 
Always thought it was blue 
Always knew I was wrong 
         D 
Where it goes hell knows 
                A 
maybe somewhere better than 
G                  D 
here And what they say of the 
                           A 
grass on the other side is true 
         G 
Too much time looking up 
is turning everything blue 
  A 
Including me including 
    G    A             Bm  G  A  x2 
the ocean Including you 
 
 
Bridge: 
Bm         A     G   D/F# D 
  Feel the ocean blue 
Bm  A       G  D/F# D 
  Engulfing you 
Bm           A         G  D/F# D 
  I view the deep blue sea  
Bm     A 
  It's turning red  
G                 A 
right in front of me 
 
 
Chorus 3: 
        D 
There's something 
                     A 
green that's leaving town 
  G 
Always thought it was blue 
Always knew I was wrong 
         D 
Where it goes hell knows 
                A 
maybe somewhere better than 
G                  D 
here And what they say of the 
                           A 
grass on the other side is true 
         G 
Too much time looking up 
is turning everything blue 
  A 
Including me including 
    G     A          D 
the pilots Including you 
          
 

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Chord set

Bm · G · A · D · F#

Practice tip

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