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You're Dead

Alkaline Trio

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

E
BDiagram coming soon
A×
C#mDiagram coming soon
G#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: E   B A  (2x)
 
verse 1: 
 
E 
  What the hell is your name 
              B         A 
And can you explain this 
    E 
mess It seems your playing 
a game Where you only know 
       B            A 
how to take out the best 
E 
  Cause if assholes could fly 
                    B 
This place would be busier 
A      E 
than O'Hare There's proof 
                   A 
in the sky It's as thick 
as our skulls yet it's 
B               E  A E B 
thinner than air
 
verse 2: 
 
E 
  I have something to 
say If the chip off 
your shoulder should 
B            A    E 
fall to your chest Get 
it off right away Cause 
if you don't then it 
            B 
won't be in peace 
         A   E 
that you rest It's 
just a matter of time 
That we all go away to 
  B      A         E 
a better place I'm told 
It all sounds well 
                 A 
and fine But without 
you around I feel 
B 
nothing but cold 
 
 
E     B 
  And I now have nothing 
E          A 
  But your heartbeat in 
   E          B 
my head And a photograph 
A                     E B A E B A 
of my traveling friend 
 
verse 3: 
 
E 
  So What the hell is your name 
              B         A 
And can you explain this 
    E 
mess It seems your playing 
a game Where you only know 
       B            A 
how to take out the best 
E 
  Cause if assholes could fly 
                    B 
This place would be busier 
A      E 
than O'Hare There's proof 
                   A 
in the sky It's as thick 
as our skulls yet it's 
B 
thicker than air 
 
 
E     B 
  And I now have nothing 
E          A 
  But your heartbeat in 
   E          B 
my head And a photograph 
A 
of my traveling friend 
E       B 
  And I became nothing 
E        A 
  when I found out that 
         E 
you were dead When 
B           A 
I found out I'd 
never see you again 
 
 
Bridge: 
 
C#m 
   And all the time they 
E/G# A 
took talking in circles 
C#m 
   To get them off the 
E/G#            A 
hook would take miracle 
       C#m 
workers   We're nowhere 
        E/G# 
near prepared there's 
A 
no way of knowing 
C#m 
   Why don't they just 
               A 
admit they're scared 
           B 
Cause it's already showing 
 
 
E     B 
  And I now have nothing 
E          A 
  But your heartbeat in 
   E          B 
my head And a photograph 
A 
of my traveling friend 
E       B 
  And I became nothing 
E        A 
  when I found out that 
         E 
you were dead When 
B           A 
I found out I'd 
                   E  
never see you again 
          
 

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Chord set

E · B · A · C#m · G#

Practice tip

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