Young Lover

Alkaline Trio

RockAdvanced for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
 
Intro:  
 
Silence: A E/G# (2x) 
 
Distortion: A F#m C#m  A F#m C#m E  
 
 
Verse 1: 
A              E/G# 
  So there you are 
                 A    E/G# 
with your broken heart 
            F#m 
My dear you know 
            C#m 
that six of those 
    F#m              C#m 
Out there for every star 
A                  E/G# 
  Like a cheap old toy 
             A   E/G# 
in a child's hand 
             F#m 
Well you can cry 
           C#m 
until it's fixed 
    F#m            D 
But it will break again 
 
 
 
      A 
Young lover let's 
F#m      C#m 
waste no time 
       A 
You're too 
concerned with 
F#m          C#m 
heaven And I see 
           E 
it in your eyes 
      A 
Young lover right 
F#m        C#m 
now you're mine 
      A 
Don't think of 
       F#m 
your tomorrows 
      C#m 
Let's live like we 
      E     A    E/G# A E/G# 
could die tonight 
 
 
 
Verse 2:
 
A                 E/G# 
  Don't freeze up now 
                  A    E/G# 
have you seen the news? 
           F#m 
It would appear the 
         C#m 
world is ending 
F#m              C#m 
   Could be very soon 
A                  E/G# 
   And yes I would wait 
for you till the 
A              E/G# 
planets all collide 
        F#m 
But I'm holding you 
   C#m 
so close right now 
F#m 
   What's wrong  
       D 
with tonight? 
 
 
 
      A 
Young lover let's 
F#m      C#m 
waste no time 
       A 
You're too 
concerned with 
F#m          C#m 
heaven And I see 
           E 
it in your eyes 
      A 
Young lover right 
F#m        C#m 
now you're mine 
      A 
Don't think of 
       F#m 
your tomorrows 
      C#m 
Let's live like we 
      E 
could die- 
 
 
 
Bridge:
 
   F#m 
-tonight How is  
      D          F#m 
it so dark, your past? 
           D               E 
How did we grow up so fast? 
F#m 
  How is it so  
D          F#m 
dark, your past? 
                    E 
We're growing up so fast 
 
 
 
      A    F#m C#m E 
Young lover 
      A    F#m C#m E 
Young lover 
      A 
Young lover let's 
F#m      C#m 
waste no time 
       A 
You're too 
concerned with 
F#m          C#m 
heaven And I see 
           E 
it in your eyes 
      A 
Young lover right 
F#m        C#m 
now you're mine 
      A 
Don't think of 
       F#m 
your tomorrows 
      C#m 
Let's live like we 
      E  F#m 
could die    tonight

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Chord set

A · E · G# · F#m · C#m · D

Practice tip

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