Burn - Alkaline Trio - Acoustic
Arranged by Jack Cookson
Standard Tuning
Capo 4th Fret
Chords: Em (022000)
D (xx0232)
C (x32010)
G (320033)
Em7 (022033)
Cadd9 (x32033)
Intro (Listen to the original song for the rythm):
EDCEBC
First Verse:
EmDC
There's a lightning storm each and every night
EmBmC
Crashing inside you like motorbikes
EmDC
We toss and turn, sleep so loud
Em
Grind the teeth in our
BmCEm
Our empty mouths (are empty...)
Second Verse:
EmDC
There's a forest fire burning bright
EmCm
Spreading quickly towards our last rites
EmDC
Nowhere to run, pointless to hide
EmBmC
Just lay there and scream, pretending to try
Em
Pretending...
Chorus:
CEm
Intending to burn, pretending to fight it
DCEm
Everyone learns faster on fire
DCEm
Things took a turn, lost all desire
DD
You live and you burn
CEm
You live and you burn
Third Verse:
EmDC
This impending doom is left deep inside
EmBmC
And it's haunting you each and every night
EmDC
Like starving wolves drowning sheep
EmBmC
We close our eyes, pretending to sleep
Em
Descending...
Chorus:
CEm
Intending to burn, pretending to fight it
DCEm
Everyone learns faster on fire
DCEm
Things took a turn, lost all desire
DD
You live and you burn
C
You live and...
Bridge:
Em7GCadd9
Like hell we are anxiously waiting
Em7GCadd9
Like hell burning silently strong
Em7GDadd9
Somehow we fell down by the wayside
Cadd9D
And somehow this hell is home
Chorus:
CEm
As we burn, pretending to fight it
DCEm
Everyone learns faster on fire
DCEm
Things took a turn, lost all desire
DD
You live and you burn
C
You live and...
Bridge:
Em7GCadd9
Like hell we are anxiously waiting
Em7GCadd9
Like hell burning silently strong
Em7GDadd9
Somehow we fell down by the wayside
Cadd9D
And somehow this hell is home
CEm
Right now, this hell is my home