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Song
Alkaline Trio - Old School Reasons
Album - Good Mourning
Tabbed by - Andrew Biles
This is a long tab as I've put the lyrics underneath the chord changes, but it's
a good song, not the best off the album, but still worth a good listen. enjoy
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^down strums
Verse - from the 3rd staff down, rhythm changes and he accents every 3rd chord strum
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I've got these thoughts in my head, dirty as f*ck and never leavin'
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and they're best left unsaid, all the drinks on your breath
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got some shit on my chest suit, on my bag next to the monkeyness
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that somebody left with me the day I was born
Break
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Verse - from 2nd staff, rhythm changes to same as last verse
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I got a hole in my head, the size of lake f*cking Michigan
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my pipes lined in lead, got old school reasons to die
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all my money's been spent on a face lift via alcohol
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this sinner repents to an empty bathroom reflection
Chorus
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Please take these two words and do with them what you would like to
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dream I had, drove me mad and just your time, it's just my f*cking life
Break
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Verse - first 2 staffs, 3 strums each chord, then to second rhythm of previous verses
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I got a bottle in hand, straight to the ground with all my memories
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it's best left unsaid when they've all been left behind
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All my money's been spent on a DIY labotomy
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This sinner repents to a (?) bathroom mirror
Chorus
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Please take these two words and do with them what you would like to
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dream I had, drove me mad and just your time, it's just my f*cking life
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Please take these two words and do with them what you would like to
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dream I had, drove me mad and just your time, it's just my f*cking life
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and that's my life
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over and
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over again just my fucking life
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Bridge
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It might seem meaningless to you
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but that means everything to me
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and I'm fucked without you
Chorus
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Please take these words and do with them what you would like to
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dream I had, drove me mad and just your time, it's just my f*cking life
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and that's my life
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over and
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over again just my fucking life
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any questions? andrewbiles@hotmail.com
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