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Song
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TUCK ME IN - Alkaline Trio
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Tabbed by:John Proach
Email:s.a.d@tumyeto.com
Tuning:standard
Another great song by Alkaline Trio. I tried to lay it out as best i could,
but listen to the cd to get the timing just right. other than that, have
fun.
Intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9--5---5--3~--------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------| D|---9--5---5--3~--------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------| A|---7--3---3--5~--------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5----------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----9\\\\---------------------| D|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----x-------------------------| A|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5----7\\\\---------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
Tuck me into where it's freezing,
Tuck me into bed with snakes
Tuck me in with the tarantulas,
I wanna let 'em in my mouth
and down my throat to lay their eggs
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| D|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| A|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Tuck me into where there's bleeding,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| D|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| A|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Where it spills out of the walls onto the floor
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| D|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| A|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Tuck me into where your best friend's apologies
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| D|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| A|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
amount to shit, they always did, for ever more
Chorus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5----| D|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5----| A|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3----| E|--------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------|
I pour out onto the floor like liquid white from fallen glass
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----x-x--4--x-x--4-----7-7-7-7-7----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| D|----x-x--4--x-x--4-----x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--| A|----x-x--2--x-x--2-----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Nothing to cry over My skin went sour long ago
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----4-4-4-4-4-----7-7-7-7-7-7----4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------| D|----x-x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x---------------------------------| A|----2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
It knew it had no place else to go
Verse 2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------| D|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------| A|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----9\\\\---------------------| D|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----x-------------------------| A|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5----7\\\\---------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Tuck me into where I'm falling,where I can feel the heat rise underneath my
wings
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9~-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--x~-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7~-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
and all the fallen angels in hell will tuck me away from you,
take me away from everything
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| D|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| A|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Tuck me into where there's dying,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| D|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| A|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Tuck me in with flames and tuck me in with flies,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| D|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| A|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Maybe then you will appreciate your only friend
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| D|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--9---5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| A|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
with maggots in her eyes or as ashes in the sky
Chorus
Bridge
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------| D|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------| A|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------| D|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------| A|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus/Outro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5----| D|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5----| A|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3----| E|--------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------|
I pour out onto the floor like liquid white from fallen glass
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----7-7-7-7-7----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---| D|----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----7-7-7-7-7----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---| A|----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Nothing to cry over My skin went sour long ago
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----4-4-4-4-4-----7-7-7-7-7-7----4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------| D|----x-x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x----2~---------------------------| A|----2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5-5----2-2-2-2-2----2~---------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------0~---------------------------|
It knew it had no place else to go
Intro
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus/Outro
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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