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):
[Em] [D] [C]
[Em] [Bm] [C]
First Verse:
There's a light[Em]ning storm each and ever[D]y night[C]
Crashing inside[Em] you like motor[Bm]bikes[C]
We toss[Em] and turn, sleep so [D]loud[C]
Grind the teeth i[Em]n our
[Bm]Our empty mouths (a[C]re empty...)[Em]
Second Verse:
There's a forest[Em] fire burning[D] bright[C]
Spreading quickly[Em] towards our last rites[Bm][C]
Nowhere[Em] to run, pointless[D] to hide[C]
Just lay there[Em] and scream, pretending to [Bm]try[C]
Pretending...[Em]
Chorus:
Intending to burn, pre[C]tending to fight it[Em]
[D]Everyone learns[C] faster on fire[Em]
[D]Things took a turn, lost al[C]l desire[Em]
You live[D] and you burn[C][D]
You live[C] and you burn[Em]
Third Verse:
This imp[Em]ending doom is left deep insi[D]de[C]
And it's haun[Em]ting you each and ever[Bm]y night[C]
Like sta[Em]rving wolves drowni[D]ng sheep[C]
We clos[Em]e our eyes, pretendi[Bm]ng to sleep[C]
Descending...[Em]
Chorus:
Intending to burn, [C]pretending to fight it[Em]
[D]Everyone learns[C] faster on fire[Em]
[D]Things took a turn, lost al[C]l desire[Em]
You live[D] and you burn[C][D]
You live[C] and...
Bridge:
Like hel[Em7]l we are anxious[G]ly waiting[Cadd9]
Like hel[Em7]l burning silently[G] strong[Cadd9]
Somehow w[Em7]e fell down by [G]the wayside[Cadd9][D]
And somehow this[Cadd9] hell is home[D]
Chorus:
As we burn,[C] pretending to fight it[Em]
[D]Everyone learns[C] faster on fire[Em]
[D]Things took a turn, lost al[C]l desire[Em]
You live[D] and you burn[C][D]
You live[C] and...
Bridge:
Like hel[Em7]l we are anxious[G]ly waiting[Cadd9]
Like hel[Em7]l burning silently[G] strong[Cadd9]
Somehow w[Em7]e fell down by [G]the wayside[Cadd9][D]
And somehow this[Cadd9] hell is home[D]
Right now,[C] this hell is my home[D][Em]
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):
[Em] [D] [C]
[Em] [Bm] [C]
First Verse:
There's a light[Em]ning storm each and ever[D]y night[C]
Crashing inside[Em] you like motor[Bm]bikes[C]
We toss[Em] and turn, sleep so [D]loud[C]
Grind the teeth i[Em]n our
[Bm]Our empty mouths (a[C]re empty...)[Em]
Second Verse:
There's a forest[Em] fire burning[D] bright[C]
Spreading quickly[Em] towards our last rites[Bm][C]
Nowhere[Em] to run, pointless[D] to hide[C]
Just lay there[Em] and scream, pretending to [Bm]try[C]
Pretending...[Em]
Chorus:
Intending to burn, pre[C]tending to fight it[Em]
[D]Everyone learns[C] faster on fire[Em]
[D]Things took a turn, lost al[C]l desire[Em]
You live[D] and you burn[C][D]
You live[C] and you burn[Em]
Third Verse:
This imp[Em]ending doom is left deep insi[D]de[C]
And it's haun[Em]ting you each and ever[Bm]y night[C]
Like sta[Em]rving wolves drowni[D]ng sheep[C]
We clos[Em]e our eyes, pretendi[Bm]ng to sleep[C]
Descending...[Em]
Chorus:
Intending to burn, [C]pretending to fight it[Em]
[D]Everyone learns[C] faster on fire[Em]
[D]Things took a turn, lost al[C]l desire[Em]
You live[D] and you burn[C][D]
You live[C] and...
Bridge:
Like hel[Em7]l we are anxious[G]ly waiting[Cadd9]
Like hel[Em7]l burning silently[G] strong[Cadd9]
Somehow w[Em7]e fell down by [G]the wayside[Cadd9][D]
And somehow this[Cadd9] hell is home[D]
Chorus:
As we burn,[C] pretending to fight it[Em]
[D]Everyone learns[C] faster on fire[Em]
[D]Things took a turn, lost al[C]l desire[Em]
You live[D] and you burn[C][D]
You live[C] and...
Bridge:
Like hel[Em7]l we are anxious[G]ly waiting[Cadd9]
Like hel[Em7]l burning silently[G] strong[Cadd9]
Somehow w[Em7]e fell down by [G]the wayside[Cadd9][D]
And somehow this[Cadd9] hell is home[D]
Right now,[C] this hell is my home[D][Em]
