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Mr. Chainsaw

Alkaline Trio
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
E
e---0----0------2----3-----2----0-----0---
B---2----3------3----3-----2----0-----0---
G---2----2------2----2-----2----1-----1---
D---2----2------0----0-----4----2-----2---
A---0----0-----------------4----2-----2---
E--------------------------2----x-----0---
 Intro *  DE
When  was it that you lost  your  youth or traded
It  for something more  for them  to use so jaded
Why  is it that you never said
I  love you more than just a friend
I  pray this gridlock  never ends
And  when we get there just depends
I  found out  recently that you  are leaving
For  good I hope  I softly  tell my ceiling
It's  better now to be alive
Sleeping  is my 9 to 5
I'm  having nightmares  all  the  time
Of  running out of words that rhyme
Everything  that you could never say
 Would never matter anyway
 I took a hammer and two  nails to my eardrums  long ago
Before  that steak knife took my eyes
 I looked up to the  sky
 For the last thing I would ever see
 For  the last time I'd  cry
When  was it  that you sold your life  or wasted
Every  bite of  that small slice  you never tasted
I  guess I should be one to talk
There's  nights that I can't even walk
There's  days I couldn't give a fuck
And  in between is where I'm stuck
From  blocks  away I heard somebody  screaming
That  small child  inside of you  that you left  bleeding
You  stabbed him up not once but twice
Cubicles  will now suffice
Some  say it's  the roll of  the dice
I  think they're wrong I know I'm right
Every  breath that I could barely breathe
 Could barely make it past my teeth
 I took a blowtorch to both  of my lungs a  long long time ago
Every  step that I could take
Every  one more difficult to make
 Mr. Chainsaw came and took my legs  a long, long  time ago
In  case you're wondering
 I'm singing about  growing up about  giving in
In  case you're wondering
 I'm singing about  growing up about giving  in
In  case you're wondering
 I'm singing about  growing up about giving  in
In  case you're wondering
 We're singing about growing  up about giving  in
In  case you're wondering
 We're singing about growing  up about giving  in
In  case you're wondering
 We're singing about giving  up and giving in

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Readable chord sheet for Mr. Chainsaw by Alkaline Trio

[A]    [Asus4]  [D]   [Dsus4]  [F#]    [E]     [E]
e---0----0------2----3-----2----0-----0---
B---2----3------3----3-----2----0-----0---
G---2----2------2----2-----2----1-----1---
D---2----2------0----0-----4----2-----2---
A---0----0-----------------4----2-----2---
E--------------------------2----x-----0---

Intro  [A]  [Asus4]  [A]   [D]  [Dsus4]  [D] [A]  [Asus4]  [A]   [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]   [F#]   [E]*   [D]   [Dsus4]  DE

[A]When was it that you [Asus4]lost yo[A]ur youth or tr[D]aded [Dsus4]        [D]
[A]It for something more[Asus4] for th[A]em to use so j[D]ad[Dsus4]ed     [D]
[F#]Why is it that you never said
[E]I love you more than just a friend
[D]I pray this gridlock[Dsus4] never end[D]s
[E]And when we get there just depends
[A]I found out[Asus4] recently that y[A]ou are lea[D]vi[Dsus4]ng    [D]
[A]For good I [Asus4]hope I [A]softly tell my [D]ceili[Dsus4]ng     [D]
[F#]It's better now to be alive
[E]Sleeping is my 9 to 5
[D]I'm[Dsus4] having [D]night[Dsus4]mares a[D]ll t[Dsus4]he time
[E]Of running out of words that rhyme

[A]Everything that you could never s[E]ay
Would never matter a[F#]nyway
I took a hammer and two[D] nails to my eardr[E]ums long ago
[A]Before that steak knife took my e[E]yes
I looked up to the[F#] sky

For the last thing I would ever see
F[D]or the last time I[E]'d cry

[A]  [Asus4]  [A]   [D]  [Dsus4]  [D] [A]  [Asus4]  [A]   [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]   [F#]   [E]    [D]   [Dsus4]  [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]  [Dsus4]  [D][E]

[A]When was it[Asus4] that you sold your li[A]fe or wa[D]sted[Dsus4]      [D]
[A]Every bite [Asus4]of that small sli[A]ce you never t[D]as[Dsus4]ted   [D]
[F#]I guess I should be one to talk
[E]There's nights that I can't even walk
[D]There's days I couldn't give a fuck
[E]And in between is where I'm stuck
[A]From blocks[Asus4] away I heard som[A]ebody scre[D]aming[Dsus4]       [D]
[A]That small [Asus4]child inside of y[D]ou that you l[Dsus4]eft bleeding
[F#]You stabbed him up not once but twice
[E]Cubicles will now suffice
[D]Som[Dsus4]e say i[D]t's[Dsus4] the ro[D]ll [Dsus4]of the dice
[E]I think they're wrong I know I'm right

[A]Every breath that I could barely b[E]reathe
Could barely make it past my t[F#]eeth
I took a blowtorch to b[D]oth of my lungs a[E] long long time ago
[A]Every step that I could take
[E]Every one more difficult to m[F#]ake
Mr. Chainsaw came and took my le[D]gs a long, lo[E]ng time ago

[A]  [Asus4]  [A]   [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]

[A]In case you're wondering
I'm singing abo[D]ut growing up about[E] giving in
[A]In case you're wondering
I'm singing abou[D]t growing up about [E]giving in
[A]In case you're wondering
I'm singing abou[D]t growing up about [E]giving in
[A]In case you're wondering
We're singing about [D]growing up about gi[E]ving in
[A]In case you're wondering
We're singing about [D]growing up about gi[E]ving in
[A]In case you're wondering
We're singing about [D]giving up and givin[E]g [D]in

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