The American Scream Alkaline Trio

The American Scream

Alkaline Trio

Randy

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Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: E
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| E | F#m | C#m | - |
| E | F#m | C#m | - |

[Verse 1]
          E                   F#m           C#m
Well they tied that yellow ribbon round the oak tree.
        E                F#m                    C#m
They've worn out all the prayer in their hearts.
     A                      E               B
All along thought they were routing for the home team,
           A                          B
As they're sent to the game and torn apart.

[Verse 2]
Cdim     E                     F#m          C#m
    With twists this turn a kid   up on the pipeline,
   E               F#m               C#m
He carries all the pain in the world.
      A                E              B
As we blindly clap and cheer from the sidelines
It's clear,
     A                           B
on a losing streak from the very start
Cdim                       C#m   A
And that's where they found   me,

[Chorus]
E   B         C#m A
 In the cemetery.
E B          C#m       A
   A smoking gun in my hand,
            E              B            A
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
          B
Sing with me,
     Cdim    E      F#m
The American scream.

[Verse 3]
C#m E F#m
C#m     E                  F#m         C#m
   They took that faded ribbon off the oak tree.
        E                F#m                  C#m
They've worn out all the hope in their hearts.
     A              E             B
All along thought I was doing the right thing,
        A                     B
Now I'm lying in a pool of my blood.
Cdim                       C#m   A
And that's where they found   me,

[Chorus]
E   B         C#m A
 In the cemetery.
E B          C#m       A
   A smoking gun in my hand,
            E              B            A
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
          B
Sing with me,
           Cdim             C#m A
And that's where they found me,
E   B         C#m A
 In the cemetery.
E B          C#m       A
   A smoking gun in my hand,
            E              B            A
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
          B
Sing with me,
     Cdim    E
The American scream.

[Bridge]
A C#m B A             E
         The American scream.
A C#m B
A                           C#m   A
 And that's where they found   me,

[Outro]
E   B         C#m A
 In the cemetery.
E B          C#m       A
   A smoking gun in my hand,
            E              B            A
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
          B
Sing with me,
     Cdim    C#m
The American scream.

Bars

[Intro]
| E | F#m | C#m | - |
| E | F#m | C#m | - |

[Verse 1]
| E | F#m | C#m | - |
| E | F#m | C#m | - |
| A | E   | B   | - |
| A | -   | B   |

Well they tied that yellow ribbon round the oak tree.
They've worn out all the prayer in their hearts.
All along thought they were routing for the home team,
As they're sent to the game and torn apart.

[Verse 2]
                  | Cdim |
| E   | F#m | C#m | -    |
| E   | F#m | C#m | -    |
| A   | E   | B   | -    |
| A   | -   | B   | Cdim |
| C#m | A   |

With twists this turn a kid   up on the pipeline,
He carries all the pain in the world.
As we blindly clap and cheer from the sidelines
It's clear,
on a losing streak from the very start
And that's where they found   me,

[Chorus]
            | E | B    |
| C#m | A   | E | B    |
| C#m | A   | E | B    |
| A   | -   | B | Cdim |
| E   | F#m |

In the cemetery.
A smoking gun in my hand,
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
Sing with me,
The American scream.

[Verse 3]
            | C#m | -    |
| E   | F#m | C#m | -    |
| E   | F#m | C#m | -    |
| E   | F#m | C#m | -    |
| A   | E   | B   | -    |
| A   | -   | B   | Cdim |
| C#m | A   |

They took that faded ribbon off the oak tree.
They've worn out all the hope in their hearts.
All along thought I was doing the right thing,
Now I'm lying in a pool of my blood.
And that's where they found   me,

[Chorus]
          | E | B    |
| C#m | A | E | B    |
| C#m | A | E | B    |
| A   | - | B | Cdim |
| C#m | A | E | B    |
| C#m | A | E | B    |
| C#m | A | E | B    |
| A   | - | B | Cdim |
| E   | - |

In the cemetery.
A smoking gun in my hand,
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
Sing with me,
And that's where they found me,
In the cemetery.
A smoking gun in my hand,
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
Sing with me,
The American scream.

[Bridge]
          | A | - |
| C#m | B | A | - |
| E   | - | A | - |
| C#m | B | A | - |
| C#m | A |

The American scream.
And that's where they found   me,

[Outro]
          | E | B    |
| C#m | A | E | B    |
| C#m | A | E | B    |
| A   | - | B | Cdim |
| C#m |

In the cemetery.
A smoking gun in my hand,
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
Sing with me,
The American scream.

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