As You Were Chords
As You Were by Alkaline Trio is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, C#m, B, E/G#, B/Eb, E/B and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E A C#m A B
verse 1
E
Stale as a 2 day
E/G#
half full beer
Cigarette boats
C#m
float around in here
A
A field in my gut
B
lacking sunshine
E
Put down like a teenagers
E/G#
first drink I cough
C#m
up compliments I think
A
You're better off walking
B
away while you still can
E B
She was passing
A E
through to climb a hill
B
As you slipped and
A C#m
slid on my gut spill
My better half was
A B
praying for you to fall
verse 2
E
Rotten like a 3 week half
E/G#
full glass of breast milk
C#m
drunken off my ass
I would give anything
A
to erase the past nine
B
years of my life
E
Put down like a
E/G#
prostitute in court
C#m
All liberty soon to abort
A
like my sanity like
B
thoughts of you
E B
She was passing
A E
through to climb a hill
B
As you slipped and
A C#m
slid on my gut spill
My better half was
A B
praying for you to fall
E
praying for
B/Eb C#m
you to fall
B
So pitiful
E
praying for
B/Eb C#m
you to fall
B A
I'm fucking pitiful
Interlude: E (2x) E/B Eb C#m B (2x)
Outro:
E
praying for
B/Eb C#m
you to fall
B
So pitiful
E
praying for
B/Eb C#m
you to fall
B A E
I'm fucking pitiful