Dead And Broken Chords
Dead And Broken by Alkaline Trio is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Em, G, D, C and D#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Em Em G D (x4)
Verse
Em G D
A deep dark secret down at the bottom
Em G D
But this bay can't keep it unforgotten.
Em G D C
And a story that was told has now grown taller than we'd ever wish to be
Em
Beyond belief...
G D Em
I'll grab the boat if you go grab the anchor,
G D Em
The tarp and twine and the weights that sank her.
G
They weren't enough look who showed up
D C D C
A new light shed is shining through. Illuminating you as we lay
G Em C
Side by side, dead and broken
G Em C
Our lives aren't the same since the night yours went stolen.
G Em D C
Blood ran black beneath the moonlight. Your lover's blood ran cold,
D D#
Cutting off the hands he used to hold.
Instrumental
Em Em G D (x2)
Verse
Em G D
A deep dark secret down at the bottom
Em G D
But this bay can't keep it unforgotten.
Em G D C
And a story that was told has now grown taller than we'd ever want to be
D C
Beyond belief...
G Em C
Side by side, dead and broken
G Em C
Our lives aren't the same since the night yours went stolen.
G Em D C
Blood ran black beneath the moonlight. Your lover's blood ran cold,
D D#
Cutting off the hands we used to-
Ending
G Em C
Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-old
G Em C
Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-old
G Em D C D
Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-old
D# G
We used to hold