Snake Oil Tanker Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays440

Snake Oil Tanker by Alkaline Trio is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, D, F#m, C#m, Bm and G#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
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Intro: A  E  A  D


Verse:
 
F#m 
   This time you've  
D 
   dug yourself an anchor 
F#m             D     E 
   too heavy to move ahead  
    F#m 
with   Resembling a  
     D 
faker charming  
snake oil tankers 
F#m 
   Don't let them  
           D   E 
strike you down 


 
A 
  I know that 
you wish I was dead 
C#m 
   I know cause you  
F#m          E 
told me last weekend  
A 
  And Christmas has  
never felt colder 
C#m     F#m        E     A  E  A D 
   I've never felt colder  



(Repeat Verse) 


A 
  I know that 
you wish I was dead 
C#m 
   I know cause you  
F#m          E 
told me last weekend  
A 
  And Christmas has  
never felt colder 
C#m     F#m        E 
   I've never felt colder 
A    E A D C#m Bm F#m G#m A 
since


 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante