The Torture Doctor chords

Alkaline Trio

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			


Intro: C  Am  G  F   


verse 1: 

    G 
The torture  
C 
doctor is in 
Back here to  
Am 
confess his sins 
G 
  Knowing damn well  
            F 
he was dead wrong 
G       C 
  And I can't 
believe my eyes 
            Am 
Trouble and regret 
haunt my mind 
             G 
I'll let you take  
the whole thing  
down brick 
   F            G 
by brick Tonight 



Em              F 
  And there's a devil 
        C         G/B 
dancing in my head 
Am 
  As I'm hovering 
 F            G 
above your bed 


Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho We know 
    F 
how this story goes 
Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho The plot 
   F 
it thickens and grows 
Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho There's 
        F 
nothing left to hide 
Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho Down here 
                 C  Am  G  F  
on the south side 


verse 2: 

  G       C 
I was the worst of my kind 
          Am 
I left me old life behind 
        G 
Can't believe I got 
                F 
away with it so long 
   G   C 
At the end of the day 
         Am 
There is nothing to say 
G 
  So tired of being 
      F 
wired wrong All my life 


(Repeat Refrain) 


 
Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho We know 
    F 
how this story goes 
Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho The plot 
   F 
it thickens and grows 
Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho There's 
        F 
nothing left to hide 
Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho Down here 
                 F C G  Am Em F C G   
on the south side 
             F   C G Am Em F  G   
on the south side 



Interlude: Am C G   (2x)


 
Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho We know 
    F 
how this story goes 
Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho The plot 
   F 
it thickens and grows 
Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho There's 
        F 
nothing left to hide 
Am   C   G 
  Hey, ho Down here 
             C   Am G C Am 
on the south side 
F      G     C   Am G C Am 
on the south side 
F      G     C 
on the south side