Artist: The Alkaline Trio
Album: Agony & Irony (EP)
Tuning: Standard
Just about 100% on this one. I just heard it for the first time today and desperately
to play it, and when I saw there were no tabs I realized I had to pull the good old DIY.
song, pretty simple. Have fun playing it.
*The lyrics included in this tab are a rough estimate. I haven't looked at the official
I'm basing this off of my ears*
-Intro-
Guitar 1:
--14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14-------|
-----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
-----------------------------------------------------| X4
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Guitar 2:
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---44444444------------------------------|
---44444444---6666---4444----------------| X3
---22222222---6666---4444----------------|
--------------4444---2222----------------|
-Intro's Ending-
Guitar 1:
--12---11---9-----12---11---9----------|
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Guitar 2:
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----22222222---44444444----------------|
----22222222---44444444----------------|
----00000000---22222222----------------|
-Verse 1-
*Take Note* Skiba briefly plays the B power chord before switching to the G# note,
I've tabbed out. It's just two strokes, but I didn't want anyone to get confused by it.
a quick strum and then onto the G#; you can hardly notice it's there.
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---------4444---------44---------------------------------------------|
---------4444---------44-----6666--------4444------------------------|
---------2222---------22-----6666--------4444------------------------|
-----------------------------4444--------2222------------------------|
Here you find me in between Heaven and hell my dear
Where nothing's what it seems, It's just as well I fear
I'm giving you the creeps And a farewell kiss to
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---22222222-----44444444-------------------|
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Go, into the unknown
-Verse 2-
Guitar 1:
--14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14-------|
-----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
-----------------------------------------------------| X3
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Guitar 2:
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---4444---------44-------------------------------------------------|
---4444---------44---------6666--------4444------------------------|
---2222---------22---------6666--------4444------------------------|
---------------------------4444--------2222------------------------|
Saw you standing there Outside the music hall
You come out for some air Until the curtain call
And everyone just stared When you took the stage that
Guitar 2:
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------22222222---------44444444---------|
------22222222---------44444444---------|
------00000000---------22222222---------|
Night, something's not right
Guitar 1 (Over top of Guitar 2):
--12---11---9-----12---11---9----------|
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-PreChorus-
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------------66---------------22-------------44---------XX-----------------|
------------66---------------22-------------22---------44-----------------|
------------44---------------00-------------------------------------------|
You're out there, took the stairs, to the stars all alone
You left all the lights burning but nobodys' home
........I believe they deceived your tuneful heart too...
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--22222222---------44444444--------------|
--22222222---------44444444--------------|
--00000000---------22222222--------------|
Looooooooooooooooong And they sing...
-Chorus-
*Note* for the second E you see below, I prefer to add the open E-string. It's really
a preference, but it sound much better in my opinion. If you really want, you can just
a low E with the root on the E rather than the A, but in the album it sounds as though
plays the higher of the two. Also note that the second time through, the E changes to a C#.
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----44444444------99999999----------------------------------------------|
----44444444------XXXXXXXX------66666666---------44444444---------------|
----22222222------77777777------66666666---------44444444---------------|
------------------00000000------44444444---------22222222---------------|
Help me, help me won't you? Sing me, sing me one last song
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----44444444------66666666--------------------------------------|
----44444444------XXXXXXXX----------6666---4444----22222222-----|
----22222222------44444444----------6666---4444----22222222-----|
------------------------------------4444---2222----00000000-----|
Help me help me, somebody help me Save me from myself
End chorus with:
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It is imperative that you include those top three notes on the G, B, and high E strings.
Playing those strings turns the chord from an E power chord to an E minor bar chord
not a bar chord, since it's on an open string and there's no bar included, but it's in
same shape as any other E string minor bar chord). Playing your E power chord and
to a minor provides a huge difference, as you can tell from this track.
-Verse 3-
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---------4444---------44---------------------------------------------|
---------4444---------44-----6666--------4444------------------------|
---------2222---------22-----6666--------4444------------------------|
-----------------------------4444--------2222------------------------|
Here I find you in between Heaven and hell again
Where nothing's what it seems It's just as well my friend
I'm giving me the creeps And a farewell to arms
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---22222222-----44444444-------------------|
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---00000000-----22222222-------------------|
And legs and heads and hearts
-PreChorus-
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alkaline_trio/help_me_tab.html ]
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------------66---------------22-------------44---------XX-----------------|
------------66---------------22-------------22---------44-----------------|
------------44---------------00-------------------------------------------|
You're out there, took the stairs, to the stars all alone
You left all the lights burning but nobodys' home
........I believe they deceived your tuneful heart too...
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--22222222---------44444444---------|
--22222222---------44444444---------|
--00000000---------22222222---------|
Looooooooooooooooong Now they sing...
-Chorus-
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----44444444------99999999----------------------------------------------|
----44444444------XXXXXXXX------66666666---------44444444---------------|
----22222222------77777777------66666666---------44444444---------------|
------------------00000000------44444444---------22222222---------------|
Help me, help me won't you? Sing me, sing me one last song
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----44444444------66666666--------------------------------------|
----44444444------XXXXXXXX----------6666---4444----22222222-----|
----22222222------44444444----------6666---4444----22222222-----|
------------------------------------4444---2222----00000000-----|
Help me help me, somebody help me Save me from myself
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--6666----4444----22222222-------|
--6666----4444----22222222-------|
--4444----2222----00000000-------|
Take me from this hell Now they sing...
-Bridge-
*Very simple. Simply bar the appropriate A or E form bar and pluck away*
Guitar 1:
----------2-------------------4---------------------------------0~-----|
---------------------------------------------6--------4---------0~-----|
------4------4---4---------6-----6---6--------------------------1~-----|
---------------4-------------------6-------------6--------4-----2~-----| X2
---2-------------------/4----------------------6--------4-------2~-----|
------------------------------------------4---------2-----------0~-----|
La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la
Guitar 2: (plays ONLY on the second time through)
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---44444444------------66666666-------------------------------------------|
---44444444------------66666666------------6666----4444--------22222222---|
---22222222------------44444444------------6666----4444--------22222222---|
-------------------------------------------4444----2222--------00000000---|
La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la
-PreChorus-
*Guitar 1 comes back into play again here*
Guitar 1:
--14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14-------|
-----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
-----------------------------------------------------| Repeat throughout
-----------------------------------------------------| entire prechorus
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Guitar 2:
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-------------------------------------------4444------6666-----------------|
----------------6666---------2222----------4444------XXXX-----------------|
----------------6666---------2222----------2222------4444-----------------|
----------------4444---------0000-----------------------------------------|
You're out there, took the stairs, to the stars all alone
You left all the lights burning but nobodys' home
............I believe they deceived your tuneful heart too...
Guitar 1:
--12---11---9-----12---11---9----------|
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Guitar 2:
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--22222222---------44444444---------|
--22222222---------44444444---------|
--00000000---------22222222---------|
Looooooooooooooooong Now they sing...
-Chorus-
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----44444444------99999999----------------------------------------------|
----44444444------XXXXXXXX------66666666---------44444444---------------|
----22222222------77777777------66666666---------44444444---------------|
------------------00000000------44444444---------22222222---------------|
Help me, help me won't you? Sing me, sing me one last song
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----44444444------66666666--------------------------------------|
----44444444------XXXXXXXX----------6666---4444----22222222-----|
----22222222------44444444----------6666---4444----22222222-----|
------------------------------------4444---2222----00000000-----|
Help me help me, somebody help me Save me from myself
Guitar 1: (starts play the same riff yet again during the second part of this chorus)
--14----14----14----14----14----14----14----14-------|
-----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
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Guitar 2:
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----44444444------99999999----------------------------------------------|
----44444444------XXXXXXXX------66666666---------44444444---------------|
----22222222------77777777------66666666---------44444444---------------|
------------------00000000------44444444---------22222222---------------|
Help me, help me won't you? Sing me, sing me one last song
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----44444444------66666666--------------------------------------|
----44444444------XXXXXXXX----------6666---4444----22222222-----|
----22222222------44444444----------6666---4444----22222222-----|
------------------------------------4444---2222----00000000-----|
Help me help me, somebody help me La la la la la la la la
Guitar 1:
--12---11---9-----12---11---9----------|
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Guitar 2:
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--6666----4444----22222222-------|
--6666----4444----22222222-------|
--4444----2222----00000000-------|
Save me from myself
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--6666----4444------2-------|
--6666----4444------2-------| Hold final E chord
--4444----2222------0-------|
Take me from this hell
That's it. Questions, comments, etc., hit me up at alkoholicmike@hotmail.com. Enjoy
the song.
