Alkaline Trio
Kick Rocks
This Addiction
2010 Epitaph Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A - x02220
E - 022100
F#m - 244222
D - xx0232
C#m - x46654
E/G# - 476xxx
Intro: A-C#m-F#m-D- x2
Verse 1:
A C#m
You take these
F#m D
sticks and stones
A C#m
And apply what
F#m D
you have learned
A
But you ain't
C#m F#m
got no water
D
So you let that
A C#m F#m D
motherfucker burn
E
Yeah it smoked up
D
and it burned out
Verse 2:
A C#m
Like a graduation bonfire
F#m D A C#m F#m D
two miles from your house
A C#m F#m D
And you had nowhere to go
A C#m
so you came right back
F#m D A C#m
here I couldn't find what
F#m D A
you wanted so you slapped me
C#m
in the face and spilled my
F#m D E
beer And when the mess
D
dried up you came up singing
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Chorus 1:
A D
Let us drink from
E
the hourglass
A D
We can make time
E A
stop Watch from the
E/G# F#m
window upstairs
E
While they all
D E
kick rocks
while they all
A C#m F#m D A C#m F#m D
kick rocks
Verse 2:
A
And I miss smoking
C#m F#m D
in the fall
A
And pissing on that
C#m F#m D
gas station wall
A
What's a law? What's
C#m F#m
a fire? What's a river?
D A C#m F#m D
We jumped over them all
E
But I guess my legs got
D
tired and my teeth got long
A
I guess my legs got
C#m F#m D
tired and my teeth got long
Chorus 2:
A D
So take a sip from
E
the hourglass
A D
We can make time
E A
stop Watch from
E/G# F#m
the window upstairs
E
While they all
D E
kick rocks
Bridge:
C#m
I tried to write
F#m
you a passage
D
But you're holding
A E/G#
out for the flick
F#m D
Wait outside by the exit
E
When they don't let you in
Chorus 3:
A D
So we can drink
E
from the hourglass
A D
We can make time
E A
stop Watch from
E/G# F#m
the window upstairs
E
While they all
D E
kick rocks
A
Watch from
E/G# F#m
the window upstairs
E
While they all
D E
kick rocks
while they all
A C#m F#m D(hold)
kick rocks
