Alkaline Trio
Only Love
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Capo 2nd Fret
Transcribed by Ginge
I've tabbed this as an acoustic tune so note the 2nd Fret capo
You can add a little flourish to the intros and chorus outro's by playing an
Asus4 . Listen to the tune and you’ll hear it.
Have fun!
INTRO
Em / / / ¦ G / / / ¦ Am / / / ¦ Am / / / ¦ x2
Em G Am
Whoa oh oh
Em [ch]Bm/G[/ch] C
Whoa oh oh
VERSE
Am
How young are you
Em G
gonna be when you die?
Em
I guess I never really
G
thought about that
Em
You're dying when you
G/F#
start thinking like
G D
that All I know is time
is undefeated so far
Am Em
Get right with god
G
before it's time
Em
I hear the telephone
G
works both ways
Em
Think you can make a
G/F# G
little effort some day?
D
I got an awful lot going
on with the things that
Am D
I can see and what I see are
Bm Em
the reasons that I bleed
Am Em
And the blood I give to her
C
and her that's all there is
CHORUS
G Am
It's only love
C
That keeps us here
G
And this food and these
D C
drinks they're all poisoned
G Am C
And life is dead so die well
with some good distractions
G D C
At the end there is only love
Em G Am
Woah oh oh
Em [ch]Bm/G[/ch] C
Woah oh oh
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VERSE
Am Em
Seperate these lies
G
like there's a truth
Em
I didn't know it
G
if I had told you
Em
You've all been lying
G/F# G
since you murdered my youth
D
I know you're gonna take what's
left but you'll never see me
Am D
run No here I am can you
Bm Em
see what's in these hands?
Am Em
It's everything I need
C
to see to breath to feel
CHORUS
G Am
It's only love
C
That keeps us here
G
And this food and these
D C
drinks they're all poisoned
G Am C
And life is dead so die well
with some good distractions
G D C
At the end there is only love
SOLO
G / / / ¦ D/F# / / / ¦ Em / / / ¦ C / / / ¦
BRIDGE
G
I lie awake on this earth
D/F#
I lay with all that I love
Em
And all I need on this
C
earth and not what’s below it all
MIDDLE 8
Am / / / ¦ D / / / ¦ Bm / / / ¦ Em / / / ¦
Am / / / ¦ Em / / / ¦ C / / / ¦ C / / / ¦
CHORUS
G Am
It's only love
C
That keeps us here
G
And this food and these
D C
drinks they're all poisoned
G Am C
And life is dead so die well
with some good distractions
G D C
At the end there is only love
Em [ch]Bm/G[/ch] C
At the end there is only love
Em G Am
Woah oh oh
Em G Am
Woah oh oh
Em G Am
Woah oh oh
Em [ch]Bm/G[/ch] C
Woah oh oh
