Author/Artist: Alkaline Trio
Title: Trucks & Trains
Album: From Here To Infirmary
Transcribed by: Jim Taone
Email: [email protected]
Yet some more new stuff… I think this song is great if
you’re a songwriter you can really appreciate the lyrics
with so much color symbolism… blah blah blah…
jim
p.s. rhythm’s might be a lil harder than other trio songs
I suggest playing along w/ the c.d.
Intro
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—16-16-18-18-19-19-21-21-19-19-18-18-19-19-18-18—|
—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—-|
—14-14-16-16-17-17-19-19-17-17-16-16-17-17-16-16—|
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—11-11-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-11-11-11——|
—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x——|
—9—9—9—9—9—9—10-10-10-10-9—9—9——|
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VERSE HAS NO GUITAR PARTS
Pre-chorus
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—5-5-5-5-5-5—7-7-7-7-7——|
—3-3-3-3-3-3—5-5-5-5-5——|
p.m.——- p.m.——
Chorus
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—7-7-7-7-7-7-7——————————| 3x
—7-7-7-7-7-7-7—7-7-7-7—5-5-5-5-5-5——|
—5-5-5-5-5-5-5—7-7-7-7—5-5-5-5-5-5——|
——————5-5-5-5—3-3-3-3-3-3——|
On 3rd time end chorus riff with:
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—7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—-5-5-5-5-5—7-7-7-7—|
—7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—-5-5-5-5-5—7-7-7-7—|
—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—-3-3-3-3-3—5-5-5-5—|
Bridge:
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—16-16-18-18-19-19-21-21-19-19-18-18-19-19-18-18—-| 4x
—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x—x——|
—14-14-16-16-17-17-19-19-17-17-16-16-17-17-16-16—-|
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Interlude D
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———————————————7-7—| 4x
—9-9-9-9-9—7-7-7-7-7—5-5-5-5-5—4-4-4—-7-7—|
—9-9-9-9-9—7-7-7-7-7—5-5-5-5-5—4-4-4—-5-5—|
—7-7-7-7-7—5-5-5-5-5—3-3-3-3-3—2-2-2————|
p.m.———————————-
Songflow:
Intro
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Intro
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Interlude
Chorus
End on D
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