{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":374732,"song":"I Was A Prayer","artist":"Alkaline Trio","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11556662-i-was-a-prayer-chords-by-alkaline-trio/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/374732?type=chord","rating":4.97238,"votes":35,"content":"intro-[ch]G[/ch],[ch]Em[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch],[ch]Em[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am waiting 'til there's nothing left [/tab]\r\nI'm a prayer, all you see is breath\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI am empty, I am skin and bones, I'm a ribcage [/tab]\r\nWell, I'm out the door with apathy \r\nAnd I'm coming home with sympathy \r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am realize, I am shame, I choose to stay here [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou got a sign, so I pay a ransom [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou felt sorry, so I felt a wrath come [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nHad a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy arm [/tab]\r\n\r\nPre verse-[ch]G[/ch],[ch]Em[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch],[ch]Em[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a song I love so much I stole [/tab]\r\nEvery precious note I took, I sold \r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I spit out words.  Do you see my lungs on the dancefloor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo a hopeless cause, I sold my soul      [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA romantic plastic piece of shit you can mold [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUntil I break into chokable pieces [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nYou got a sign, so I pay a ransom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch] \r\nYou felt sorry, so I felt a wrath come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHad a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nMy arm[/tab]\r\n\r\nSolo-[ch]G[/ch],[ch]Em[/ch],[ch]C[/ch],[ch]G[/ch],[ch]Em[/ch],[ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I open up like the back of a book [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI ruin everything with just a quick look[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI settle down like a rocket explodes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHit the ground, but how far out who knows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou got a sign, so I pay a ransom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nYou felt sorry, so I felt a wrath come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHad a nice grip on my life untill you twisted my arm [/tab]\r\n       \r\nmy arm \r\nend on G","plain_text":"intro-G,Em,C,G,Em,C,G\n\n\nI'm a prayer, all you see is breath\n\nWell, I'm out the door with apathy \nAnd I'm coming home with sympathy \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre verse-G,Em,C,G,Em,C,G\n\n\nEvery precious note I took, I sold \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSolo-G,Em,C,G,Em,C \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n       \nmy arm \nend on G","chords":["G","Em","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}