{"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":720356,"song":"This Could Be Love","artist":"Alkaline Trio","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11584212-this-could-be-love-chords-by-alkaline-trio/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/720356?type=chord","rating":4.72311,"votes":61,"content":"[tab][Intro riff]\r\n(played at parts trough out the song!)   \r\ne|-----4-4-5-5-4-4-----4-5-4-------------------------|\r\nB|-2-2-------------2-2------------------------------|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]         \r\nI've got a book of matches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI've got a can of kerosene[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI've got some bad ideas involving you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI don't blame you for walking away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI touched myself had thoughts of flames[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch] \r\nI shat the bed and laid there in it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch] (INTRO RIFF) [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThinking of you wide awake for days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWide awake for days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] - [ch]A[/ch] - [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I found you tongue-tied in my twisted little brain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nYou couldn't crack a smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI didn't catch your name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI don't blame you for walking away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI'd do the same if I saw me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch] \r\nI swear it's not contagious[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIn four short steps we can erase this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nStep one -- slit my throat[/tab]\r\n     \r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch] \r\nStep two -- play in my blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                              [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nStep three -- cover me in dirty sheets and run laughing out of the house[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                              [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nStep four -- stop off at Edgebrook Creek and rinse your crimson hands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou took me hostage and made your demands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers, one by one[/tab]\r\n\r\n(INTRO RIFF) [ch]C#m[/ch] - [ch]A[/ch] - [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[REPEAT]\r\n\r\nI'm like a broken record\r\nI've got a needle scratching me\r\nIt injects the poison of alcohol I.V.\r\nI don't blame you for walking away\r\nI'd do the same if I saw me\r\nI swear it's not contagious\r\nI swear to God it's not contagious\r\n\r\nStep one -- slit my throat\r\nStep two -- play in my blood\r\nStep three -- cover me in dirty sheets and run laughing out of the house\r\nStep four -- stop at Lake Michigan and rinse your crimson hands\r\nYou took me hostage and made your demands\r\nI couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers, one by one\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThis could be love - love for fire[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThis could be love - love for fire[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThis could be love - love for fire[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThis could be love for fire forevermore[/tab]\r\n\r\nStep one -- slit my throat\r\nStep two -- play in my blood\r\nStep three -- cover me in dirty sheets and run laughing out of the house\r\nStep four -- stop at Berkeley Marina and rinse your crimson hands\r\nYou took me hostage and made your demands\r\nI couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers, one by one\r\nOne by one","plain_text":"[Instrumental]\nC#m - A - F#m\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n     \n\n\n\n\n\n\n(INTRO RIFF) C#m - A - F#m\n\n[REPEAT]\n\nI'm like a broken record\nI've got a needle scratching me\nIt injects the poison of alcohol I.V.\nI don't blame you for walking away\nI'd do the same if I saw me\nI swear it's not contagious\nI swear to God it's not contagious\n\nStep one -- slit my throat\nStep two -- play in my blood\nStep three -- cover me in dirty sheets and run laughing out of the house\nStep four -- stop at Lake Michigan and rinse your crimson hands\nYou took me hostage and made your demands\nI couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers, one by one\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStep one -- slit my throat\nStep two -- play in my blood\nStep three -- cover me in dirty sheets and run laughing out of the house\nStep four -- stop at Berkeley Marina and rinse your crimson hands\nYou took me hostage and made your demands\nI couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers, one by one\nOne by one","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","C#m","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}