Alkaline Trio
The Torture Doctor
My Shame Is True
2012 Epitaph Records
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
G - 320003
Am - x02210
F - 133211
Em - 022000
G/B - x2x003
Intro: C--Am--G--F--
Verse 1:
G
The torture
C
doctor is in
Back here to
Am
confess his sins
G
Knowing damn well
F
he was dead wrong
G C
And I can't
believe my eyes
Am
Trouble and regret
haunt my mind
G
I'll let you take
the whole thing
down brick
F G
by brick Tonight
Refrain:
Em F
And there's a devil
C G/B
dancing in my head
Am
As I'm hovering
F G
above your bed
Chorus 1:
Am C G
Hey, ho We know
F
how this story goes
Am C G
Hey, ho The plot
F
it thickens and grows
Am C G
Hey, ho There's
F
nothing left to hide
Am C G
Hey, ho Down here
C--Am--G--F-
on the south side
Verse 2:
G C
I was the worst of my kind
Am
I left me old life behind
G
Can't believe I got
F
away with it so long
G C
At the end of the day
Am
There is nothing to say
G
So tired of being
F
wired wrong All my life
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
Am C G
Hey, ho We know
F
how this story goes
Am C G
Hey, ho The plot
F
it thickens and grows
Am C G
Hey, ho There's
F
nothing left to hide
Am C G
Hey, ho Down here
F-C-G--Am-Em-F-C-G--
on the south side
F C G Am Em F--G--
on the south side
Interlude: Am-C-G-- x2
Chorus 3:
Am C G
Hey, ho We know
F
how this story goes
Am C G
Hey, ho The plot
F
it thickens and grows
Am C G
Hey, ho There's
F
nothing left to hide
Am C G
Hey, ho Down here
C Am G C Am
on the south side
F G C Am G C Am
on the south side
F G C(hold)
on the south side
