THE POISON
As recorded by Alkaline Trio
(From the 2005 Album CRIMSON)
7 9 [B5]9 x x x 5 7 [A5]7 x x x 2 4 [F#5]4 x x x 3 5 [G5]5 x x x
x 5 [D5]7 7 x x
Intro / Pre-Verse
Q144
[B5]
[4/4] Gtr I
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
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|-----6-7-6-5-----|-----6-7-6-5-------|-----6-7-6-5-----|-----6-7-6-5-----||
|-4-7---------7-6-|-4-7---------7-(7)-|-4-7---------7-6-|-4-7---------7-6-||
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| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
Verse
1.,2.,3. 4.
[B5]E E E E [A5]E E E E [F#5]E E E E [G5]E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E [G5]E E E E E E E E
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||o-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
||--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
Chorus
[D5]E E E E [A5]E E E E [G5]E E E E E E E E 3x [F#G5F#G5F#G5F#G5]E E E E E E E E [F#5]E E E E E E E E
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||--7-7-7-7---------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-4s5-4s5-4s5-4s5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
||o-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-4s5-4s5-4s5-4s5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
||----------5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-2s3-2s3-2s3-2s3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
Interlude
1.,2.,3.
[B5] [D5] [G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
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||--9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--||
||o-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-o||
||--7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--||
4.
[F#5] [G5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Outro
[B5] [D5] [G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----6-7--6--5-------|-----6-7-6-5-----|
|-4-7------------7--6-|-4-7---------7-6-|
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| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
[B5] [D5] [G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|------------------|
|-----6-7--6--5-------|-----6-7-6-5------|
|-4-7------------7--6-|-4-7---------7-6--|
|---------------------|------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|
|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|
[B5] [D5] [G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----6-7--6--5-------|-----6-7-6-5-----|
|-4-7------------7--6-|-4-7---------7-6-|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
[B5]E E E E [D5] E E E E [F#5]H [G5]H +Q [B5]H.
|---------------------|-----------|--------------|--------|
|-----6-7--6--5-------|-----------|--------------|--------|
|-4-7------------7--6-|-4----6----|-(6)--7-------|-(7)----|
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| +W
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| E E E E E E E E H H +Q H. +W
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|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5----7----|-(7)--9-------|-(9)----|
|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5----7----|-(7)--9-------|-(9)----|
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-3----5----|-(5)--7-------|-(7)----|
As recorded by Alkaline Trio
(From the 2005 Album CRIMSON)
7 9 [B5]9 x x x 5 7 [A5]7 x x x 2 4 [F#5]4 x x x 3 5 [G5]5 x x x
x 5 [D5]7 7 x x
Intro / Pre-Verse
Q144
[B5]
[4/4] Gtr I
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----6-7-6-5-----|-----6-7-6-5-------|-----6-7-6-5-----|-----6-7-6-5-----||
|-4-7---------7-6-|-4-7---------7-(7)-|-4-7---------7-6-|-4-7---------7-6-||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
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| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
Verse
1.,2.,3. 4.
[B5]E E E E [A5]E E E E [F#5]E E E E [G5]E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E [G5]E E E E E E E E
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||------------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||
||--9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
||o-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
||--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
Chorus
[D5]E E E E [A5]E E E E [G5]E E E E E E E E 3x [F#G5F#G5F#G5F#G5]E E E E E E E E [F#5]E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------||
||--7-7-7-7---------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-4s5-4s5-4s5-4s5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
||o-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-4s5-4s5-4s5-4s5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
||----------5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-2s3-2s3-2s3-2s3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
Interlude
1.,2.,3.
[B5] [D5] [G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||----------------------|------------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------o||
||----------------------|------------------||
||--9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--||
||o-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-o||
||--7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--||
4.
[F#5] [G5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Outro
[B5] [D5] [G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----6-7--6--5-------|-----6-7-6-5-----|
|-4-7------------7--6-|-4-7---------7-6-|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
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| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
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|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
[B5] [D5] [G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|------------------|
|-----6-7--6--5-------|-----6-7-6-5------|
|-4-7------------7--6-|-4-7---------7-6--|
|---------------------|------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|
|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|
[B5] [D5] [G5] [A5]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----6-7--6--5-------|-----6-7-6-5-----|
|-4-7------------7--6-|-4-7---------7-6-|
|---------------------|-----------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
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|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
[B5]E E E E [D5] E E E E [F#5]H [G5]H +Q [B5]H.
|---------------------|-----------|--------------|--------|
|-----6-7--6--5-------|-----------|--------------|--------|
|-4-7------------7--6-|-4----6----|-(6)--7-------|-(7)----|
|---------------------|-----------|--------------|--------|
|---------------------|-----------|--------------|--------|
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| +W
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| E E E E E E E E H H +Q H. +W
|---------------------|-----------|--------------|--------|
|---------------------|-----------|--------------|--------|
|---------------------|-----------|--------------|--------|
|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5----7----|-(7)--9-------|-(9)----|
|-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|-5----7----|-(7)--9-------|-(9)----|
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-3----5----|-(5)--7-------|-(7)----|