THE POISON
As recorded by Alkaline Trio
(From the 2005 Album CRIMSON)
B5 A5 F#5 G5
7 9 9 x x x 5 7 7 x x x 2 4 4 x x x 3 5 5 x x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
Intro / Pre-Verse
Q=144
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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| 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|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-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 A5 F#5 G5 G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------||||------------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||||--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 A5 G5 F#G5F#G5F#G5F#G5 F#5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E 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|---------------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------||-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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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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B5 D5 F#5 G5 B5 E E E E E E E E H H +Q H.|---------------------|-----------|--------------|--------*||-----6-7--6--5-------|-----------|--------------|--------*||-4-7------------7--6-|-4----6----|-(6)--7-------|-(7)----*||---------------------|-----------|--------------|--------*||---------------------|-----------|--------------|--------*||---------------------|-----------|--------------|--------*|| +W
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