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Alchemy Sounded Good At The Time Tab by Alesana

Alchemy Sounded Good At The Time tab by Alesana

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)


Intro:

e||----------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------||
D||----12~--------------12~----------------||
A||----12~--------------12~----------------||
D||----12~--------------12~--------0/12----||


e||----------------------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7------||
D||----12~-----0-0-0---0-0---12~------0-0-0---0-0-0---7-7-7-7-8----||
A||----12~-----0-0-0---0-0---12~------0-0-0---0-0-0---5-5-5-5-8----||
D||----12~-----0-0-0---0-0---12~------0-0-0---0-0-0-----------8----||

My darling queen, I lay myself at your feet // And I shall stay the hands of fate

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------7------||
A||----0-7-8--0-5-7--0-7-8--0-5-7--0-5-7-----0-7-8--0-5-7--0-7-8--0-5-7--0---8----||
D||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------7------||
A||----0-5-7--0-3-5--0-5-7--0-3-5--0-3-5-----0-5-7--0-3-5--0-5-7--0-3-5--0---8----||
D||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------7------||
A||----0-7-8--0-5-7--0-7-8--0-5-7--0-5-7-----0-7-8--0-5-7--0-7-8--0-5-7--0---8----||
D||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

e||-------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------------||
D||-------------------------------------------||
A||----0-5-7--0-3-5--0-5-7--0-3-5--0-3-5------||
D||--------------------------------------8----||

Wind cries out, heavens boil above voicing discontent to my sins
I have found the way to trick the ferry

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----||
A||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----||
D||----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----||

e||------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
A||----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
D||----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||

man / I have / de / ceived
The / ancient / Gods

e||--------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----||
A||----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----||
D||----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----||
      PM -  - - -     - -  - - -     - -  - - |

e||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------------------7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0----7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||
A||----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0----5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----||
D||----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-----0-0--0-0-0------------------------||
      PM -  - - -     - -  - - -     - -  - - |

Cold flesh lends to me its secrets // Each day brings me closer to you
For a price too high // My tragic victory

e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|| x2
A||----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||

I shudder at what I have done

e||--------------------------||
B||--------------------------||
G||--------------------------||
D||----8----8----10----10----||
A||----8----8----10----10----||
D||----8----8----10----10----||

Intro:

e||--------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7------||
D||----12~-----0-0-0---0-0---12~-----0-0-0---0-0-0--7-7-7-7-8----||
A||----12~-----0-0-0---0-0---12~-----0-0-0---0-0-0--5-5-5-5-8----||
D||----12~-----0-0-0---0-0---12~-----0-0-0---0-0-0----------8----||

Darling queen I lay at your feet...

e||-----------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------||
A||----0-7-8--0-5-7--0-7-8--0-5-7--0-5-7----||
D||-----------------------------------------||

Chills take me as she wakes, throat gasps tainted breath
I've reclaimed you my stolen bride
Can your soul forgive my crimes of passion?
I would not close the casket

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
A||----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
D||----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||

e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
A||----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
D||----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||

I'm so consumed by your pain (your pain) // Faint screams echo through the night (the night)

e||---------------------------------5-----------------5----||
B||-----------------------------------6-5-------3h5/3-6----||
G||--------------------------------------------------------||
D||----8-8-8-----10-10-10-----0-0-0-------0-0-0------------|| x2
A||----8-8-8-----10-10-10-----0-0-0-------0-0-0------------||
D||----8-8-8-----10-10-10-----0-0-0-------0-0-0------------||

Cold flesh lends to me its secrets // Each day brings me closer to you
For a price too high // My tragic victory

e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|| x2
A||----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||

I shudder at what I have done

e||--------------------------||
B||--------------------------||
G||--------------------------||
D||----8----8----10----10----||
A||----8----8----10----10----||
D||----8----8----10----10----||

The pains of death can no longer haunt you
As the dawning sky brings forth one (forsaken thought)
Death can not win for I now dwell in the palace of decay (and I shall stay)
The hands of fate

e||-------------||
B||-------------||
G||-------------||
D||----0--0~----|| x4
A||----0--0~----||
D||----0--0~----||

Night descends, sinews twitch
My pale queen, finally stands to taste silent lips
Now cursed with her love

e||----------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------||
G||---5-7-8-7------------------------------------------||
D||-----------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----||
A||-----------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----||
D||-----------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----||
                        PM - - - - - - |

e||---------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---5-7-8-7-10-8-5-7--------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----||
A||----------------------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----||
D||----------------------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----||
                                   PM - - - - - - |

e||----------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------||
G||---5-7-8-7------------------------------------------||
D||-----------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----||
A||-----------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----||
D||-----------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----||
                        PM - - - - - - |

e||----------------------------||
B||----------------------------||
G||---5-7-8-7-10-8-5-7---------||
D||----------------------0~----||
A||----------------------0~----||
D||----------------------0~----||

Cold flesh lends to me its secrets // Each day brings me closer to you
For a price too high // My tragic victory

Cold flesh lends to me its secrets // Each day brings me closer to you
For a price too high // My tragic victory

e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|| x4
A||----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
D||----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||

I shudder at what I have done

e||--------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------||
D||----8----8----10----10----0~----||
A||----8----8----10----10----0~----||
D||----8----8----10----10----0~----||

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| ~   Vibrato
| /   Slide up
| PM  Palm mute
| h   Hammer-on

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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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