In My Stomach chords by Alkaline Trio

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

Em Em/D# Em/D Em/C# Em/C B



Verse:

Em      Em/D#     Em/D          Em/C#
In this shadow, I shrink and it knows
Em/C                B
I can't move. It is making me cold.
Em     Em/D#       Em/D         Em/C#
And it grows in my stomach like mold.
Em/C                   B
It keeps me just sick enough to stay home.

Chorus:

C                         Bm
Kill the lights. Curtains cover closed blinds.
        Am      Bm        Em                         C
Build a wall of stone and steel that will never come down.
                 Bm
Let the dust colonize just like James the first.
Am         Bm    Em
There will be no blood this time.
                C            Bm            Em
In silence, I'm yours. Twice dead-bolt the doors.


Interlude:

Em Em/D# Em/D Em/C# Em/C B


Verse:

Em        Em/D#         Em/D             Em/C#
I've been followed by a face marked with pain.
Em/C                      B
It came close once and he just learned my name.
      Em           Em/D#            Em/D       Em/C#
Every day he grows taller, he looks down at my heart,
C                               B
and through my throat, he could reach in and pull me


Chorus:

C
apart.
                      Bm
It gets worse when he contacts my eyes.
       Am        Bm         Em                           C
He can see right through to everything that blackened my veins
                   Bm
and his sounds resonate up and down,
       Am            Bm       Em
like a march through me, this battlefield,
                      C        B           Em
there's just not much left, so silence the rest.


Coda:

C                      Em G
In this shadow, I shrink and it knows
                      Em
I can't move, I can't sleep.
D               C                   Em
Terrified by my own bloodshot eyes.
C                        Em
So, I'll wait here and pray.
G                                   Em
I prayed that I was all wrong about prayer.
D                       C
And I do know that this is truly tired.
Em       Em/D#       Em/D         Em/C#
It still grows in my stomach like mold.
C                      B                        Em
It keeps me just sick enough to stay home, all alone.


Outro:

Em/D# Em/D Em/C# Em/C B