Artist: Alkaline Trio
Song: All on Black
Album: Good Mourning
Instrument: Electric Guitar (Standard tuning)

Tabbed by TJF ([email protected]), June 22nd 2004

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Note:
I haven't tabbed out the exact strumming pattern, but have
separated the tabs with dashes to help you out with the timing.

The song structure is shown below.

I'm pretty sure this is 99.9% correct and have verified it with
several up close live recordings of Matt playing this song.

Enjoy! Please email me with any corrections / suggestions. Thanks.


iNTRO:                                                  
E||----------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------------------|
G||--9-9--7-7--5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4--2-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
D||--7-7--7-7--7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
A||----------------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------------|


vERSE:                                                                           
E||-------------------|
B||-------------------|
G||--9------9---------|
D||--7--10--7--10-12--|
A||-----8------8--10--|
E||-------------------|
(I put it all on black...)


lEADUP tO cHORUS:
E||---------------------------|
B||---------------------------|
G||---------------------------|
D||--3--5--3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A||--3--5--3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E||--1--3--1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
(What's black and white, what's...)


cHORUS:                                                                      
E||---------------------------|---------------------------|
B||---------------------------|---------------------------|
G||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|--10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9---|
D||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
A||---------------------------|---------------------------|
E||---------------------------|---------------------------|
.................Sweet....blasphemy... my....giving........ 

E||---------------------------|---------------------------|
B||---------------------------|---------------------------|
G||---------------------------|---------------------------|
D||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
A||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
E||---------------------------|---------------------------|
.....tree...it....hasn't.........rained..in..years.........
(etc)


fINAL vERSE (strum & PM each chord twice the number of times shown here):
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--------------------------|
D||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
A||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
E||--------------------------|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|
<------------------------PALM-MUTED--------------------->
(One of these days...)
                                                      
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G||--------------------------|--------------------------|
D||--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--|
A||--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--|
E||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--|
<------------------------PALM-MUTED--------------------->


oUTRO:                                                                     
E||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G||--12--12--12--10--10--10--9--9--|--9--9--9--10--10--10--9--9--|
D||--10--10--10--10--10--10--9--9--|--9--9--9--9---9---9---9--9--|
A||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|


sONG sTRUCTURE:
iNTRO x2
vERSE x2
iNTRO x2
vERSE (PALM MUTE THIS TIME) x2
lEADUP tO cHORUS x1
cHORUS x4
iNTRO x2
vERSE x2
lEADUP tO cHORUS x1
cHORUS (THEN PALM MUTE LAST CHORD) x4
fINAL vERSE x2
oUTRO x6
iNTRO x1


lYRICS:
I put it all on black, the color you were all dressed in
And a stab in the back left you bleeding on the floor
And I'm mourning the death, the recent passing of your insides
I smile and regret every time I think of how I spoke to you

I put it all in back of my mind where I hold you
I'm just trying to keep track of how far back it really goes
And I'm living in lack of the blood sent from the Heavens
I'm just trying to relax as the killer's waiting right outside my door

What's black and white?
What's read (red) all over?
This tired book, this organ donor

Sweet blasphemy, my giving tree
It hasn't rained in years
I bring to you this sacrificial offering of virgin years
Leave it to me, I'll remain free from all the comforts of home
And where that is, I'm pleased as piss to say, I'll never really know

I put them all in black, the four walls of my bedroom
And I trimmed them in red, peeled your picture off the wall
And I'm living in lack of the blood sent from your heartbeat
That arrived in your neck every time I salivated over you

What's upside down?
What's coated in silver?
This crucifix [this crucifix is] is my four leaf clover

Sweet blasphemy, my giving tree
It hasn't rained in years
I bring to you this sacrificial offering of virgin years
Leave it to me, I'll remain free from all the comforts of home
And where that is, I'm pleased as piss to say, I'll never really know

One of these days, it's gonna catch up to you
Throwing looks like those around
One of these nights, I promise to you
You'll soon be sleeping sound
As soon as I leave town