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