Alkaline Trio - Snake Oil Tanker guitar tab

Snake Oil Tanker

by Alkaline Trio

tabbed by: Darby Edelen

As always, listen to the song for the rhythm. The intro uses left handed muting pretty

intensively, but it's not hard at all.

Chords Used:

A B D F# E Bii C# Eii G#

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------7--------------1------4--------6-------9-------------|

G|---7------9------7------4-------2------4--------6-------9--------6----|

A|---7------9------5------4-------2------2--------4-------7--------6----|

E|---5------7-------------2----------------------------------------4----|

Intro:

A B A D

Verse:

F# D

This time you've dug yourself an anchor

F# D Eii

too heavy to move ahead with

F# D

Resembling a faker, charming snake oil tankers

F# D Bii*

Don't let them strike you dooooooown

*This is not played in the recorded version, I just happen to think it goes well with the

drawn out 'down.'

Chorus:

A

I know that you wish I was dead

C# F# E

I know 'cause you told me last weekend

A C#

And Christmas has never felt colder

F# E

I've never felt colder

Outro:

D C# Bii F# G# A

Song Structure:

Intro

Verse

Chorus

Intro

Verse (Studio recording has no guitars)

Chorus

Outro