Alkaline Trio
Old School Reasons
Oil – Chicago Punk Refined
Standard Tuning (E,A,D,G,B,e)

Palm Mute = (x)
Ring = (~)
Slide = (/ or )


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Intro Part 1
E: 
B: 
G:      7 7         7 7 
D: 7    7 7    2    7 7
A: 7    5 5    2    5 5
E: 5           0 

Intro Part 2
E:
B:
G:       7 7 7       7 7 7
D: 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2
A: 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2
E: 5 5 5       0 0 0       5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verse Part 1 (Palm Mute)
E:
B:
G:                 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7                 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D: 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
A: 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
E: 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5                 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
    

Verse Part 2
E:
B:
G:             x x 7 x x 7             x x 7 x x 7
D: x x 7 x x 7 x x 7 x x 7 x x 2 x x 2 x x 7 x x 7
A: x x 7 x x 7 x x 5 x x 5 x x 2 x x 2 x x 5 x x 5
E: x x 5 x x 5             x x 0 x x 0

Bridge
E:
B:
G:       7 7 7       7 7 7                   7 7 7
D: 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 7 7
A: 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
E: 5 5 5       0 0 0       5 5 5 0 0 0 2 2 2

Verse Part 3
E: 
B: 
G:       777           777
D: 777   777    222    777
A: 777   555    222    555
E: 555          000 




Chorus Part 1
E:
B:
G:                 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D: 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
A: 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
E: 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Chorus Part 2
E:
B:
G:                                 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D: 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
A: 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
E: 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Awesome Part 1
E:
B:
G: x x 6   6   6   x x 6   6 6    x x 7   7   7    x x 7    7 7
D: x x 6   6   6   x x 6   6 6    x x 7   7   7    x x 7    7 7
A: x x 4   4   4   x x 4   4 4    x x 5   5   5    x x 5    5 5
E:

Awesome Part 2
E:
B:
G: x x 6   6   6   x x 6   6 6   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7   2/
D: x x 6   6   6   x x 6   6 6   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7   2/
A: x x 4   4   4   x x 4   4 4   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5   0/
E:

Outro
E: 
B: 
G:      7 7         7 7 
D: 7    7 7    2    7 7    7     2 2    4   7 / 6 / 4 / 2~ ~
A: 7    5 5    2    5 5    7     2 2    4   7 / 6 / 4 / 2~ ~
E: 5           0           5     0 0    2   5 / 4 / 2 / 0~ ~


Order:
Intro Part 1 (2x)
Intro Part 2 (1x)
Verse Part 1 (2x)
Verse Part 2 (2x)
Bridge (1x)
Verse Part 1 (2x)
Verse Part 2 (2x)
Chorus Part 1 (1x)
Chorus Part 2 (1x)
Bridge (1x)
Verse Part 3 (2x)
Verse Part 2 (2x)
Chorus Part 1 (1x)
Chorus Part 2 (1x)
Chorus Part 1 (1x)
Chorus Part 2 (1x)
Bridge (1x)
Awesome Part (2x)
Chorus Part 1 (1x)
Chorus Part 2 (1x)
Bridge (2x)
Outro (1x)