Alcatraz

C                                                    Am

I’ve got to hand it to you for making it off the island

                           F

I was seduced by the traumas

                  G                      C

The funeral mourners would whisper in line

C                                                     Am

I got to give it to you for breaking out of the seasons

                           F

I was coerced by a nightmare

                 G                     C

Where every knife turned away on a breeze





F        G    Am

You walk away across the line

F        G    Am

You fade away hung on a wire

F        G           Am G

You fall asleep and tell yourself that this don’t matter at all



C                                                        Am

I’ve got to give it to you for breaking free of the numbers,

                             F

I can’t sleep from the gunshots,

             G                     C

And every pin drop I hear on the wind, yeah.

C                                                    Am

I ve got to hand it to you for making it off the island

                             F

I was restrained by the warders

               G                      C

Patrolling the borders behind of my eyes



F        G    Am

You walk away across the line

F        G    Am

You fade away hung on a wire

F        G           Am          G

You fall asleep and tell yourself that this don’t matter at all

No



C Am F G

           C

You walk away

             Am

Don’t walk away

              F                 C

All these things don’t matter now.





The main riff starts on the D string 10th fret..



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D]-10-10-------10-10-------10-10-------10-10-------|



G]-------12-12-------12-12-------12-12-------12-12-|

D]-10-10-------10-10-------12-12-------12-12-------|



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I think that's about right.