Asking Alexandria – Alone In A Room (Guitar)

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From the 2017 album "Asking Alexandria" Songwriters: Danny Worsnop / Ben Bruce Transcribed and adapted for a guitar playing chords in standard tuning [CHORDS] You can use this shape for the D6 chord at the end of verse 2: xx0202 All other chords are basic open position shapes You can also substitute these chords whenever they sound better to you: Cmaj7 - x32000 (instead of C) Am7 - x02010 (instead of Am) or Am7sus2 - x02000 (instead of Am) G5 - 3x0033 (instead of G) ========================================================= [Intro] C Am Em G C Am Em G C Am Em D C Am Em [Verse 1]
           C                        Am
I've been away, a little while, sometimes I just can't help myself

        Em                             G
When my mind's running wild, I seem to lose grip on reality

      C                          Am                           Em              D
And I try to disregard the crazy things the voices tell me to do, but it's no use
[Pre-Chorus 1]
C                 Am
 I tried to own it, write songs about it

Em                          G
 Believe me I tried, in the end I needed to breathe

C                Am
 Find inspiration, some kind of purpose

Em                     D
 To take a second to face the shit that makes me, me
[Chorus]
C                     Am
 All I needed was the last thing I wanted

Em                   D
 To sit alone in a room and say it all out loud

C                    Am
 Every moment, every second, every trespass

Em
 Every awful thing, every broken dream

C                        Am                      Em
 A couple years back and forth with myself in a cage

                             D                         C
Banging my head against the wall tryna put words on a page

                     Am
All I needed was the last thing I wanted

Em
 To be alone in a room, alone in a room
[Verse 2]
          C                              Am
I saw the world a couple times, tried to cure the ache with absence

         Em                           G
But that hole was still a hole and my mind kept playing tricks on me

        C                          Am                             Em
Feeling older every day, took everything I had to not crash and burn

                       D6
But I'm starting to learn
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C                        Am
 Sometimes I'll fall down, sometimes I'll lose hope

Em                       G                              C
 But those days will be few if I keep my feet on the ground

                 Am
I might be lonely, but I ain't alone here

Em                       D
 So I keep pushing the limits of what makes me
[Chorus]
C                     Am
 All I needed was the last thing I wanted

Em                   D
 To sit alone in a room and say it all out loud

C                    Am
 Every moment, every second, every trespass

Em
 Every awful thing, every broken dream

C                        Am                      Em
 A couple years back and forth with myself in a cage

                             D                         C
Banging my head against the wall tryna put words on a page

                     Am
All I needed was the last thing I wanted

Em
 To be alone in a room, alone in a room
[Post-Chorus]
  Em
(Alone, alone, alone, alone, alone, alone, alone, alone)

  Em
(Alone, alone, alone, alone, 'lone, 'lone, 'lone, 'lone)

 Em
('lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lone)
[Instrumental Break] C Am Em D C Am Em
Lead guitar plays this 8x over chords above:
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------5-----2---------5----2---------2----|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
   1    +     2    +    3    +    4    +
[Bridge]
C  Am Em D
I can be better than I was

C  Am Em               C
I can be better than I am

                     Am
All I needed was the last thing I wanted
Em N.C. To sit alone in a room [Chorus]
C                     Am
 All I needed was the last thing I wanted

Em                   D
 To sit alone in a room and say it all out loud

C                    Am
 Every moment, every second, every trespass

Em
 Every awful thing, every broken dream

C                        Am                      Em
 A couple years back and forth with myself in a cage

                             D                         C
Banging my head against the wall tryna put words on a page

                     Am
All I needed was the last thing I wanted

Em
 To be alone in a room, alone in a room
[Outro]
C Am Em G C Am
(fade out)