Buried Alive

Song

Band: Dropkick Murphys

Song: Buried Alive

Album: Blackout

Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com

Intro:

(Bb,Eb)x3,f,Bb

Riff 1: x3 x1

e--6-6-----6--6-6-6-6--|--6-6-6-6-6--|
B--6-6-6-6-6--8-6-8-6--|--6-6-6-6-6--|
G------7h8----8-8-8-8--|--7-7-8-7-7--|
D----------------------|----------8--|
A----------------------|-------------|
E----------------------|-------------|

Verse 1:

Bb Eb Bb Eb

Nothing they could do just sit down there

Bb Eb f Bb

As the black closed all around them

Bb Eb Bb Eb

And the water rose so quick and cold

Bb Eb f

An unlikely place to drown

Chorus:

Eb Bb f Bb

Nine in the mine, trapped down below

Eb Bb F Bb

Down! Down! Down in the ground

Eb Bb F Bb

And this would be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye

Eb Bb f Bb

Take care of my family, I'm buried alive

Verse 2:

Bb Eb Bb Eb

They held their heads up high

Bb Eb f Bb

As they strugged hard to breathe

Bb Eb Bb Eb

And asked the Lord to open his arms

Bb Eb f

For the nine souls he'd receive

Chorus x1

(Bb.Eb)x3,f,Bb

Solo:

e--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6----------------------------|
B--8-8--6-8--6-6-6-6-6--6-6------------3-----3--3------|
G--8-8--8-8----8--------8-7---5-5--3-5---5-3------5-3--|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
e--6-6--6-6--6------6-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
B--8-8--6-8--6-8-6--8-8-8-6-6--6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6---|
G--8-8--8-8----8-8--8-8-8-8-8--5-5--5-7-7--7-8-8--10--|
D-----------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3:

Bb Eb Bb

They lashed themselves together

Eb Bb Eb f Bb

So in Death all might be found

Bb Eb Bb Eb

And prayed there for a miracle

Bb Eb f

Some twenty-four stories down

Chorus x1

Bagpipe Lead:

(Eb) (Bb) (Eb) (f) (Eb) (Bb) (f) (Bb)

e--15-13------------------------------15-13-----------------------------|
B---------15--13-----13h15-13----15----------15--13-----13h15-13--------|
G----------------15-----------15--------------------15-----------14-15--|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

("Down, Down, Down in the ground...")

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