Buried Alive

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:

Nothing they could do just sit down there

Bb Eb f Bb

As the black closed all around them

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

Down! Down! Down in the ground

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:

They held their heads up high

Bb Eb f Bb

As they strugged hard to breathe

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:

They lashed themselves together

Eb Bb Eb f Bb

So in Death all might be found

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...")