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As I Lay Dying
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Key: F minor•
Intro 1
Em
Em

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C
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D
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D
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C
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D
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Em
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C
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Verse 1
D
D

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The lies,

the weight, deceit, decay
Verse 2
Em
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The lies, the weight
D
D

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C
C

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It's clear I lost my way
D
D

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Deceit, decay

Decomposing
Bm
Bm
2

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Verse 3


I thought I was an architect but

I was just moving dirt

Stacking mud over malice covered-up forming

forming nothing but a pile of hurt

I hadn't been building (building)
D
D

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The time was spent digging
Bm
Bm
2

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(digging)

Boring the barriers that kept

others away (away)

The deeper the walls the less
D
D

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anyone could hear (hear me) fall
C
C

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D
D

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Verse 4
Em
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So now I know there
C
C

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is no one else to blame
Verse 5
D
D

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Em
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Buried alive inside of my own grave
D
D

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C
C

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And there's no one else to blame
D
D

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Em
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Buried alive inside of my own grave
Bm
Bm
2

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Inside of my own grave
Verse 6
Bm
Bm
2

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G
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Bm
Bm
2

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Beneath my lies
Em
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Bm
Bm
2

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Verse 7

B
B
2

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Delusional enough to think I'd
Bm
Bm
2

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designed something great
Em
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Bm
Bm
2

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Like a giant headstone inscribed
D
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Bm
Bm
2

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to describe my shameful fate

I hadn't been building (building)

The time was spent digging

(digging)

An ugly truth from which there was no

way to escape (escape)

Nowhere left to hide and then finally
Em
Em

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forced to face what I'd become
Verse 8
C
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D
D

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Buried alive inside of my
Em
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own grave (Mygrave)
D
D

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C
C

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And there's no one else to blame
D
D

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Buried alive inside of my own
Em
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grave (Mygrave)
D
D

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C
C

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What I'd become
D
D

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Buried alive inside of my own grave
Em
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Verse 9


Beneath my pride crushing me
G
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Am
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Em
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Beneath my lies collapsing
D
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Am
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Bm
Bm
2

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C
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But we are still alive
D
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We are still alive
Verse 10
D
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Buried alive inside of my own grave
Em
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D
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C
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And there's no one else to blame
D
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Em
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Buried alive inside of my
C
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own grave

My own grave
Verse 11
D
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Em
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Buried alive inside of my own grave
C
C

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And there's no one else to blame
D
D

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The lies and the weight,
Em
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I know I lost my way (my way)
D
D

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C
C

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What I'd become
D
D

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Buried alive inside of my own
Em
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grave (mygrave)
D
D

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C
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And there's no one else to blame
D
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Buried alive, buried alive
Bm
Bm
2

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Verse 12

Bm
Bm
2

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Finally forced to face what I'd become
Bm
Bm
2

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What I'd become (In my own
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grave)

Buried (In my own grave)

Alive

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • B

    2

  • Am

Capo: 1

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The original key of My Own Grave by As I Lay Dying is F minor.

The primary chords used in My Own Grave are Fm, Db, Eb, Cm, Ab, C.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like Fm, Db, Eb, Cm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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