{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":80135,"song":"Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go","artist":"The Pogues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/80135-down-in-the-ground-where-the-dead-men-go-chords-by-the-pogues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/80135?type=chord","rating":0.19818,"votes":0,"content":"***Down in the Ground Where the dead Men Go - by Shane MacGowan\r\nfrom the albums \"Red Roses For Me\"\r\n\r\nDown in the Ground Where the dead Men Go - as perfomed by The Pogues\r\n\r\n\r\nThis song is pretty simple.\r\n\r\nPlay a C over the verse and an Am over the chorus.\r\n\r\nHere is the melody:\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------|\r\nG|-----------------------|\r\nD|-----------0-2-0-2-0---|\r\nA|---0-2-3-3-----------3-|\r\nE|-3---------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nDuring the intro the guitar alternates between four bars of C and four bars of Am.\r\nFor the other melody parts I believe the guitar just plays C straight through.\r\n\r\n***Version 2*** by Kristoffer Ekman\r\n\r\nIntro\t||:[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t:||\r\n\t |[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t||\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHello boys I've been away on a bit of a holiday[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the land where the rivers freely flow and the cattle roam on the wild callagh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWalking home three parts pissed I stumbled and fell in the morning mist[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI fell and rolled in the hungry grass that tells the tale of a terrible past[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI screamed and ran and dreamt I fell down in the depths of a freezing hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe men coming off of their boats and say bouncing tooth and the skull that died[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBring out those ones for the better days gonna wrap me up and take me away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nFour million people starved to death could smell the curse on their dying breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere no one ever wants to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo hell which is circular all around down in the belly of the big cold ground\r\nThe moving shadows were everywhere the very trees seemed to bend and stare\r\nI remembered the dunes on a Sligo shore screamed and ran till I could run no more\r\nOver the hill and across the moor I ran in the house and slammed the door\r\nWhat the hell's that over there a petrifying corpse sitting in that chair\r\nWhere no one ever wants to go\r\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\r\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\r\n\r\nInst\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t||\r\n\r\nBeen drunk as a skunk since I've been home from bar to bar like a ghost I roamed\r\nI can't forget those things I saw been down with the devil in the Dalling Road\r\nOne place I don't want to go\r\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\r\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\r\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\r\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\r\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\r\n\r\nOutro\t||:[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t:||\r\n\t||:[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]C[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t|[ch]Am[/ch]\t:||","plain_text":"***Down in the Ground Where the dead Men Go - by Shane MacGowan\nfrom the albums \"Red Roses For Me\"\n\nDown in the Ground Where the dead Men Go - as perfomed by The Pogues\n\n\nThis song is pretty simple.\n\nPlay a C over the verse and an Am over the chorus.\n\nHere is the melody:\n\n\n\n\n\nDuring the intro the guitar alternates between four bars of C and four bars of Am.\nFor the other melody parts I believe the guitar just plays C straight through.\n\n***Version 2*** by Kristoffer Ekman\n\nIntro\t||:C\t|C\t|Am\t|Am\t|C\t|C\t|Am\t|Am\t:||\n\t |C\t|C\t||\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo hell which is circular all around down in the belly of the big cold ground\nThe moving shadows were everywhere the very trees seemed to bend and stare\nI remembered the dunes on a Sligo shore screamed and ran till I could run no more\nOver the hill and across the moor I ran in the house and slammed the door\nWhat the hell's that over there a petrifying corpse sitting in that chair\nWhere no one ever wants to go\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\n\nInst\t|C\t|C\t|Am\t|Am\t|C\t|C\t|Am\t|Am\t||\n\nBeen drunk as a skunk since I've been home from bar to bar like a ghost I roamed\nI can't forget those things I saw been down with the devil in the Dalling Road\nOne place I don't want to go\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\nDown in the ground where the dead men go down in the ground where the dead men go\n\nOutro\t||:C\t|C\t|Am\t|Am\t|C\t|C\t|Am\t|Am\t:||\n\t||:C\t|C\t|Am\t|Am\t|C\t|C\t|Am\t|Am\t:||","chords":["C","Am","B","G","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]}}}