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[Intro: Tim Lambesis]
|       Fm| Ab|    Ab|     Fm| Fm   Ab|    Ab  Fm  
(The lies,     the weight, deceit,   decay)
|             Fm  Ab  
The lies, the weight
AbIt's clear I loFmst my way
FmDeceit, deAbcay
Cm(Decomposing)
[Riff]
|Fm  
[Verse 1: Lambesis & Josh Gilbert]
FmI thought I was an architect but I was just moving dirt
FmStacking mud over malice covered-up forming nothing but a pile of hurt
FmI hadn’t been building (Building)
The time was spent digging (Digging)
FmBoring the barriers that kept others away (Away)
The deeper the walls, the less anyone could hear (Hear me) fDballEb  
[Pre-Chorus: Lambesis]
FmSo now I know there is no one else to blame
[Chorus: Gilbert & Lambesis]
FmBuried alive inside of my own grave
And there's no one else to blame
Buried alive inside of my own grave
Inside of my own gCmrave
[Verse 2: Lambesis]
FmBeneath my lies
Delusional enough to think I’d designed something great
Like a giant headstone inscribed to describe my shameful fate
FmI hadn't been building (Building)
The time was spent digging (Digging)
An uFmgly truth from which there was no way to escape (Escape)
Nowhere left to hide and then finally forced to face what I'd become
[Chorus: Gilbert & Lambesis]
FmBuried alive inside of my own grave (My grave)
And there's no one else to blame
Buried alive inside of my own grave (My grave)
What I'd bAbecome
Buried aBbmlive inside of my own grFmave
[Interlude/Solo: Lambesis]
FmBeneath my pride crushing me
Beneath my lies colAblapsingEb  
Fm(But we are stiEbll alFmive)Cm  
FmWe are sCmtill alive
[Bridge: Gilbert]
DbBuried alEbive inside of my own gFmrave
And there's Ebno one else to blame
DbBuried alEbive inside of my own grFmave
My own gFmrave
[Chrorus: Gilbert & Lambesis]
FmBuried alive inside of my own grave
And there's no one else to blame
The lies and the weight, I know I lost my way (My way)
What I'd beFmcome
Buried alive inside of my own grave (My grave)
And there's no one else to blame
DbBuried alBbmive, buried alCmive
[Outro/Breakdown: Lambesis]
                                Cm|Fm  
Finally forced to face what I'd become
What I'd become
(In my own grave)
Buried
(In my own grave)
Alive

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My Own Grave

by As I Lay Dying

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Bbm

[Intro: Tim Lambesis]

Fm Ab Ab Fm Fm Ab Ab Fm

| | | | | |

(The lies, the weight, deceit, decay)

Fm Ab

The lies, the weight

Ab Fm

It's clear I lost my way

Fm Ab

Deceit, decay

(Decomposing)

[Riff]

[Verse 1: Lambesis & Josh Gilbert]

I thought I was an architect but I was just moving dirt

Stacking mud over malice covered-up forming nothing but a pile of hurt

I hadn’t been building (Building)

The time was spent digging (Digging)

Boring the barriers that kept others away (Away)

Db Eb

The deeper the walls, the less anyone could hear (Hear me) fall

[Pre-Chorus: Lambesis]

So now I know there is no one else to blame

[Chorus: Gilbert & Lambesis]

Buried alive inside of my own grave

And there's no one else to blame

Buried alive inside of my own grave

Inside of my own grave

[Verse 2: Lambesis]

Beneath my lies

Delusional enough to think I’d designed something great

Like a giant headstone inscribed 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 forced to face what I'd become

[Chorus: Gilbert & Lambesis]

Buried alive inside of my own grave (My grave)

And there's no one else to blame

Buried alive inside of my own grave (My grave)

What I'd become

Bbm Fm

Buried alive inside of my own grave

[Interlude/Solo: Lambesis]

Beneath my pride crushing me

Ab Eb

Beneath my lies collapsing

Fm Eb Fm Cm

(But we are still alive)

Fm Cm

We are still alive

[Bridge: Gilbert]

Db Eb Fm

Buried alive inside of my own grave

And there's no one else to blame

Db Eb Fm

Buried alive inside of my own grave

My own grave

[Chrorus: Gilbert & Lambesis]

Buried alive inside of my own grave

And there's no one else to blame

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

What I'd become

Buried alive inside of my own grave (My grave)

And there's no one else to blame

Db Bbm Cm

Buried alive, buried alive

[Outro/Breakdown: Lambesis]

Cm Fm

Finally forced to face what I'd become

What I'd become

(In my own grave)

Buried

(In my own grave)

Alive

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