Buried Alive Chords
by Carl Smith
Buried Alive by Carl Smith is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7, C7, F, Am and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C G7 C C7
When she left I locked the door and pulled the shades
F C
Now I’m living in a six room grave
F G7 C Am
All my reasons for living have d-i-e-d
C G7 C
So I’m living buried alive
G7 C C7
I just exist with nothing but sorrow
F C
I don’t know if it’s today or tomorrow
F G7 C Am
I’m through living with the world out-si-d-e
C G7 C
So I’m living buried alive
D7
I just can’t believe she’s gone
G7
I’ve been too weak to cry
D7
I sit and wait for teardrops
G7
To fill my lonely eyes
C G7 C C7
My headstone is just a mailbox on the street
F C
And the flowers she planted make things complete
F G7 C Am
Now this home is like a grave ins-i-d-e
C G7 C
So I’m living buried alive
C G7 C C7
My headstone is just a mailbox on the street
F C
And the flowers she planted make things complete
F G7 C Am
Now this home is like a grave ins-i-d-e
C G7 C
So I’m living buried alive