Burial Ground Chords
by Dog Is Dead
Burial Ground by Dog Is Dead is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Dm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C C
Lending your love to the usual strangers
C C
well I've been acting my age
C G F F C (slide back to C from the F)
C C
I'd try to help if I could make things better
C C
time is slipping away
C G F F C
Dm Am
Now you're back to the start
Dm F C Dm C C Dm C
now you're back where you came from
Dm Am
and we all fell apart
Dm F C C Dm C
when we heard that you changed
F C
Run, run, run from the burial ground
G
to your best friend's house
Am F C G Am
because he's still alive
F C
Take, take, take yeah take it all back
G
but you have to admit
Am F C G Am
you could have handled things better
C Dm C
you're doing your best but you're all to clever
C Dm C
take a fall on me
C G F F C Dm C
C Dm C
I'm callous and blessed for the first time ever
C Dm C
taking time to heal
C G F F C
Dm Am
Now you're back to the start
Dm F C Dm C C Dm C
now you're back where you came from
Dm Am
and the changing of hearts
Dm F C Dm C
is all such a strange thing
F C
Run, run, run from the burial ground
G
to your best friend's house
Am F C G Am
because he's still alive
F C
Take, take, take yeah take it all back
G
but you have to admit
Am F C G Am
you could have handled things better
(Bridge)
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|--7-----5/7---7\5----| (X14) (also for those who didn't know, the "/" is
A|--7-----5/7---7\5----| a slide up and the "\" is a slide down)
E|--5-----3/5---5\3----|
F C G Am (4x)
with this melody played over it
e|----12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-------10-10-------------|
B|-10-------------------------------------13-10-------13-10-10----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------| (X4)
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F C
Run, run, run from the burial ground
G
to your best friend's house
Am F C G Am
because he's still alive
F C
Take, take, take yeah take it all back
G
but you have to admit
Am F C G Am
you could have handled things better
F C
Run, run, run from the burial ground
G
to your best friend's house
Am F C G Am
because he's still alive
F C
Take, take, take yeah take it all back
G
but you have to admit
Am F C G Am
you could have handled things better