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Kevin Devine - Awake In The Dirt chords
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Awake in the Dirt" - Kevin Devine (GDB) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This song was inspired by the book "American Pastoral" by Philip Roth. It's tentative title was "Merry Levov" (after the female radical character). INTRO | Chorus | Break 1 | Break 2 | Bm: x24432 | Bb: 013300 | (G): 320032 | C: 032010 | G: 355433 | A: 002220 | | Em: 022000 | Gb: 244222 | | | Am: 002210 | Gb7: 24x322 | | | | D: 000323 | (D): 057700 | | | --VERSE: Bm (-carried over-) G Dad I know Gb You can't see Gb7 My actions as Bm A plea for peace --VERSE: Bm (-carried over-) G You can't get past Gb The rocks stained red Gb7 The nail-bomb blast Bm The doctor dead --VERSE: Bm (-carried over-) G Your prairie dream Gb Your liberal heart Gb7 Your patient mind Bm You father's arms --ALT VERSE: Bm (-carried over-) G They just won't do Gb They just can't fit Gb7 It's them, not Marx D You can blame for this --CHORUS: D Bb -> A -> D Alive in the dirt D G Alive in the dirt Gb7 Bm I'm at peace, sainted and waiting G (*see below for notes) For my perfect pain to speak through me again --BREAK 1: Bm > (G) > Gb > Gb7 --VERSE: Bm G Dad I found God Gb Through Vietnam Gb7 My Lai's graves Bm And Agent Orange --VERSE: Bm (-carried over-) G See we live lives Gb We must choose Gb7 Our bombs spoke loud Bm So I spoke, too [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/k/kevin-devine/327196.html ] --VERSE: Bm (-carried over-) G Then disappeared, Gb Ten miles from home Gb7 a Newark slum Bm Where you won't go --ALT VERSE: Bm (-carried over-) G It's here I've found Gb My higher self Gb7 A life that works D And suits me well --ALT CHORUS: D Bb -> A -> D I pray for the dirt D G I pray for the dirt Gb7 Bm And I ask to suffer in silence Bb G To stay here in hell, ohhhhhhh --BREAK 2: C Ab -> G -> C Awake in the dirt, ohhhhh-ohhhh-ohhhhh C Ab -> G -> Em Awake in the dirt, ohhhhh-ohhhh-ohhhhh Em Am Awake in the dirt, now. G (see below for notes) --VERSE: Bm (-carried over-) G My stutter lifts Gb My words come clear Gb7 Your little girl Bm She's just not here --VERSE: Bm (-carried over-) G I am sure Gb That at my death Gb7 The truth will float Bm on God's sweet breath --ALT VERSE: Bm (-carried over-) G Until that time Gb don't ask for me Gb7 Behind this veil D is where I'll be --CHORUS: D Bb -> A -> D At one with the dirt D G At one with the dirt Gb7 Bm I'm at peace, sainted and waiting G (*see below for notes) For my perfect pain to speak through me for good -OUTRO: Bm -> G -> Gb -> Gb7 Bm -> G -> Gb -> Gb7 _____________________________________________________________________ Not absolutely sure about this next part, but it is a rough estimate. --CHORUS NOTES: G G D e-(?)---------------------------------| B-(?)-5-----5---(?)----------7--------| G--0--------0---(?)----------7--------| Then the "Bm" in the next D--0--------5--------7-5-4---5--------| verse comes immediately after A--5--------5-------------------------| E--3--------3-------------------------| Per-fect pain to s t m again V ^ V ^ V V V ^  |