How Did I Get Out Alive

   C    B6   D    G    Am   Em   F#6
E|-----------2----3---------0----3----|
B|-1----1----3----3----1----0----3----|
G|-0----0----2----0----2----0----0----|
D|-2----2----0----0----2----2----0----|
A|-3----2---------2----0----2----x----|
E|----------------3---------0----2----|


[Intro]

E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5---5-7-5-7-7/9-7-5-7-5-4-5---5-7-5-7-7/9-7-5-7-5-4--|
A|-5---5-------------------------5------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

   G     D       Em    D                       D   G 
E|---------------------------------------------2---3---------------|
B|---------------------------------------------3---3---------------|
G|---------------------------------------------2---0---------5(| n)--|
D|-5---5-7-5-7-7/9-7-5-7-4-5---5-7-5-7-7/9-7-5-0---0------0--5(| n)--|
A|---5-----------------------5---------------------2--0h2----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------3---------------|


[Verse 1]

C              B6      D
Down where the dullers roll
           C                        G                                       
How do you keep a match lit in this hole?
C            B6     Am                         
Up where the idiots lead
           Em             
Scattering seeds
         D          C             G                                       
Where we all had to stand for the pledge
     D          C              G                                    
When bones were thrown, we all fetched
    D             C         G                            
But still we were burning inside
D (STOP)  C        G                        
How did I get out alive?


(Pre Verse)

   G         D         Em        D         G
E|-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-3--------------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-0--------5(| n)--|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0--5(| n)--|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-----------2-2-2-2-2-----------2-0h2----------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-----------0-0-0-0-0-----------3--------------|

[Verse 2]

C (Fill 1)   B6          D           
And we read: here we are free
           C                         G                                        
Sang "This land was made for you and me"
C              B6        Am                               
Watched as the president swore
           Em                      
Called for war (WAR!)
       D            C              G                                        
We all died, yellow ribbons 'round necks
       D          C             G                                  
And we all had to stand for the pledge
   D            C        G                              
So smothered by national pride
D (STOP)  C       G                        
How did I get out alive?


(Fill 1)

    C    B6   D      
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8----8----10---10---------------------------------------------|
G|--9----9----11---11-----------------12(| n)------------5(n)-------|
D|-10----9----12---12--10-9-10--------------12(| n)-----------5(n)--|
A|-------------------------------12(| n)------------5(n)------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


[Solo]

   G     D     G       D     G     D     G       D
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-7-5-7-7/9-7-5-7-5-4-5---5-7-5-7-7/9-7-5-7-5-4------------|
A|---5-------------------------5----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

  Em     F#6   G   C     D      D       G

E|--------------------------------------3-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------3-------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------0--------5(| n)-------------|
D|--------------------------------------0-----0--5(| n)-------------|
A|---------------2-3-2----------2/3-2---2-0h2---------------------|
E|-0-0-0-2-0-2-3-------3/5------------3-3-------------------------|



[Verse 3]

C              B6     D
Back where the idiots rolled
        C                      G                              
I was a time bomb brought into school
       C        B6              Am                                    
It was there we learned up from down
       Em           
Upside down
       D             C             G                                         
It was there that we stood for the pledge
          D           C             G                              
Where the living were raised by the dead

        D              C          G                               
Let the slaughter kept inside the lines
   D (STOP)  C                   
So how did I get out?
   D          C                 
By some rebel angel?
    G              
Was I blessed?
      D            C        G                          
Or by some devils, maybe in lead
       D          C             G                                 
One by one we all choked on the lies
D (STOP)  C       G
How did I get out alive?


[Ending]

G          D        Em         D            C          D
Hey, but I ain't no saint sent down to save you
G      D            Em              D           C      D                     
If you struggle and fight, You just may get out too
G          D        Em         D            C          D                         
Hey, but I ain't no saint sent down to save you
                       

G      D            Em             D           C                                 
If you struggle and fight you just may get out too
                 



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E|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-------------------------2-2-2---|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3---|
G|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0h2-2-2-2h4-4-4-2-2-2---|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-0-0---|
A|-2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
E|-3-3-3-3---------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------|



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| (n) Ghost note
| h   Hammer-on
| x   Mute