Chords
Down In A Hole

Down in a Hole was written by Jerry Cantrell, the guitarist of the band Alice in Chains, as a farewell to his former girlfriend. He mentioned it is a sad love song, and the hole he refers to in the song symbolizes the place where he is at emotionally.

Key: Am

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
@Am         G          D         @Am      G    D  
Bury me softly in this womb
@Am              G          D         @Am     G    D  
I give this part of me for you
@Am                         G         D  
Sand rains down and here I sit
@Am                G  
Holding rare flowers
D        @Am         G    D      @Am  G  D  
In a tomb
@Am                          G                  D            @Am      G    D  
Down in a hole and I don' t know if I can be saved
@Am                         G          D         @Am        G    D  
See my heart, I decorate it like a grave
@Am  
You don' t understand who they
G                  D                @Am        G    D  
Thought I was supposed to be
@Am                                  G  
Look at me now, I' m a man
D                             @Am     G    D  
Who won' t let himself be

Dm                  C  G        Dm                    C    G  
Down in a hole,          losin'  my soul
Dm                  C  G        Dm                    C    G  
Down in a hole,          losin'  control
Dm        C        @Am      C      G  
I' d    like    to     fly,
F                                  @Am         G    D    @Am     G    D  
But my wings have been so denied

@Am                                  G  
Down in a hole and they' ve put all
     D                     @Am         G     D  
The stones in their place
@Am                                G  
I' ve eaten the sun so my tongue
            D                  @Am        G     D  
Has been burned of the taste
@Am  
I have been guilty
    G                D             @Am        G     D  
Of kicking myself in the teeth
@Am                    G  
I will speak no more
        D          @Am            G     D  
Of my feelings beneath

Dm                  C    G      Dm                    C    G  
Down in a hole,          losin'  my soul
Dm                  C    G      Dm                    C    G  
Down in a hole,          losin'  control
Dm        C         @Am        C      G  
I' d     like    to      fly
F                                  @Am         G  D     @Am     G    D  
But my wings have been so denied

@Am         G         D          @Am  
Bury me softly in this womb,
@Am                 G      D          @Am  
Oh, I want to be inside of you
@Am              G          D         @Am  
I give this part of me for you,
@Am                 G      D          @Am  
Oh, I want to be inside of you
@Am                          G     D  
Sand rains down and here I sit
@Am                G  
Holding rare flowers,
D      @Am  
In a tomb
@Am                 G        D  
Oh, I want to be inside...

Dm                  C    G      Dm                    C    G  
Down in a hole,          losin'  my soul
Dm                  C    G      Dm                      C    G  
Down in a hole,          feelin'  so small
Dm                  C    G      Dm                    C    G  
Down in a hole,          losin'  my soul
Dm                  C    G      Dm                  C    G  
Down in a hole,          outta control
Dm        C         @Am         C      G  
I' d     like    to        fly
     F                                @Am        G    D  
But my wings have been so denied

  @Am            G    D  
  A