The Birthday Massacre

Shallow Grave(Bass guitar)

The Birthday Massacre

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Intro bass begins at 0:18 
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Verse 0:35 'Her voice cuts through the walls, rings through everything that's hollow...' 
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Pre-Chorus 0:52 'She was always good for nothing when the good broke bad...' 
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Chorus 1:09 'We put her down in a shallow grave, she wears a dress like a body bag everyday...' 
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verse 1:25 'Her blood runs hot to cold, always breaking all she borrows...' 
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Pre-Chorus 1:42 'Just another reason looking for the next 'because'...' 
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Chorus 1:59 'We put her down in a shallow grave, she wears a dress like a body bag everyday...' 
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Bridge 2:16 'Tomorrow's not a new day, more time to think things through...' 
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Pre-Chorus 
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Chorus 2:50 'We put her down in a shallow grave, she wears a dress like a body bag everyday...' 
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Outro 3:06 
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| ~  Vibrato 
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Written by Michael Hanmer/Michael Rainbow/Matthew O'Halloran/Sara Taylor

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