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Tom Waits--Dirt in the Ground (written by T. Waits and Kathleen
Brennan)
Verse 1:
FmC#Fm
What does it matter, a dream of love
C#
Or a dream of lies
EbAb
We're all gonna be the same place
C7
When we die
FmC#
Your spirit don't leave knowing
FmC#
Your face or your name
Eb
And the wind through your bones
AbC7
Is all that remains
FmC#EFm
And we're all gonna be...
(4 times)
Fm (sung only)
Just dirt in the ground
Verse 2:
FmC#
The quill from a buzzard
FmC#
The blood writes the word
EbAb
I want to know am I the sky
C7
or the bird
FmC#
'Cause hell is boiling over
FmC#
And heaven is full
Eb
We're chained to the world
AbC7
And we all gotta pull
FmC#EFm
And we're all gonna be...
(4 times)
Fm
...Just dirt in the ground
Verse 3:
FmC#
Now the killer was smiling
FmC#
With nerves made of stone
Eb
He climbed the stairs
AbC7
And the gallows groaned
FmC#
And the people's hearts were pounding
FmC#
They were throbbing, they were red
Eb
As he swung out over the crowd
AbC7
I heard the hangman said
FmC#Fm
We're all gonna be...
(4 times)
Fm
Just dirt in the ground
Verse 4:
FmC#
Now Cain slew Abel
FmC#
He killed him with a stone
Eb
The sky cracked open
AbC7
And the thunder groaned
FmC#
Along a river of flesh
FmC#
Can these dry bones live?
Eb
Ask a king or a beggar
AbC7
And the answer they'll give
FmC#EFm
Is we're all gonna be...
(4 times)
Fm
We're all gonna be just
Jeff Henscheid