Dirt in the Ground

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