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From: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 18:59:05 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Tom Waits_Dirt in the Ground
Tom Waits—Dirt in the Ground (written by T. Waits and Kathleen
Brennan)
from Bone Machine—1992
Verse 1:
Fm Db Fm
What does it matter, a dream of love
Db
Or a dream of lies
Eb Ab
We’re all gonna be the same place
C7
When we die
Fm Db
Your spirit don’t leave knowing
Fm Db
Your face or your name
Eb
And the wind through your bones
Ab C7
Is all that remains
Fm Db Eb Fm
And we’re all gonna be…
(4 times)
Fm (sung only)
Just dirt in the ground
Verse 2:
Fm Db
The quill from a buzzard
Fm Db
The blood writes the word
Eb Ab
I want to know am I the sky
C7
or the bird
Fm Db
‘Cause hell is boiling over
Fm Db
And heaven is full
Eb
We’re chained to the world
Ab C7
And we all gotta pull
Fm Db Eb Fm
And we’re all gonna be…
(4 times)
Fm
…Just dirt in the ground
Verse 3:
Fm Db
Now the killer was smiling
Fm Db
With nerves made of stone
Eb
He climbed the stairs
Ab C7
And the gallows groaned
Fm Db
And the people’s hearts were pounding
Fm Db
They were throbbing, they were red
Eb
As he swung out over the crowd
Ab C7
I heard the hangman said
Fm Db Eb Fm
We’re all gonna be…
(4 times)
Fm
Just dirt in the ground
Verse 4:
Fm Db
Now Cain slew Abel
Fm Db
He killed him with a stone
Eb
The sky cracked open
Ab C7
And the thunder groaned
Fm Db
Along a river of flesh
Fm Db
Can these dry bones live?
Eb
Ask a king or a beggar
Ab C7
And the answer they’ll give
Fm Db Eb Fm
Is we’re all gonna be…
(4 times)
Fm
We’re all gonna be just
Jeff Henscheid
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