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Tom Waits--Dirt in the Ground (written by T. Waits and Kathleen Brennan)
from Bone Machine--1992


Verse 1:
FmFm Piano Chord 
           DbDb Piano Chord 
      FmFm Piano Chord 

What does it matter, a dream of love
DbDb Piano Chord 

Or a dream of lies
EbEb Piano Chord 
                    AbAb Piano Chord 

We're all gonna be the same place
C7C7 Piano Chord 

When we die
FmFm Piano Chord 
                      DbDb Piano Chord 

Your spirit don't leave knowing
FmFm Piano Chord 
                DbDb Piano Chord 

Your face or your name
EbEb Piano Chord 

And the wind through your bones
AbAb Piano Chord 
       C7C7 Piano Chord 

Is all that remains
FmFm Piano Chord 
                  DbDb Piano Chord 
   EbEb Piano Chord 
  FmFm Piano Chord 

And we're all gonna be...
(4 times)
Fm (sung only)
Just dirt in the ground

Verse 2:
FmFm Piano Chord 
               DbDb Piano Chord 

The quill from a buzzard
FmFm Piano Chord 
                   DbDb Piano Chord 

The blood writes the word
EbEb Piano Chord 
            AbAb Piano Chord 

I want to know am I the sky
C7C7 Piano Chord 

or the bird
FmFm Piano Chord 
      DbDb Piano Chord 

'Cause hell is boiling over
FmFm Piano Chord 
            DbDb Piano Chord 

And heaven is full
EbEb Piano Chord 

We're chained to the world
AbAb Piano Chord 
           C7C7 Piano Chord 

And we all gotta pull
FmFm Piano Chord 
                  DbDb Piano Chord 
  EbEb Piano Chord 
  FmFm Piano Chord 

And we're all gonna be...
(4 times)
FmFm Piano Chord 

...Just dirt in the ground

Verse 3:
FmFm Piano Chord 
         DbDb Piano Chord 

Now the killer was smiling
FmFm Piano Chord 
             DbDb Piano Chord 

With nerves made of stone
EbEb Piano Chord 

He climbed the stairs
AbAb Piano Chord 
      C7C7 Piano Chord 

And the gallows groaned
FmFm Piano Chord 
                   DbDb Piano Chord 

And the people's hearts were pounding
FmFm Piano Chord 
                   DbDb Piano Chord 

They were throbbing, they were red
EbEb Piano Chord 

As he swung out over the crowd
AbAb Piano Chord 
      C7C7 Piano Chord 

I heard the hangman said
FmFm Piano Chord 
              DbDb Piano Chord 
   EbEb Piano Chord 
  FmFm Piano Chord 

We're all gonna be...
(4 times)
FmFm Piano Chord 

Just dirt in the ground

Verse 4:
FmFm Piano Chord 
        DbDb Piano Chord 

Now Cain slew Abel
FmFm Piano Chord 
                DbDb Piano Chord 

He killed him with a stone
EbEb Piano Chord 

The sky cracked open
AbAb Piano Chord 
      C7C7 Piano Chord 

And the thunder groaned
FmFm Piano Chord 
               DbDb Piano Chord 

Along a river of flesh
FmFm Piano Chord 
                  DbDb Piano Chord 

Can these dry bones live?
EbEb Piano Chord 

Ask a king or a beggar
AbAb Piano Chord 
             C7C7 Piano Chord 

And the answer they'll give
FmFm Piano Chord 
                 DbDb Piano Chord 
  EbEb Piano Chord 
  FmFm Piano Chord 

Is we're all gonna be...
(4 times)
FmFm Piano Chord 

We're all gonna be just

Jeff Henscheid


DIRT IN THE GROUND (1992, Waits, Brennan)

G#mG#m Piano Chord 
                     C#mC#m Piano Chord 
                  F#(m)F#(m) Piano Chord 
                         G#mG#m Piano Chord 

G#mG#m Piano Chord 
                     C#mC#m Piano Chord 
                  F#(m)F#(m) Piano Chord 
                         G#mG#m Piano Chord 


G#mG#m Piano Chord 
                     C#mC#m Piano Chord 
                  G#mG#m Piano Chord 
                         C#mC#m Piano Chord 

What does it       matter?                A dream of love or a       dream of lies?
F#                       (sustain)             C# thingee                   D#
We're all gonna be the same           place when we                die.
G#mG#m Piano Chord 
                            C#mC#m Piano Chord 
           G#mG#m Piano Chord 
                           C#mC#m Piano Chord 

Your spirit don't leave    knowing         your face or your           name,
F#                       (sustain)           C# thingee                    D#
And the wind through your bones is       all that                    remains, and
G#mG#m Piano Chord 
                    C#mC#m Piano Chord 
                 F#(m)F#(m) Piano Chord 
                             G#mG#m Piano Chord 

We're all gonna          be...
(embellish with sparse and groovy guitar licks according to your listening pleasure)
...We're all gonna be just dirt in the ground.

The quill from a buzzard,  blood writes the word,
I want to know am I the sky or  a bird,
'Cause hell is boilin' over, and heaven is full,
We're chained to the world and we've all gotta pull.
And we're all gonna be...just dirt in the ground.

Now the killer was smiling, with nerves made of stone;
He climbed the stairs and the gallows groaned;
And the people's hearts were pounding, they were throbbing they were red,
As he swung over the crowd I heard the hangman said
We're all gonna be ...just dirt in the ground.

Now Cain slew Abel, he killed him with a stone;
The sky cracked open and the thunder groaned;
Along a river of flesh can these dry bones live?
Ask a king or a beggar and the answer they'll give
Is we're all gonna be...just dirt in the ground.

C# thingee:  445464 (the dirtier the better, eh?)