Waits Tom

Waits Tom - Dirt In The Ground guitar tab

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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

henschj5753@cobra.uni.edu\Z

DIRT IN THE GROUND (1992, Waits, Brennan)

G#m C#m F#(m) G#m

G#m C#m F#(m) G#m

G#m C#m G#m C#m

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#m C#m G#m C#m

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#m C#m F#(m) G#m

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?)

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