"DIRT IN THE GROUND" (Tom Waits) ==================== -- comp. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan (from _Bone_Machine_, 1992) -- guitar chords, tcg, '94 -- 4/4 // Key of Em (transposed from Fm [piano]) // Moderately -- each chord symbol = *2* beats (1/2 measure); either strums or arpeggios sound nice INTRO: ||: Em C D Em :||<-2x VERSE 1: Em C Em C What does it matter, a dream of love or a dream of lies? D D G B7 We're all gonna be in the same place when we die-- Em C Em C Your spirit don't leave knowing your face or your name, D D G B7 And the wind through your bones is all that remains, and [--for Verse, possible substitutions: C->CM7; G->GM7; D->D7] CHORUS: Em C D Em We're all gonna be--yeah--yeah-- Em C D Em I said, we're all gonna be--yeah--yeah-- Em C D Em I said, we're all gonna be--yeah--yeah-- ----2-measure (8 beats) chord tacit--slap guitar!? I said, we're all gonna be just Dirt in the Ground. VERSE 2: Em C Em C The quill from a buzzard-- the blood writes the word-- D D G B7 I want to know am I the sky or a bird-- Em C Em C 'Cause hell is boiling over and heaven is full-- D D G B7 We're chained to the world and we all gotta pull, and CHORUS VERSE 3: Em C Em C Now the killer was smiling, with nerves made of stone-- D D G B7 He climbed the stairs and the gallows groaned-- Em C Em And the people's hearts were pounding--they were throbbing, C they were red-- D D G B7 As he swung out over the crowd, I heard the hangman [,he*] said, CHORUS VERSE 4: Em C Em C Now Cain slew A-bel-- he killed him with a stone-- D D G B7 The sky cracked open and the thunder groaned-- Em C Em C Along a river of flesh, can these dry bones live? D D G B7 Take** a king or a beggar, and the answer they'll give is CHORUS [as above; then ritard. to the following--] Em C D Em We're all gonna be just Dirt in the Ground-- Em C D Em We're all gonna be just Dirt in the Ground-- Em C D Em I said, we're all gonna be just Dirt in the Ground-- Em C D Em*** Oh, we're all gonna be just Dirt in the Ground-- -------- * my addition, to "clarify" grammar ** liner notes give "Ask," but he clearly sings "Take" on recording *** hold chord, or final arpeggio ================ OTHER rock, jazz, classical, and country TABs and CRDs of mine are available at FTP.NEVADA.EDU/pub/guitar. . . . See especially-- /pub/guitar/black_sabbath /pub/guitar/blue_oyster_cult /pub/guitar/miles_davis /pub/guitar/tom_waits ================