Dirt in the Ground Tabs & Lyrics by Tom Waits

Dirt in the Ground

guitar tabs lyrics

Tom Waits

DIRT IN THE GROUND (Tom Waits) [tab by AL#13]
(written by T. Waits and Kathleen Brennan)
from Bone Machine--1992

capo on 1st

Verse 1:
Em C Em
What does it matter, a dream of love
C

Or a dream of lies
D G
We're all gonna be the same place
B7
When we die
Em C
Your spirit don't leave knowing
Em C
Your face or your name
D
And the wind through your bones
G B7
Is all that remains
Em C D Em
And we're all gonna be...
(4 times)
Em (sung only)
Just dirt in the ground


Verse 2:
Em C
The quill from a buzzard
Em C
The blood writes the word
D G
I want to know am I the sky
B7
or the bird
Em C
'Cause hell is boiling over
Em C
And heaven is full
D
We're chained to the world
G B7
And we all gotta pull
Em C D Em
And we're all gonna be...
(4 times)
Em
...Just dirt in the ground


Verse 3:
Em C
Now the killer was smiling
Em C
With nerves made of stone
D
He climbed the stairs
G B7
And the gallows groaned
Em C
And the people's hearts were pounding
Em C
They were throbbing, they were red
D
As he swung out over the crowd
G B7
I heard the hangman said
Em C D Em
We're all gonna be...
(4 times)
Em
Just dirt in the ground


Verse 4:
Em C
Now Cain slew Gel
Em C
He killed him with a stone
D
The sky cracked open
G B7
And the thunder groaned
Em C
Along a river of flesh
Em C
Can these dry bones live?
D
Ask a king or a beggar
G B7
And the answer they'll give
Em C D Em
Is we're all gonna be...
(4 times)
Em
We're all gonna be just