Tablature dirt in the ground - Tom Waits

          



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  From: HENSCHJ5753@uni.edu

  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

  henschj5753@cobra.uni.edu

  

  

  Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 07:16:30 -0800

  From: msue <msue@zip.com.au>

  Subject: TAB: Dirt in the Ground, Tom Waits

  

  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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