Dirt In The Ground Chords by Tom Waits

Dirt In The Ground chords by Tom Waits

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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 ...
       Db
Or ..
   Eb          Ab
We're ..
    C7
When ..
Fm           Db
Your ..
Fm        Db
Your ..
    Eb
And ..
  Ab    C7
Is ..
Fm         Db  Eb Fm
And .....
(4 times)
Fm (sung only)
Just ..

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Verse 2:
Fm        Db
The ..
Fm          Db
The ..
     Eb      Ab
I ..
    C7
or ..
    Fm   Db
'Cause ..
Fm      Db
And ..
   Eb
We're ..
  Ab      C7
And ..
Fm         Db Eb Fm
And ..
(4 times)
Fm
...Just ..


Verse 3:
    Fm     Db
Now ..
   Fm       Db
With ..
Eb
He ..
    Ab   C7
And ..
    Fm          Db
And ..
     Fm          Db
They ..
   Eb
As ..
      Ab   C7
I ..
Fm       Db  Eb Fm
We're ..
(4 times)
Fm
Just ...


Verse 4:
  Fm    Db
Now ..
  Fm        Db
He ..
  Eb
The ..
    Ab   C7
And ..
Fm        Db
Along ...
Fm         Db
Can ..
   Eb
Ask ..
    Ab       C7
And ..
Fm         Db Eb Fm
Is ..
(4 times)
Fm
We're ..


Jeff Henscheid
henschj5753@cobra.uni.edu
----

version 2


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 ...
G#m              C#m      G#m              C#m
  Your ..
F#            (sustain)      C# thingee          D#
  And ...
 G#m          C#m         F#(m)               G#m
We're ..
  (embellish with sparse and groovy guitar licks according to your listening pleasure)
...We're all gonna be just dirt in the ground.

verse

verse

verse

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

Tom Waits chords for Dirt in the ground

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