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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 ...
              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 ..

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
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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 ...
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.

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verse

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