Dirt in the Ground

Appears on Bone Machine

Version 1 | Version 2 | Lyrics

Version 1

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		

Version 2

|Em - C| - |D - Em| 
			
Em             C         Em                 C 
  What does it matter, a dream of love or a dream of lies 
D                             G             B7   
We're all gonna be the same place when we die 
Em                        C            Em           C 
  Your spirit don't leave knowing your face or your name 
D                                    G          B7   
And the wind through your bones is all that remains 
			
          Em        C    D    Em 
And we're all gonna be... 
          Em        C    D    Em 
And we're all gonna be... 
          Em        C    D    Em 
And we're all gonna be... 
             Em 
I said we're all gonne be just dirt in the ground 
			
The quill from a buzzard - The blood writes the word 
I want to know am I the sky or the bird 
'Cause hell is boiling over and heaven is full 
We're chained to the world and we all gotta pull 
			
And we're all gonna be... 
			
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 out over the crowd - I heard the hangman said 
			
We're all gonna be... 
			
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... 

Lyrics

What does it matter, a dream of love
Or a dream of lies
We're all gonna be in the same place
When we die
Your spirit don't leave knowing
Your face or your name
And the wind through your bones
Is all that remains
And we're all gonna be
We're all gonna be
Just dirt in the ground

The quill from a buzzard
The blood writes the word
I want to know am I the sky
Or a bird
'Cause hell is boiling over
And heaven is full
We're chained to the world
And we 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 out ofver 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
Yea yeah
We're all gonna be just
Dirt in the ground