Make The Dirt Stick Chords by Chris Whitley

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_ _ [D] _ _ _ nothing wrong with [B] _ _ staying _ [D] _
inside.
_ _ [Dm] There's nothing wrong with staying [G] home tonight.
_ _ _ [D] _ All week long [Bm] was a _ [G] world of _ restless.
_ [C] _ Whatever it takes for a little [B] _ _ [Bm] peace and _ quiet.
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[A] I got a permit to be [Bm] _
right out [D] there now. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] God's will upon _ _
_ [G] the _ hill.
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All summer long [Bm] was it _ rain [G] and _ water. _ _
[C] _ Sometimes _ surrender _ [Bm] to _ God's will.
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Whatever it takes you best [C] _ now surrender.
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_ Never you know you gotta [C] _ tell them [Bm] quick. _ _
[D] Scratching the [C] wall [G] with some _ [F] old [D] barbed wire.
Whatever _ [E] it takes _ to make the dirt _ [Dm] stick. _ _
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[D] _ _ I hear them [Dm] coming with a [Bm] _ craned _ [D] hammer. _
_ _ [Dm] I hear them digging these [A] holes in [G] the ground. _
_ [D] I feel like there's something [Bm] bound to take [G] me _ over.
_ [C] _ Some do what you can and they [Bm] mean all down [D] there.
_ Whatever it takes [Am] you best [C] _ [D] now _ surrender.
_ _ Never you know you [C] gotta tell them [Bm] quick.
_ _ [F] Scratching the [C] wall with [G] some _ old barbed [D] wire.
Whatever _ [Am] it takes [Em] to make the dirt stick.
[D] God said whatever it takes you [C] best now [D] _ _ surrender. _
_ Never you know you gotta [C] _ tell them _ [Bm] quick. _
Scratching [F] the wall [D] with some [G] _ old [D] barbed wire. _
[A] Whatever _ [F] it takes to [Em] make the dirt stick.
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