Cold Cold Ground Chords by Tom Waits

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_ [C] Gret's fallen sad, [Am] kicking an old cafe.
_ [C] Never slept with a [Am] dream before he had to go away.
[C] There's a bell in the [Am] tower, Uncle Ray ball around.
[F] Don't worry about the [G] army in the cold, [C] cold ground. _ _ _ _
[Am] Cold, cold ground. _ _ _
[C] Cold, cold ground. _ _ _ _
[Am] Cold, cold ground. _ _ _ _
[C] Howl, don't be a cry, baby, [A] when there's wood in the shed.
[C] There's a bird in the chimney [Am] and a stone in my bed.
[C] When the road's washed out, we pass the bottle around.
[F] And wait in the arms [G] of the _ cold, [C] cold ground. _ _ _ _
Cold, [Am] cold ground. _ _
The [C] cold, cold ground. _ _ _ _
Cold, cold [Am] ground. _ _ _ _
[C] There's a ribbon in the willow.
[Am] There's a tie-swing [C] rope.
And a briar patch of berries [Am] taking over the slope.
The [C] cattle sleep in the mailbox and will [A] never go to town.
[F] Till we bury every dream in [G] the cold, cold [C] ground. _ _
In the [Am] cold, cold ground. _ _ _
[C] Cold, cold ground. _ _ _
In the [A] cold, cold [Am] ground. _ _
In the cold, [C] cold ground. _ _ _ _
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[C] Give me a Winchester rifle [Am] and a whole box of shells.
[C] Blow the roof off the goat [Am] barn, let it roll down the hill.
[C] The piano is firewood, [Am] time squares the dream.
[F] Our firewood lay down [G] together in the cold, [C] cold ground.
_ _ _ In the [A] cold, cold [Am] ground. _ _ _
Cold, [C] cold ground.
_ _ _ In the cold, [Am] cold ground. _ _ _ _
We'll [C] call the cops on the breed lovers,
bring a Bible and a rope.
[C] And a whole box of Breville [Am] and a barrel of smoke.
[C] Make a pile of trunk [Am] tiles and burn them all down.
[F] Bring a dollar with you, baby.
[G] In the cold, [C] cold ground.
_ _ In the cold, [Am] cold ground.
_ _ _ In the cold, cold ground.
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Get [C] with the vain rooster [Am] throwing rocks at his head.
[C] Stop talking to the neighbors until we all go dead.
[C] Beware of my temper [Am] and the dog that I found.
[F] Break all the [G] windows in the cold, [C] cold ground.
_ _ In the cold, [Am] cold ground.
_ _ _ In the cold, [C] cold ground.
_ _ _ In the [Am] cold, cold ground.
_ _ _ In the cold, [C] cold ground.
_ _ _ In the cold, [Am] cold ground.
_ _ _ In the cold, [C] cold ground.
_ _ _ In the cold, [Am] cold ground.
_ _ In the cold, [C] cold ground.
_ _ _ In the cold, [Am] cold ground.
_ _ In the cold, cold ground. _ _ _ _ _ _