Cold As The Clay
Greg GraffinVersion1
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{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}{section: Verse}{section: Chorus}{section: Riff2}{section: Riff3}{section: Intro}Is heaven so lonely? I'll know soon enough{Riff2}Panning for gold, picking for dimes, ly-in' & waiting for better timesThe tools of the trade lie shopworn and oldThe skills of the master done died with his soulAnd the worklike routine is so lonely and coldCold as the clay, dark as a mine,Wasting away blood, sweat, and grimePanning for gold, picking for dimes, ly-in' & waiting for better timesThe land was converted, the river was moved,The village expanded, some say it's improved,But the lingering feature is a grim attitudeCold as the clay, dark as a mine,Wasting away blood, sweat, and grimePanning for gold, picking for dimes, ly-in' & waiting for better times
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Arrangement source for Cold As The Clay by Greg Graffin
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
Intro/Riff1: [E]-[A]-[Ab]-[F#m]-[E]
{section: Verse}
[E]-[A]-[B]-[C#m]-[B]-{R1}-[E]
{section: Chorus}
{R2}-[A]-[B]-[C#m]-[B]-[A], [B]-[A]-{R3}-[F#m]-[E]
{section: Riff2}
[E]-[F#m]-[Ab]-[A] (Basically riff1 inverted)
{section: Riff3}
[A] [Ab] [E] [F#m]
{section: Intro}
[E]-[A]-[Ab]-[F#m]-[E] {rpt}
[E]Whispers of ancients[A] buried by dust,
[B]Echoes of ages in [C#m]canyons of rust,
[B] {Riff1: [A] [Ab] [F#m]}[E] {rpt riff1}
Is heaven so lonely? I'll know soon enough
{Riff2}
[E]Cold [F#m]as [Ab]the [A]clay, dark as a [B]mine,
Wasting a[C#m]way [B]blood, sweat, and [A]grime
[B] [A] {Riff3:[A] [Ab] [E] [F#m]} [E] {Rpt R1}
Panning for gold, picking for dimes, ly-in' & waiting for better times
{Verse} [E]-[A]-[B]-[C#m]-[B]-{R1}-[E]
The tools of the trade lie shopworn and old
The skills of the master done died with his soul
And the worklike routine is so lonely and cold
{Chorus} {R2}-[A]-[B]-[C#m]-[B]-[A], [B]-[A]-{R3}-[F#m]-[E]
Cold as the clay, dark as a mine,
Wasting away blood, sweat, and grime
Panning for gold, picking for dimes, ly-in' & waiting for better times
{Verse} [E]-[A]-[B]-[C#m]-[B]-{R1}-[E]
The land was converted, the river was moved,
The village expanded, some say it's improved,
But the lingering feature is a grim attitude
{Chorus} {R2}-[A]-[B]-[C#m]-[B]-[A], [B]-[A]-{R3}-[F#m]-[E]
Cold as the clay, dark as a mine,
Wasting away blood, sweat, and grime
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