Miserys The River Of The World
Tom WaitsVersion1
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The higher that the monkey can climb, the more he shows his tail
Call no man happy till he dies, there's no milk at the bottom of the pail
God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel
like the thistles that are growing on the trunk of a tree
All the good in the world you can put inside a thimble
And still have room for you and me
If there's one thing you can say about mankind
There's nothing kind about man
You can drive out nature with a pitch fork
But it always comes roaring back again
Misery's the river of the world
Misery's the river of the world
Misery's the river of the world
The higher that the monkey can climb, the more he shows his tail
Call no man happy till he dies, there's no milk at the bottom of the pail
God tempers all the ruins for the new shorn lands
The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand
All the good in the world you can put inside a thimble
And still have room for you and me
If there's one thing you can say about mankind
There's nothing kind about man
You can drive out nature with a pitch fork
But it always comes roaring back again
For want of a bird the sky was lost, for want of a nail the shoe was lost
For want of a life a life was lost for want of a toy a child was lost
And misery's the river of the world
Misery's the river of the world
Everybody row, everybody row
Misery's the river of the word
Misery's the river of the world
Misery's the river of the world
Everybody row, everybody row
Everybody row, everybody row
Misery's the river of the world
Misery's the river of the world
Everybody row, everybody row
Everybody row, everybody row
Everybody row
Misery's the river of the world
Misery's the river of the world
Misery's the river of the world
Misery's the river of the world
Everybody row, everybody
Everybody row
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Readable chord sheet for Miserys The River Of The World by Tom Waits
[N.C.] [Fm] The [Fm]higher that the monkey can climb, the [Cm]more he shows his tail Call [Fm]no man happy till he dies, there's no [Cm]milk at the bottom of the pail [Dm]God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel like the thistles that are growing on the trunk of a tree All the good in the world you can put inside a thimble And still have room for you and me If there's [Fm]one thing you can say about mankind There's [Dm]nothing kind about man You can [Fm]drive out nature with a pitch fork But it [Cm]always comes roaring back again [Fm]Misery's the river of the world Misery's the river of the world Misery's the river of the world [Fm] [Cm] [Fm] [Cm] [Fm] [Cm] [Fm] The [Fm]higher that the monkey can climb, the [Cm]more he shows his tail Call [Fm]no man happy till he dies, there's no [Cm]milk at the bottom of the pail God [Dm]tempers all the ruins for the new shorn lands The [Am]devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand All the [Fm]good in the world you can put inside a thimble And [Cm]still have room for [C7]you and me If there's [Fm]one thing you can say about mankind There's [Cm]nothing kind about man You can [Dm]drive out nature with a pitch fork But it [Cm]always comes roaring back again For [Fm]want of a bird the sky was lost, for [Cm]want of a nail the shoe was lost For [Fm]want of a life a life was lost for [Cm]want of a toy a [C7]child was lost And [Fm]misery's the river of the world [Cm]Misery's the river of the world Everybody [Fm]row, everybody row [Cm]Misery's the river of the word [Fm]Misery's the river of the world [Cm]Misery's the river of the world Everybody [Fm]row, everybody row Everybody [Cm]row, everybody row [Fm]Misery's the river of the world [Am]Misery's the river of the world Everybody [Fm]row, everybody row Everybody [Am]row, everybody row Everybody [Fm]row [Am]Misery's the river of the world [Fm]Misery's the river of the world [Am]Misery's the river of the world [Fm]Misery's the river of the world Everybody [Am]row, everybody [Fm]Everybody row [Am] [Fm] [Am] [Fm]