Cold Cold Ground Chords by Tom Waits

[Start]

[Intro]
C Am C Am C Am C Am
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C Am C Am
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[Verse]
C                               Am  
Crest fallen sidekick in an old cafe
C                                  Am            
Never slept with a dream before he had to go away
C                                 Am                
There's a bell in the tower uncle Ray bought a round
F                          G                C     
Don't worry about the army in the cold cold ground
     Am         
Cold cold ground
     C          
Cold cold ground
     Am         
Cold cold ground
          C                         Am              
Now don't be a crybaby when there's wood in the shed
C                                  Am               
There's a bird in the chimmney and a stone in my bed
     C                                 Am           
When the road's washed out we pass the bottle around
F                           G         C     
And wait in the arms of the cold cold ground
     Am         
Cold cold ground
          C     
Cold cold ground
     Am         
Cold cold ground
          C                              Am             
There's a ribbon in the willow there's a tire swing rope
C                            Am                   
And a briar patch of berries takin' over the slope
C                                         Am              
The cat'll sleep in the mailbox and we'll never go to town
F                           G7       C          
'til we bury every dream in the cold cold ground
            Am         
In the cold cold ground
              C     
The cold cold ground
            Am         
In the cold cold ground
                 C     
In the cold cold ground


[Solo]
Am C Am C Am F G7 C
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Am C Am
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[Verse]
        C                      Am                 
Gimme a Winchester rifle and a whole box of shells
C                               Am                       
Blow the roof off the goat barn let it roll down the hill
C                           Am               
The piano is firewood Times Square is a dream
F                                 G             C     
I find we'll lay down together in the cold cold ground
     Am         
Cold cold ground
C               
Cold cold ground
                 Am    
In the cold cold ground
            C                              Am              
We call the cops on the Breedloves bring a bible and a rope
      C                        Am         
And a whole box of rebel and a bar of soap
C                              Am               
Make a pile of trunk tires and burn 'em all down
F                               G             C     
Bring a dollar with you baby in the cold cold ground


[Chorus]
            Am         
In the cold cold ground
                 C     
In the cold cold ground
                 Am    
In the cold cold ground
       C                         Am               
Take a weathervane rooster throw rocks at his head
C                             Am                  
Stop talking to the neighbors until we all go dead
C                           Am                 
Beware of my temper and the dog that I've found
F                       G           C          
■ Break all the windows in the cold cold ground
                 Am    
In the cold cold ground
                 C     
In the cold cold ground
                 Am    
In the cold cold ground
                 C     
In the cold cold ground
                 Am    
In the cold cold ground
                 C     
In the cold cold ground
                 Am    
In the cold cold ground
                 C     
In the cold cold ground


[End]
            Am         
In the cold cold ground
                 G     
In the cold cold ground