Verse
Dm
The world is an overflowing gutter
A#
It bubbles with the brine of shit and blood
Gm
And those who keep their eyes upon the heavens
A# A D#
Are the ones that end up faces down in the mud
Dm
It's easy to speak of grand ambitions
A#
Its easy to pretend you're innocent
Gm
But lest you get distracted by the suffering of your sister
A# A7 D#
Being practical and trying to pay the rent
[Chorus]
A# Dm
Heaven has been promised to the righteous
Gm F
Hell's an overpopulated pit
C A7 Dm A
Purgatory's given to the dreamers
A# A7 Dm
But the world belongs to those who plow the shit
[Verse]
Dm
There's a special place in hell for fancy talkers
A#
There's a special place in heaven for the whores
Gm
There's a throne reserved for those with good ideas
A# A7
Stolen by the demagogues who wanted more
Dm
The flowers and the laces in the market
A#
Are all purchased by the peddlers of the flesh
Gm
But those who bring relief and carnal pleasure
A# A7
Sometimes serve the needs of mankind for the best
[Chorus]
A# Dm
Cast off the limitations of the righteous
Gm F
There are good deeds only devils can commit
C A7 Dm A
Let us dance between the teardrops and the angels
A# A7 Dm
For the world belongs to those who plow the shit
[Bridge]
A# Gm
At last the supreme maker decreed that this creature
A#
To whom he could give nothing wholly his own
Should have a share
A7 Dm
In the particular endowment of every other creature
Taking man therefore this
Dm
Creature of indeterminate image
A#
He set him in the middle of the world
Gm
And thus spoke to him
A#
We have given you, oh Adam
A7
No visage proper to yourself
Dm
No endowment properly your own
In order that
A#
Whatever price, whatever form, whatever gifts you may with
Premeditation select
Gm
These same may you have and possess
A#
Through your own judgement and decision
A7
We have made you a creature neither of heaven
Dm
Nor of Earth!
Neither mortal
Dm
Nor immortal!
A#
In order that you may
Gm
As the free and proud shaper of your own being
Fashion yourself in the form you may propose
A# A7
It will be in your power
Dm
To descend to the lower brutish forms of life
A#
You will be able through your own judgement and decision
Gm
To rise again to the superior orders
A# A7
Of life is divine!
[Verse]
Dm
The dead become the emperors of memory
A#
The saints have all been eaten by the worms
Gm
The living will write a twisted future
A# A7
And the sinners all have practical concerns
Dm
The sentinels with rifles on the border
A#
Of the pretenses of charity are swept
Gm
Oh but let's not talk of slipping into nightmares
A# A7
For the day is run by those who haven't slept
[Chorus]
A# Dm
So throw away the vestments of the righteous
A# Dm
Make sure the body armor snuggly fits
C A7 Dm A
The souls are taken flight now from the birdhouse
A# A7 Dm
And the world belongs to those who plow the shit
- 1. Chord Gitar Ben Caplan - Plough The Shit Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar C#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Ben Caplan - Plough The Shit Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar C#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan