Verse
C#m
The world is an overflowing gutter
A
It bubbles with the brine of shit and blood
F#m
And those who keep their eyes upon the heavens
A G# D
Are the ones that end up faces down in the mud
C#m
It's easy to speak of grand ambitions
A
Its easy to pretend you're innocent
F#m
But lest you get distracted by the suffering of your sister
A G#7 D
Being practical and trying to pay the rent
[Chorus]
A C#m
Heaven has been promised to the righteous
F#m E
Hell's an overpopulated pit
B G#7 C#m G#
Purgatory's given to the dreamers
A G#7 C#m
But the world belongs to those who plow the shit
[Verse]
C#m
There's a special place in hell for fancy talkers
A
There's a special place in heaven for the whores
F#m
There's a throne reserved for those with good ideas
A G#7
Stolen by the demagogues who wanted more
C#m
The flowers and the laces in the market
A
Are all purchased by the peddlers of the flesh
F#m
But those who bring relief and carnal pleasure
A G#7
Sometimes serve the needs of mankind for the best
[Chorus]
A C#m
Cast off the limitations of the righteous
F#m E
There are good deeds only devils can commit
B G#7 C#m G#
Let us dance between the teardrops and the angels
A G#7 C#m
For the world belongs to those who plow the shit
[Bridge]
A F#m
At last the supreme maker decreed that this creature
A
To whom he could give nothing wholly his own
Should have a share
G#7 C#m
In the particular endowment of every other creature
Taking man therefore this
C#m
Creature of indeterminate image
A
He set him in the middle of the world
F#m
And thus spoke to him
A
We have given you, oh Adam
G#7
No visage proper to yourself
C#m
No endowment properly your own
In order that
A
Whatever price, whatever form, whatever gifts you may with
Premeditation select
F#m
These same may you have and possess
A
Through your own judgement and decision
G#7
We have made you a creature neither of heaven
C#m
Nor of Earth!
Neither mortal
C#m
Nor immortal!
A
In order that you may
F#m
As the free and proud shaper of your own being
Fashion yourself in the form you may propose
A G#7
It will be in your power
C#m
To descend to the lower brutish forms of life
A
You will be able through your own judgement and decision
F#m
To rise again to the superior orders
A G#7
Of life is divine!
[Verse]
C#m
The dead become the emperors of memory
A
The saints have all been eaten by the worms
F#m
The living will write a twisted future
A G#7
And the sinners all have practical concerns
C#m
The sentinels with rifles on the border
A
Of the pretenses of charity are swept
F#m
Oh but let's not talk of slipping into nightmares
A G#7
For the day is run by those who haven't slept
[Chorus]
A C#m
So throw away the vestments of the righteous
A C#m
Make sure the body armor snuggly fits
B G#7 C#m G#
The souls are taken flight now from the birdhouse
A G#7 C#m
And the world belongs to those who plow the shit
- 1. Chord Gitar Ben Caplan - Plough The Shit Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Ben Caplan - Plough The Shit Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan