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