Verse
A#m
The world is an overflowing gutter
F#
It bubbles with the brine of shit and blood
D#m
And those who keep their eyes upon the heavens
F# F B
Are the ones that end up faces down in the mud
A#m
It's easy to speak of grand ambitions
F#
Its easy to pretend you're innocent
D#m
But lest you get distracted by the suffering of your sister
F# F7 B
Being practical and trying to pay the rent
[Chorus]
F# A#m
Heaven has been promised to the righteous
D#m C#
Hell's an overpopulated pit
G# F7 A#m F
Purgatory's given to the dreamers
F# F7 A#m
But the world belongs to those who plow the shit
[Verse]
A#m
There's a special place in hell for fancy talkers
F#
There's a special place in heaven for the whores
D#m
There's a throne reserved for those with good ideas
F# F7
Stolen by the demagogues who wanted more
A#m
The flowers and the laces in the market
F#
Are all purchased by the peddlers of the flesh
D#m
But those who bring relief and carnal pleasure
F# F7
Sometimes serve the needs of mankind for the best
[Chorus]
F# A#m
Cast off the limitations of the righteous
D#m C#
There are good deeds only devils can commit
G# F7 A#m F
Let us dance between the teardrops and the angels
F# F7 A#m
For the world belongs to those who plow the shit
[Bridge]
F# D#m
At last the supreme maker decreed that this creature
F#
To whom he could give nothing wholly his own
Should have a share
F7 A#m
In the particular endowment of every other creature
Taking man therefore this
A#m
Creature of indeterminate image
F#
He set him in the middle of the world
D#m
And thus spoke to him
F#
We have given you, oh Adam
F7
No visage proper to yourself
A#m
No endowment properly your own
In order that
F#
Whatever price, whatever form, whatever gifts you may with
Premeditation select
D#m
These same may you have and possess
F#
Through your own judgement and decision
F7
We have made you a creature neither of heaven
A#m
Nor of Earth!
Neither mortal
A#m
Nor immortal!
F#
In order that you may
D#m
As the free and proud shaper of your own being
Fashion yourself in the form you may propose
F# F7
It will be in your power
A#m
To descend to the lower brutish forms of life
F#
You will be able through your own judgement and decision
D#m
To rise again to the superior orders
F# F7
Of life is divine!
[Verse]
A#m
The dead become the emperors of memory
F#
The saints have all been eaten by the worms
D#m
The living will write a twisted future
F# F7
And the sinners all have practical concerns
A#m
The sentinels with rifles on the border
F#
Of the pretenses of charity are swept
D#m
Oh but let's not talk of slipping into nightmares
F# F7
For the day is run by those who haven't slept
[Chorus]
F# A#m
So throw away the vestments of the righteous
F# A#m
Make sure the body armor snuggly fits
G# F7 A#m F
The souls are taken flight now from the birdhouse
F# F7 A#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 F)
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- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan