Verse
Am
The world is an overflowing gutter
F
It bubbles with the brine of shit and blood
Dm
And those who keep their eyes upon the heavens
F E A#
Are the ones that end up faces down in the mud
Am
It's easy to speak of grand ambitions
F
Its easy to pretend you're innocent
Dm
But lest you get distracted by the suffering of your sister
F E7 A#
Being practical and trying to pay the rent
[Chorus]
F Am
Heaven has been promised to the righteous
Dm C
Hell's an overpopulated pit
G E7 Am E
Purgatory's given to the dreamers
F E7 Am
But the world belongs to those who plow the shit
[Verse]
Am
There's a special place in hell for fancy talkers
F
There's a special place in heaven for the whores
Dm
There's a throne reserved for those with good ideas
F E7
Stolen by the demagogues who wanted more
Am
The flowers and the laces in the market
F
Are all purchased by the peddlers of the flesh
Dm
But those who bring relief and carnal pleasure
F E7
Sometimes serve the needs of mankind for the best
[Chorus]
F Am
Cast off the limitations of the righteous
Dm C
There are good deeds only devils can commit
G E7 Am E
Let us dance between the teardrops and the angels
F E7 Am
For the world belongs to those who plow the shit
[Bridge]
F Dm
At last the supreme maker decreed that this creature
F
To whom he could give nothing wholly his own
Should have a share
E7 Am
In the particular endowment of every other creature
Taking man therefore this
Am
Creature of indeterminate image
F
He set him in the middle of the world
Dm
And thus spoke to him
F
We have given you, oh Adam
E7
No visage proper to yourself
Am
No endowment properly your own
In order that
F
Whatever price, whatever form, whatever gifts you may with
Premeditation select
Dm
These same may you have and possess
F
Through your own judgement and decision
E7
We have made you a creature neither of heaven
Am
Nor of Earth!
Neither mortal
Am
Nor immortal!
F
In order that you may
Dm
As the free and proud shaper of your own being
Fashion yourself in the form you may propose
F E7
It will be in your power
Am
To descend to the lower brutish forms of life
F
You will be able through your own judgement and decision
Dm
To rise again to the superior orders
F E7
Of life is divine!
[Verse]
Am
The dead become the emperors of memory
F
The saints have all been eaten by the worms
Dm
The living will write a twisted future
F E7
And the sinners all have practical concerns
Am
The sentinels with rifles on the border
F
Of the pretenses of charity are swept
Dm
Oh but let's not talk of slipping into nightmares
F E7
For the day is run by those who haven't slept
[Chorus]
F Am
So throw away the vestments of the righteous
F Am
Make sure the body armor snuggly fits
G E7 Am E
The souls are taken flight now from the birdhouse
F E7 Am
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#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Ben Caplan - Plough The Shit Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan