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