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Chords and lyrics for Miserys The River Of The World by Tom Waits
The
Fm
higher that the monkey can climb, the
Cm
more he shows his tail
Call
Fm
no man happy till he dies, there’s no
Cm
milk at the bottom of the pail
Dm
God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel
If there’s
Fm
one thing you can say about mankind
There’s
Dm
nothing kind about man
You can
Fm
drive out nature with a pitch fork
But it
Cm
always comes roaring back again
Fm
Misery’s the river of the world
The
Fm
higher that the monkey can climb, the
Cm
more he shows his tail
Call
Fm
no man happy till he dies, there’s no
Cm
milk at the bottom of the pail
God
Dm
tempers all the ruins for the new shorn lands
The
Am
devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand
All the
Fm
good in the world you can put inside a thimble
And
Cm
still have room for
C7
you and me
If there’s
Fm
one thing you can say about mankind
There’s
Cm
nothing kind about man
You can
Dm
drive out nature with a pitch fork
But it
Cm
always comes roaring back again
For
Fm
want of a bird the sky was lost, for
Cm
want of a nail the shoe was lost
For
Fm
want of a life a life was lost for
Cm
want of a toy
C7
a child was lost
And
Fm
misery’s the river of the world
Cm
Misery’s the river of the world
Everybody
Fm
row, everybody row
Cm
Misery’s the river of the word
Fm
Misery’s the river of the world
Cm
Misery’s the river of the world
Everybody
Fm
row, everybody row
Everybody
Cm
row, everybody row
Fm
Misery’s the river of the world
Am
Misery’s the river of the world
Everybody
Fm
row, everybody row
Everybody
Am
row, everybody row
Everybody
Fm
row
Am
Misery’s the river of the world
Fm
Misery’s the river of the world
Am
Misery’s the river of the world
Fm
Misery’s the river of the world
Everybody
Am
row,
everybody
Fm
Everybody
row
Am
Fm
Am
Fm