Key: D minor
Intro 1
C#m
E
B
F#m
A
C#m
E
B
F#m
E
A
C#m
Verse 1
C#m
This world is made with sweat and toil,
E
B
pushing muscle and elbow oil
F#m
A
We can't lie too long in the shade,
Some days you fall some days you fly,
E
B
but in the end we all must die
F#m
A
Our rotting flesh and broken bone
C#m
will feed the ground that we call home
B
E
But a new sprout grows from a fallen
Verse 2
B
tree,
E
F#
my sons will go on after me
F#m
A
So lift your heart and dry your eye,
Interlude 1
C#m
E
B
F#m
C#m
A
C#m
E
B
F#m
A
C#m
Verse 3
F#m
C#m
A
Like the al chemists of old,
Most times a giver, sometimes a thief,
E
B
so full of hope but prone to grief
F#m
C#m
A
Between freedom and despair,
I've seen the truth, it's lying there
Verse 4
B
tree,
E
C#m
F#
this world will go on after me
C#m
A
So lift your heart and dry your eye,
Interlude 2
C#m
E
B
F#m
C#m
E
B
F#m
A
C#m
E
B
E
F#
A
C#m
Verse 5
C#m
So go on now, don't you worry 'bout me,
E
B
you've miles to go and a world to see
F#m
A
My life's been long and full and good,
It's a short time here and long apart,
E
B
But the same song rings in both our hearts
F#m
A
So take my guitar when I'm gone,
C#m
write your own rhymes, then pass it on
Just take your hit and then pass it on
Verse 6
B
tree,
E
F#
this song will go on after me
It's another day to live and
die, just another day
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