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