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