Cold Cold Ground chords by
Tom Waits

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Key: C major

Intro 1

C

Am

C

Am

C

Am

C

Am

C

Am

C

Am

Verse 1
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Am Am 
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A crestfallen sidekick in an old café
C C 
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Never slept with a dream
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before he had to go away
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There's a bell in the tower,
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Uncle Ray bought a round
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Don't worry about the army
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C C 
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in the cold cold ground
Am Am 
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Cold cold ground
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Cold cold ground
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Cold cold ground

Verse 2
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Now don't be a crybaby
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when there's wood in the shed
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There's a bird in the chimney
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and a stone in my bed
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When the road's washed out,
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we pass the bottle around
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And wait in the arms
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C C 
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of the cold cold ground
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The cold cold ground
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The cold cold ground
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The cold cold ground

Verse 3
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There's a ribbon in the willow,
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there's a tire-swing rope
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There's a briar patch of berries
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takin' over the slope
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The cat'll sleep in the mailbox
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and we'll never go to town
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Till we bury every dream
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C C 
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in the cold cold ground
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In the cold cold ground
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In the cold cold ground
Am Am 
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In the cold cold ground

Solo 1

In the cold cold

C

Am

C

Am

(ground)

C

Am

F

G

C

Am

C

Am

Verse 4
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Give me a Winchester rifle
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and a whole box of shells
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Blow the roof off the goat barn,
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let it roll down the hill
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The piano is firewood,
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Times Square is a dream
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I find we'll lay down together
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C C 
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in the cold cold ground
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In the cold cold ground
C C 
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The cold cold ground
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In the cold cold ground

Verse 5
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We'll call the cops on the Breedloves,
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bring a Bible and a rope
C C 
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And a whole box of Rebel
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and a bar of soap
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Make a pile of trunk tires
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and burn 'em all down
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Bring a dollar with you, baby,
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C C 
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in the cold cold ground
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In the cold cold ground
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In the cold cold ground
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In the cold cold ground

Outro 1
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Take a weathervane rooster,
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throw rocks at his head
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Stop talking to the neighbors
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until we  all go dead
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Beware of my temper
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and the dog that I've found
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Break all the windows
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C C 
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in the cold cold ground
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In the cold cold ground
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In the cold cold ground
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In the cold cold ground
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