Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails

Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails easy guitar chords by Harry Chapin

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Now 
    he 
    was 

    a man 
    who worked 
    with 
    his hands 

    Only 
    in 
    a motor 
    he found 
    peace 

    He 
    could 
    make 
    an 
    engine 

    sing 
    like 
    a bird 

    He could 
    find 
    his 
    only 
    lind 
    of 
    release 

    When 
    he 
    was 
    up 
    to 
    the 
    elbows 

    in 
    the 
    grease. 

    She 
    dreamed 
    Verse 2
    of 
    a time 
    for painting 

    As 
    she 
    was 
    cleaning 
    up 

    his stains 
    from 
    the 
    rug 

    She'd 
    play 
    all 
    day 
    with 
    their children 

    And 
    try 
    to 
    meet 
    him 
    with 

    welcome 
    and 
    hug 

    As 
    he came 
    shuffling 
    through 

    the 
    house 
    with 
    a shrug 

    Verse 3
    I tell 
    you 
    dirt 
    gets 
    under 
    the 
    finger
    nails 

    And 
    hate 
    gets 
    under 
    the skin 

    But 
    dream 
    got 
    a way 
    of 

    getting 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    bone 

    And 
    the 
    heart 
    of 
    a body 
    that 
    it's 
    in. 

    Verse 4

    While 
    he 
    was 
    making 
    magic 

    with 
    his 
    piston 
    machines 

    She 
    was cleaning 
    up the 

    mess 
    he'd 
    left behind. 

    She 
    was trying 
    to 
    make 
    it 
    through 

    to 
    the 
    end 
    of 
    the day 

    With 
    a little 
    empty 
    time 

    And 
    do 
    the painting 
    that 

    meant 
    peace 
    of mind. 

    Verse 5
    I tell 
    you 
    dirt 
    gets 
    under 
    the 
    finger
    nails 

    And 
    hate 
    gets 
    under 
    the skin 

    But 
    a dream 
    got 
    way 
    of 

    getting 
    down 
    to 
    the bone 

    And 
    the 
    heart 
    of 
    body 
    that 
    it's 
    in. 

    Verse 6

    Well 
    one day 
    she 
    didn't 
    bother 

    'bout 
    making 
    his 
    bed. 

    She 
    hurried 
    all 
    the 
    children 

    out 
    the door. 

    And she 
    let 
    the bills 
    and 

    the mar
    keting 
    go. 

    And 
    she went 
    and 
    almost 
    bought 

    out 
    an 
    art 
    supply 
    store. 

    Verse 7
    It just 
    so 
    happened 
    that 

    day 
    he 
    got 
    to thinking. 

    Of 
    the grease 
    that 
    always 

    covered 
    up 
    his 
    skin. 

    So 
    he 
    left 
    the garage 
    little 
    early 

    He got 
    a shave 
    and 
    a manicure 
    and 
    trim 

    Came 
    out 
    clean 
    as 
    a plaster 

    ma
    niquin. 

    Verse 8
    He came 
    home 
    in 
    hurry 

    But 
    he 
    almost 
    didn't 
    recognize 
    the 
    place. 

    It 
    looked 
    like 
    it'd 
    been 

    hit 
    by 
    hurricane. 

    There 
    was canvas 
    filling 

    every 
    open 
    space. 

    And 
    she 
    had paint 
    all 
    over 
    her 
    face. 

    Verse 9
    tell you 
    dirt 
    gets 
    under 
    the 
    fingernails 

    And 
    hate 
    gets 
    under 
    the skin 

    But 
    a dream 
    got 
    a way 
    of 

    getting 
    down 
    to 
    the bone 

    And 
    the 
    heart 
    of 
    a body 
    that 
    it's 
    in. 

    Verse 10
    They both 
    stood 
    stunned 
    into 
    silence 

    Then 
    their laughter 
    exploded 
    like 
    a shout 

    And he 
    went 
    out 
    to 
    make 

    some 
    ma
    gic 
    in 
    the kitchen 

    The clean 
    man 
    learning 

    what 
    cooking 
    was 
    about. 

    And 
    the 
    dirty 
    girl 
    painting 

    her 
    messy 
    heart 
    out. 

    Verse 11
    tell 
    you 
    dirt 
    gets 

    under 
    the 
    finger
    nails 

    And 
    hate 
    gets 
    under 
    the skin 

    But 
    a dream 
    got 
    way 
    of 

    getting 
    down 
    to 
    the bone 

    And 
    the 
    heart 
    of 
    a body 
    that 
    it's 
    in. 


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