Earth Died Screaming chords by Tom Waits

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Rudy's on the midway
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And Jacob's in the
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hole
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The monkey's on the ladder
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The devil shovels coal
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With crows as big as airplanes
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The lion has three heads
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And someone will eat the
skin the he sheds
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And the earth died screaming
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While I lay dreaming

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Verse 2

Well, the earth died screaming

While I lay dreaming

Dreaming of you

Verse 3
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Well, hell doesn't want you
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And heaven is full
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Bring me some water
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Put it in this skull
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I walk between the raindrops
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I wait in Bug House square
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And the army ants
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They leave mothin' but the bones
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Well, the earth died screaming
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While I lay dreaming

Verse 4
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Well, the earth died screaming
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While I lay dreaming
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Well, the earth died screaming
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While I lay dreaming
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Dreaming of you
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Verse 5
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There was thunder, there was lightning
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Then the stars went out
And the moon fell from the sky
It rained mackerel, it rained trout
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And the great day of wrath
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has come
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And here's mud in your big red eye
And the poker's in the fire
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And the locusts take the sky
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Well, the earth died screaming
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While I lay dreaming
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Verse 6
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Well, the earth died screaming
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While I lay dreaming
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Well, the earth died screaming
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While I lay dreaming
Dreaming of you
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Well, dreaming of you
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Well, dreaming of you
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Well, dreaming of you