Petrified Forest chords by Captain Beefheart and Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band

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Em
A
Am
C
B
D#
F
D
F#dim
F#m
E
G#
G

Verse 1
Em 
A 
Em 
Am 
A 
 (E minor)  (A major) Human  (E minor) bark  (A minor)  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) Beau tyless hide from beauty
Am 
C 
 (A minor) Bow  your  (C major) eyes 'n heads
to the duty of the dead's
Suck the ground
B 
Em 
A 
D# 
Breathe life into the dead  (B major) di no (E minor) saur  (A major)  (D sharp major) s
F 
D# 
 (F major)  (D sharp major) Let the past demons rear up 'n belch
B 
D# 
F 
D# 
F 
D# 
fire in the  (B major) air  (D sharp major) of now  (F major)  (D sharp major)  (F major)  (D sharp major) 
Em 
F 
Em 
The rug's wearing  (E minor) out that we walk  (F major)  (E minor) on
D# 
Em 
 (D sharp major) Soon it  (E minor) will fray 'n we'll drop
D# 
Em 
D 
Dead in (D sharp major) to yester (E minor) day   (D major) 
F 
D 
F 
F#dim 
Must the  (F major) breathing  (D major) pay  (F major) for  (F sharpdim) those
Em 
F 
who  (E minor) breathe  (F major) in 'n don't
C 
F#dim 
C 
 (C major) Breathe out (F sharpdim)  (C major) 
F 
F#dim 
F#m 
 (F major) There'd be no  (F sharpdim) gain,     (F sharp minor) brothers,
F#dim 
C 
F 
F#dim 
 (F sharpdim) if no    one would play  (C major)  (F major)  (F sharpdim) 
C 
Em 
'N for  (C major) your  (E minor) games count me
D# 
n' all  (D sharp major) that can see,
Em 
Breathe  (E minor) in   'n out hungry today
'n eat hearty tomorrow
Or eat away 'n be eaten some
E 
D# 
G# 
D# 
day  (E major)  (D sharp major)  (G sharp major)  (D sharp major) 
G# 
 (G sharp major) 
D# 
G# 
D# 
 (D sharp major) No seed shall sow in  (G sharp major) salt  (D sharp major) water
If the dinosaur cries with blood
in his eyes
A 
D# 
A 
In the  (A major) di no (D sharp major) saur  (A major) cries
D# 
 (D sharp major) with blood in his eyes
A 
'N eats our babies for  (A major) our lies
D# 
Belches fire in  (D sharp major) our  skies
A 
D 
C 
Maybe  (A major) I'll die  (D major) but  (C major) he'll be
Am 
Em 
rumbling through  (A minor)  (E minor) 
Am 
C 
 (A minor) Your  (C major) petrified forest
Am 
C 
Am 
C 
 (A minor)  (C major)  (A minor)  (C major) 
G 
C 
 (G major)  (C major) 