Tom Waits – Miserys The River Of The World (Ukulele)

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From: Blood Money Intro: N.C(Fm)
    Fm                                    Cm
The higher that the monkey can climb, the more he shows his tail

     Fm                                    Cm
Call no man happy till he dies, there's no milk at the bottom of the pail

Dm
God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel 
like the thistles that are growing on the trunk of a tree All the good in the world you can put inside a thimble And still have room for you and me
           Fm
If there's one thing you can say about mankind 

        Dm
There's nothing kind about man

        Fm
You can drive out nature with a pitch fork

       Cm
But it always comes roaring back again

Fm
Misery's the river of the world 
Misery's the river of the world Misery's the river of the world Fm Cm Fm Cm Fm Cm Fm
    Fm                                    Cm
The higher that the monkey can climb, the more he shows his tail

     Fm                                    Cm 
Call no man happy till he dies, there's no milk at the bottom of the pail

    Dm
God tempers all the ruins for the new shorn lands

    Am
The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand

        Fm
All the good in the world you can put inside a thimble 

    Cm                  C7
And still have room for you and me

           Fm
If there's one thing you can say about mankind 

        Cm
There's nothing kind about man

        Dm
You can drive out nature with a pitch fork

       Cm                   
But it always comes roaring back again

    Fm                                   Cm
For want of a bird the sky was lost, for want of a nail the shoe was lost

    Fm                                 Cm              C7
For want of a life a life was lost for want of a toy a child was lost

    Fm
And misery's the river of the world

Cm
Misery's the river of the world 

          Fm
Everybody row, everybody row

Cm
Misery's the river of the word

Fm
Misery's the river of the world

Cm
Misery's the river of the world

          Fm
Everybody row, everybody row 

          Cm
Everybody row, everybody row

Fm
Misery's the river of the world

Am
Misery's the river of the world

          Fm
Everybody row, everybody row

          Am
Everybody row, everybody row

          Fm
Everybody row

Am
Misery's the river of the world

Fm
Misery's the river of the world

Am
Misery's the river of the world

Fm
Misery's the river of the world

          Am
Everybody row, everybody 

Fm             Am  Fm  Am  Fm (fades)
Everybody row