{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2784211,"song":"Plough The Shit","artist":"Ben Caplan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11634788-plough-the-shit-chords-by-ben-caplan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2784211?type=chord","rating":4.74757,"votes":21,"content":"[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nThe world is an overflowing gutter[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt bubbles with the brine of shit and blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd those who keep their eyes upon the heavens[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]A#[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAre the ones that end up faces down in the mud[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nIt's easy to speak of grand ambitions[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIts easy to pretend you're innocent[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nBut lest you get distracted by the suffering of your sister[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]A#7[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBeing practical and trying to pay the rent[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nHeaven has been promised to the righteous[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]                    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHell's an overpopulated pit[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]        [ch]A#7[/ch]           [ch]D#m[/ch]      [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nPurgatory's given to the dreamers[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]A#7[/ch]                 [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nBut the world belongs to those who plow the shit[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nThere's a special place in hell for fancy talkers[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThere's a special place in heaven for the whores[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThere's a throne reserved for those with good ideas[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]                           [ch]A#7[/ch]\r\nStolen by the demagogues who want it more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nThe flowers and the laces in the market[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAre all purchased by the peddlers of the flesh[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nBut those who bring relief and carnal pleasure[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]A#7[/ch]\r\nSometimes serve the needs of mankind for the best[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nCast off the limitations of the righteous[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#m[/ch]                               [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThere are good deeds only devils can commit[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#[/ch]               [ch]A#7[/ch]               [ch]D#m[/ch]     [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nLet us dance between the teardrops and the angels[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]A#7[/ch]                 [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nFor the world belongs to those who plow the shit[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                    [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAt last the supreme maker decreed that this creature[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTo whom he could give nothing wholly his own[/tab]\r\n\r\nShould have a share\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A#7[/ch]                     [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nIn the particular endowment of every other creature[/tab]\r\n\r\nTaking man therefore this\r\n[tab][ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nCreature of indeterminate image[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe set him in the middle of the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd thus spoke to him[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe have given you, oh Adam[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A#7[/ch]\r\nNo visage proper to yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nNo endowment properly your own[/tab]\r\n\r\nIn order that\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhatever price, whatever form, whatever gifts you may with[/tab]\r\n\r\nPremeditation select\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThese same may you have and possess[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThrough your own judgement and decision[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A#7[/ch]\r\nWe have made you a creature neither of heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nNor of Earth![/tab]\r\n\r\nNeither mortal\r\n[tab] [ch]D#m[/ch]            \r\nNor immortal![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIn order that you may[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAs the free and proud shaper of your own being[/tab]\r\n                                            \r\nFashion yourself in the form you may propose\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]A#7[/ch]\r\nIt will be in your power[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nTo descend to the lower brutish forms of life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou will be able through your own judgement and decision[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nTo rise again to the superior orders[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]A#7[/ch]\r\nOf life is divine![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nThe dead become the emperors of memory[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe saints have all been eaten by the worms[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThe living will write a twisted future[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]A#7[/ch]\r\nAnd the sinners all have practical concerns[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nThe sentinels with rifles on the border[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOf the pretenses of charity are swept[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nOh but let's not talk of slipping into nightmares[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]A#7[/ch]\r\nFor the day is run by those who haven't slept[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nSo throw away the vestments of the righteous[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nMake sure the body armor snuggly fits[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C#[/ch]             [ch]A#7[/ch]                 [ch]D#m[/ch]        [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nThe souls are taking flight now from the birdhouse[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]A#7[/ch]                [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nAnd the world belongs to those who plow the shit[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\nShould have a share\n\n\nTaking man therefore this\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn order that\n\n\nPremeditation select\n\n\n\n\n\nNeither mortal\n\n\n\n                                            \nFashion yourself in the form you may propose\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D#m","B","G#m","A#","E","A#7","F#","C#"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}