Awake in the Dirt Kevin Devine
Dad I [Em]know
You can't [A]see
My actions [F#]as
A plea for [Bm]peace
You can't get [Em]past
The rocks stained [A]red
The nail bomb [F#]blast
The doctor, [Bm]dead
Your prairie [Em]dream
Your liberal [A]heart
Your patient [F#]mind
Your father's [Bm]arms
They just won't [Em]do
They just can't [A]fit
It's them, not [F#]Marx
You can blame for [D]this
Alive in the [Bb]dirt[A] [D]
Alive in the [Em]dirt
I'm at [F#]peace, sainted and [Bm]waiting
For my [F]perfect pain to speak through me again
Break: Bm, Em, A, F#, Bm
Dad, I found [Em]God
Through Viet[A]nam
Mai Lai's [F#]graves
Agent [Bm]Orange
See, we live [Em]lies
We have to [A]choose
Our bombs speak [F#]loud
So I spoke, [Bm]too
Then disap[Em]peared
Ten miles from [A]home
Newark [F#]slum
Where you won't [Bm]go
It's here I've [Em]found
My higher [A]self
A life that [F#]works
And suits me [D]well
I pray for the [Bb]dirt[A] [D]
I pray for the [Em]dirt
And I a[F#]sk to suffer in sil[Bm]ence[F]
To stay here in [G]hell[C]
Awake in the [G#]dirt[G] [C]
Awake in the [G#]dirt[G] [Em]
Awake in the [Am]dirt now[F]
[Bm]
My stutter [Em]lifts
My words come [A]clear
Your little [F#]girl
She's just not [Bm]here
I am [Em]sure
At my [A]death
The truth will [F#]float
On God's sweet [Bm]breath
Until that [Em]time
Don't ask for [A]me
Behind this [F#]veil
Is where I'll [D]be
At one with the [Bb]dirt[A] [D]
At one with the [Em]dirt
I'm at [F#]peace, sainted and [Bm]waiting
For my [F]perfect pain to cover me for[Bm] good?
Outro: Em, A, F#, Bm, Em, A, F#
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