B5
      E5
Dad I know
          A5
You can't see
           F#5
My actions as
           B5
A plea for peace

              E5
You can't get past
                  A5
The rocks stained red
              F#5
The nail bomb blast
            B5
The doctor, dead

             E5
Your prairie dream
             A5
Your liberal heart
             F#5
Your patient mind
              B5
Your father's arms

                E5
They just won't do
                A5
They just can't fit
               F#5
It's them , not Marx
                  D5
You can blame for this

             Bb5   A5  D5
Alive in the dirt
             E5
Alive in the dirt
       F#5                 B5
I'm at peace, sainted and waiting
       F5
For my perfect pain to speak through me again


Break: B5 , E5 , A5 , F#5 , B5

             E5
Dad, I found God
            A5
Through Vietnam
          F#5
Mai Lai's graves
      B5
Agent Orange

             E5
See, we live lies
           A5
We have to choose
                F#5
Our bombs speak loud
            B5
So I spoke, too

          E5
Then disappeared
               A5
Ten miles from home
       F#5
Newark slum
                B5
Where you won't go

               E5
It's here I've found
          A5
My higher self
            F#5
A life that works
             D5
And suits me well

               Bb5   A5  D5
I pray for the dirt
               E5
I pray for the dirt
       F#5                 B5    F5
And I ask to suffer in silence
                G5        C5
To stay here in hell
             Ab5   G5   C5       
Awake in the dirt
             Ab5   G5   E5
Awake in the dirt
             A5        F5          
Awake in the dirt now

B5

           E5
My stutter lifts
              A5
My words come clear
            F#5
Your little girl
               B5
She's just not here

     E5
I am sure
      A5
At my death
               F#5
The truth will float
               B5
On God's sweet breath

           E5
Until that time
              A5
Don't ask for me
            F#5
Behind this veil
              D5
Is where I'll be

                Bb5   A5  D5            
At one with the dirt
                E5
At one with the dirt
       F#5                 B5   
I'm at peace, sainted and waiting
       F5                           B5
For my perfect pain to cover me for good?

Outro:  E5 , A5 , F#5 , B5 , E5 , A5 , F#5