Miserys The River Of The World Chords by Tom Waits

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