Tonalité : C major
Intro 1
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
Verse 1
C
Now he was
G
C
a man who worked with his hands
G
C
G
C
Only in a motor he found peace
He could make an engine
G
C
sing like a bird
Bb
F
He could find his only lind of release
G
When he was up to the elbows
C
G
Am
in the grease.
C
She dreamed
Verse 2
G
C
of a time for painting
G
C
As she was cleaning up
his stains from the rug
G
C
She'd play all day with their children
F
And try to meet him with
a welcome and hug
G
As he came shuffling through
C
the house with a shrug
Verse 3
C
G
F
C
I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
G
F
And hate gets under the skin
C
G
But a dream got a way of
F
G
getting down to the bone
F
G
F
And the heart of a body that it's in.
C
Verse 4
G
While he was making magic
C
with his piston machines
G
C
She was cleaning up the
mess he'd left behind.
She was trying to make it through
to the end of the day
Bb
F
With a little empty time
G
And do the painting that
C
meant peace of mind.
Verse 5
C
G
F
C
I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
G
F
And hate gets under the skin
C
G
But a dream got a way of
F
G
getting down to the bone
F
G
F
And the heart of a body that it's in.
C
Verse 6
F
Well one day she didn't bother
Em
'bout making his bed.
Dm
She hurried all the children
C
out the door.
F
And she let the bills and
Em
the marketing go.
Dm
And she went and almost bought
G
out an art supply store.
Verse 7
C
It just so happened that
day he got to thinking.
G
C
Of the grease that always
covered up his skin.
G
C
So he left the garage a little early
Bb
F
He got a shave and a manicure and trim
G
Came out clean as a plaster
C
Am
C
maniquin.
Verse 8
G
He came home in a hurry
C
But he almost didn't recognize the place.
G
C
It looked like it'd been
hit by a hurricane.
Bb
F
There was canvas filling
every open space.
G
C
And she had paint all over her face.
Verse 9
C
G
F
C
I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
G
F
And hate gets under the skin
C
G
But a dream got a way of
F
G
getting down to the bone
F
G
F
And the heart of a body that it's in.
Verse 10
C
They both stood stunned into silence
C
Then their laughter exploded like a shout
C
And he went out to make
G
C
some magic in the kitchen
Bb
F
The clean man learning
what cooking was about.
G
And the dirty girl painting
C
her messy heart out.
Am
Verse 11
C
G
C
I tell you dirt gets
G
F
C
under the fingernails
G
F
And hate gets under the skin
C
G
But a dream got a way of
F
G
getting down to the bone
F
G
F
And the heart of a body that it's in.
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