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Harry Chapin — Dirt Gets Under The Fingernails
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[Intro]
CG7 (x4)
[Verse 1]
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Now he was a man who worked with his hands
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Only in a motor he found peace
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He could make an engine sing like a bird
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He could find his only kind of release
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When he was up to the elbows in the grease
[Verse 2]
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She dreamed of a time for painting
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As she was cleaning up his stains from the rug
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She'd play all day with their children
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And try to meet him with a welcome and hug
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As he came shuffling thru the house with a shrug
[Chorus]
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I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
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And hate gets under the skin
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But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone
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And the heart of a body that it's in
[Verse 3]
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While he was making magic with his piston machines
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She was cleaning up the mess he'd left behind
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She was trying to make it through to the end of the day with a little empty time
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And do the painting that meant peace of mind
[Chorus]
CGFC
I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
GF
And hate gets under the skin
CG/BF/AEm/G
But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone
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And the heart of a body that it's in
[Verse 4]
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Well one day she didn't bother 'bout making his bed
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She hurried all the children out the door
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And she let the bills and the marketing go
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And she went and almost bought out an art supply store
[Verse 5]
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It just happened that day he got to thinking
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Of the grease that always covered up his skin
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So he left the garage a little early
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He got a shave and a manicure and trim
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Came out clean as a plaster mannequin
[Verse 6]
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He came home in a hurry
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But he almost didn't recognize the place
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It looked like it'd been hit by a hurricane
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There was canvas filling every open space
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And she had paint all over her face
[Chorus]
CGFC
I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
GF
And hate gets under the skin
CG/BF/AEm/G
But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone
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And the heart of a body that it's in
[Outro]
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They both stood stunned into silence
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Then their laughter exploded like a shout
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And he went out to make some magic in the kitchen
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The clean man learning what cooking was about
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And the dirty girl painting her messy heart out
CGFC
I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
GF
And hate gets under the skin
CG/BF/AEm/G
But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone
FGFC
And the heart of a body that it's in