Remove AdsGATHERED DUST
As recorded by Leaf Crown
(2025 releease)
Capo 1st fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G CWe all agree, the victors and the vanquished are all just chasing more
GWith every year escaping through a damn trap door with our dreams in tow
D GWishing we had a little more left to show
CThe lord gathered dust and fashioned us to life and then she cut the strings
GTo watch us as we scattered for the pretty things that might fill the void
D GBut everything we get means nothing in the end
[Chorus]
CStill every man needs a labor and
GA place where he can lay his head when he says goodnight
CTrading in his days for some dirt and coins
CSmearing on a smile so his aching loins
GMight be bound in joy tonight
D GChasing nothing more than his appetites
[Verse 2]
G CWell my father said, ‘you play another man’s game son and you’re bound to lose
GAt a certain point you’re gonna have to choose if you risk it all’
D GSo I put it all on black and never got it back
CNow I ain’t asking much, a little room to breathe and what seems like meaningful work
GCause it’s food for my family but good Lord it hurts in the day to day
D GWhether you sweat it out or just phone it in
[Chorus]
CBut every man needs a labor and
GA place where he can lay his head when he says goodnight
CI’m feeling like a failure when I’m making plans
CLord help me to believe that I’m a decent man
GCause now I can’t be sure
D GThere was a time when my motives they were pure
[Verse 3]
G CYou can take it all, everything I have is just a cloud of dust
GWaiting to expand or explode or just to return to dust as it must
D GBut let me learn to love it before I go
CThen just say the word, and I’ll leave everything and follow you alone
GI’d rather shovel shit with a grateful heart than find myself enthroned
D GOnly to lose the true self at my core
[Out-Chorus]
CCause every man needs a labor and
GA place where he can lay his head when he says goodnight
CI’m feeling like I’m drowning and you’ve cut the cord
GLord I’m fighting like the devil just to climb aboard and to save my life
D GI wanna get back up and begin again
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