Starving in the Belly of the Whale Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Life is [Am]whittled
Life's a riddle
Man's a [C]fiddle that life [B]plays [Em]on
[E]When the [Am]day breaks,
and the earthquakes
Life's a [C]mistake all day [Am]long[E]
Tell me, [Am]who gives a g[D]ood
goddam[Am]n
You'll never get out [Em]alive
[E]Don't go

[Verse 2]
[Am]dreaming
Don't go scheming
A [D]man [Am]must test his mettle

[Verse 3]
In a crooked ol' world
[Am]
Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly of a [D]whale
[Dm]Starving [Am]in the belly
Starving in the belly
Starving in the [E]belly [Am]of a whale

[Interlude 1]
[Am]

[Verse 4]
Don't take [Am]my word
Just look skyward
They that [C]dance must pay the [Am]fiddler
[E]Sky is dar[Am]kening
Dogs are barking
But the [C]caravan moves [G]on[B][E]
Tell [Am]me who

[Verse 5]
gives a [D]good
goddam[Am]n
You'll never get get out alive
Don't go dreaming
Don't go scheming
[D]A man[Am] must test his mettle

[Verse 6]
In crooked ol' world
[Am]
Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly of a [D]whale
[Am]Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly
Starving in the belly of a whale

[Verse 7]
[Am]As the crow flies
It's there the truth lies
At the [C]bot[Am]tom [C]of the[Am] well[E]
E-o-leven [Am]goes goes goes to heaven
Bless [C]the dead here as the [Am]rain [E]falls
[Em]Don't [E]trust a [Am]bull's horn
[Dm]A doberman's tooth[Am]
A runaway horse or me
[E]Don't [Am]be greedy, don't be ne[D]edy
If [Am]you live in hope you're
Dancing to a terrible [D]tune
[Am][E]
[C][Am]
Starving in [D]the belly
Starving [Am]in the belly

[Outro 1]
[Am]
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