Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Now [C]he was
[G]a man [C]who worked with his hands
[G]Onl[C]y in a motor he found pea[G]ce[C]
He could make an engine
[G]sin[C]g like a bird
[Bb]He could [F]find his only lind of release
When he was [G]up to the elbows
in the [C]grease.[G][Am]
[C]She dreamed

[Verse 2]
of [G]a time [C]for painting
As [G]she was [C]cleaning up
his stains from the rug
[G]She'd [C]play all day with their children
And try to [F]meet him with
a welcome and hug
As he came [G]shuffling through
the house with [C]a shrug

[Verse 3]
I tell you [C]dirt gets [G]under the [F]finger[C]nails
And hate gets [G]under [F]the skin
But a [C]dream got [G]a way of
getting [F]down to the [G]bone
And the [F]heart of [G]a body that [F]it's in.
[C]

[Verse 4]
While he was making [G]magic
[C]with his piston machines
[G]She [C]was cleaning up the
mess he'd left behind.
She was trying to make it through
to the end of the day
[Bb]With [F]a little empty time
And do [G]the painting that
meant peace [C]of mind.

[Verse 5]
I tell you [C]dirt gets [G]under the [F]finger[C]nails
And hate gets [G]under [F]the skin
But [C]a dream got a [G]way of
getting [F]down to [G]the bone
And the [F]heart of a [G]body that [F]it's in.
[C]

[Verse 6]
Well [F]one day she didn't bother
'bout [Em]making his bed.
She [Dm]hurried all the children
out [C]the door.
[F]And she let the bills and
the mar[Em]keting go.
And [Dm]she went and almost bought
out an [G]art supply store.

[Verse 7]
It just so [C]happened that
day he got to thinking.
[G]Of the[C] grease that always
covered up his skin.
[G]So he [C]left the garage a little early
[Bb]He got [F]a shave and a manicure and trim
Came out [G]clean as a plaster
[C]man[Am]iquin.[C]

[Verse 8]
He came home in a [G]hurry
But he [C]almost didn't recognize the place.
[G]It loo[C]ked like it'd been
hit by a hurricane.
[Bb]There [F]was canvas filling
every open space.
And she [G]had paint all over her [C]face.

[Verse 9]
I tell you [C]dirt gets under [G]the [F]fingernails[C]
And hate gets [G]under [F]the skin
But [C]a dream got [G]a way of
getting [F]down to [G]the bone
And the [F]heart of [G]a body that [F]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]some ma[C]gic in the kitchen
[Bb]The [F]clean man learning
what cooking was about.
[G]And the dirty girl painting
her messy heart [C]out.
[Am]

[Verse 11]
[C]I t[G]ell you d[C]irt gets
[G]under the [F]finger[C]nails
And hate gets [G]under [F]the skin
But [C]a dream got a [G]way of
getting [F]down to [G]the bone
And the [F]heart of [G]a body that it's [F]in.