This Earth

INTRO: G  Bm  Em  C

G             Bm
In my life on Earth
    Em              C                         Em
The things I have invented, have invented me
              A
I've found my industry
G         Bm
I am not alone
     Em                     C
I've fashioned friends from precious scraps
                          D
They hold the light, they bend to serve me
Em               Bm
Joking that they don't deserve me
C             D
After days of craft and care
  C                D
I lift a sword and slice the air
C                D
Such has been my time upon
G
This Earth
     Em     C
This Earth


G              Bm
When my wife returns
     Em             C                               Em
More beautiful than when she left the night before
           A
I show her things I made
  G           Bm
A filigree of ferns
Em                  C
Diamond snowflakes, tears of gold
                      D
She murmurs praise, a small caress
  Em               Bm
I smile to see her happiness
C                D
Silver webs with sanded grain
     C                   D
That catch and hold real drops of rain
C                D
Such has been my toil upon
G
This Earth
     Em     C
This Earth


                ** Key Change **


BRIDGE:
                 F            C               Em
When I'm feeling vexed I go upstairs and bury something deep
F                   Am
Then stand back and push a button
F               E7                F     Am   Dm   G
From a distance watch the earth explode___
     C        Am   F
This Earth


                    G
I love this land of mortal men
     Am               Em
They wake to know the fire again
    F                   G
The things we make, the things we feel
F                 G
Armour plates and molten steel
F              G
All of these inventions of
    C
The Earth
     Am     F  C
This Earth