Intro: N.C(Fm) 
    Fm                                    Cm 
The higher that the monkey can climb, the more he shows his tail 
     Fm                                    Cm 
Call no man happy till he dies, there's no milk at the bottom of the pail 
Dm 
God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel  

like the thistles that are growing on the trunk of a tree 

All the good in the world you can put inside a thimble  

And still have room for you and me 
           Fm 
If there's one thing you can say about mankind  
        Dm 
There's nothing kind about man 
        Fm 
You can drive out nature with a pitch fork 
       Cm 
But it always comes roaring back again 
Fm 
Misery's the river of the world  
                                 
Misery's the river of the world 

Misery's the river of the world 


Fm Cm Fm Cm Fm Cm Fm 

    Fm                                    Cm 
The higher that the monkey can climb, the more he shows his tail 
     Fm                                    Cm  
Call no man happy till he dies, there's no milk at the bottom of the pail 
    Dm 
God tempers all the ruins for the new shorn lands 
    Am 
The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand 
        Fm 
All the good in the world you can put inside a thimble  
    Cm                  C7 
And still have room for you and me 
           Fm 
If there's one thing you can say about mankind  
        Cm 
There's nothing kind about man 
        Dm 
You can drive out nature with a pitch fork 
       Cm                    
But it always comes roaring back again 
    Fm                                   Cm 
For want of a bird the sky was lost, for want of a nail the shoe 
was lost 
    Fm                                 Cm              C7 
For want of a life a life was lost for want of a toy a child was lost 
    Fm 
And misery's the river of the world 
Cm 
Misery's the river of the world  
          Fm 
Everybody row, everybody row 
Cm 
Misery's the river of the word 
Fm 
Misery's the river of the world 
Cm 
Misery's the river of the world 
          Fm 
Everybody row, everybody row  
          Cm 
Everybody row, everybody row 
Fm 
Misery's the river of the world 
Am 
Misery's the river of the world 
          Fm 
Everybody row, everybody row 
          Am 
Everybody row, everybody row 
          Fm 
Everybody row 
Am 
Misery's the river of the world 
Fm 
Misery's the river of the world 
Am 
Misery's the river of the world 
Fm 
Misery's the river of the world 
          Am 
Everybody row, everybody  
Fm             Am  Fm  Am  Fm (fades) 
Everybody row