The Rib

[Intro:]
Cadd9 - Fadd9/C - Am - Em - Fadd9/C 


[Verso 1]
 
Cadd9                  Fadd9/C 
What will I think of to fall asleep 
        Am   Em     C11   Fadd9/C 
When it all begins to wilt? 
Cmaj9                      Fadd9/C 
Will I feel my hips on the mattress pad 
        Am    Em     C11   Fadd9/C 
Tuck my chin under the quilt 
Cadd9                  Fadd9/C 
What will I think of in window glass 
       Am      Em      C11   Fadd9/C 
When I pass it on the street? 
Cmaj9              Fadd9/C 
When I exceed expiration dates 
           Am       Em      C11  Fadd9/C 
Will there still be more to see? 
 


[Refrão]
 
Cmaj9                              Fadd9/C 
In the shade of Eden, is that all I am? 
                               Am 
Cut from the rib of a biblical man 
              Em                   C11   Fadd9/C 
Fruit for the birds, seeds for the soil 
Cmaj9                                  Fadd9/C 
And when I turn forty, is that all I'll be? 
                                     Am 
Branches you trim from the evergreen tree 
              Em                  C11  Fadd9/C 
Mulch for the rake, prize for the loyal 
                Cmaj9 
Does that do it for ya? 
 


[Verso 2]
 
Cadd9               Fadd9/C 
Ladies posed in old photographs 
           Am   Em     C11   Fadd9/C 
With their Mona Lisa smiles 
Cmaj9                      Fadd9/C 
If you hooked them up to a polygraph 
          Am        Em     C11   Fadd9/C 
Bet their pulse was running wild 
Cadd9                  Fadd9/C 
They hold it in with a corset string 
        Am      Em       C11  Fadd9/C 
And the ribbons in their hair 
Cmaj9                 Fadd9/C 
Sometimes I feel them unraveling 
         Am    Em             C11   Fadd9/C 
Though I know there's nothing there 
 


[Refrão]
 
Cmaj9                              Fadd9/C 
In the shade of Eden, is that all I am? 
                               Am 
Cut from the rib of a biblical man 
              Em                   C11   Fadd9/C 
Fruit for the birds, seeds for the soil 
Cmaj9                                  Fadd9/C 
And when I turn sixty, is that all I'll be? 
                                     Am 
Branches you trim from the evergreen tree 
              Em                  C11  Fadd9/C 
Mulch for the rake, prize for the loyal 
                Cmaj9 
Does that do it for ya? 
 


[Ponte]
 
            Am         Em     C11 
What if I'm high like falling snow? 
                Am      Em      C11 
Supple like the rocks I used to throw? 
             Am         Em      C11 
I could be a blight for all you know 
          Am          Em             C11   Fadd9/C 
Relish in cutting the stems of their throats 
 


[Refrão]
 
Cmaj9                              Fadd9/C 
In the shade of Eden, is that all I am? 
                               Am 
Cut from the rib of a biblical man 
              Em                   C11   Fadd9/C 
Fruit for the birds, seeds for the soil 
Cmaj9                                  Fadd9/C 
And when I turn eighty, is that all I'll be? 
                                     Am 
Branches you trim from the evergreen tree 
              Em                  C11  Fadd9/C 
Mulch for the rake, prize for the loyal 
                Cmaj9 
Does that do it for ya?