The ^Fmhigher that the monkey can climb, the ^Cmmore he shows his tail Call ^Fmno man happy till he dies, there's no ^Cmmilk at the bottom of the pail ^DmGod builds a church, the devil builds a chapel

If there's ^Fmone thing you can say about mankind There's ^Dmnothing kind about man You can ^Fmdrive out nature with a pitch fork But it ^Cmalways comes roaring back again ^FmMisery's the river of the world

The ^Fmhigher that the monkey can climb, the ^Cmmore he shows his tail Call ^Fmno man happy till he dies, there's no ^Cmmilk at the bottom of the pail God ^Dmtempers all the ruins for the new shorn lands The ^Amdevil knows the Bible like the back of his hand All the ^Fmgood in the world you can put inside a thimble And ^Cmstill have room for ^C7you and me If there's ^Fmone thing you can say about mankind There's ^Cmnothing kind about man You can ^Dmdrive out nature with a pitch fork But it ^Cmalways comes roaring back again For ^Fmwant of a bird the sky was lost, for ^Cmwant of a nail the shoe was lost For ^Fmwant of a life a life was lost for ^Cmwant of a toy a ^C7child was lost And ^Fmmisery's the river of the world ^CmMisery's the river of the world Everybody ^Fmrow, everybody row ^CmMisery's the river of the word ^FmMisery's the river of the world ^CmMisery's the river of the world Everybody ^Fmrow, everybody row Everybody ^Cmrow, everybody row ^FmMisery's the river of the world ^AmMisery's the river of the world Everybody ^Fmrow, everybody row Everybody ^Amrow, everybody row Everybody ^Fmrow ^AmMisery's the river of the world ^FmMisery's the river of the world ^AmMisery's the river of the world ^FmMisery's the river of the world Everybody ^Amrow, everybody Fm Am Fm Am Fm (fades) Everybody row