The Rib

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

 
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? 
 

 
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? 
 

 
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 
 

 
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? 
 

 
            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 
 

 
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?