Higher Ground Chords by Thunder

Tempo:
84.35 bpm
Chords used:

D

C

G

Bb

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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THUNDER  Higher Ground chords
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Lovely.
[A]
Noisy!
[Am]
[A]
Don't forget!
[Eb]
Don't [Am] forget we're on [G] TV!
[Am] [D] [A]
So you must be very, very, [D] very noisy!
[A] [D]
[A] [D] Can you do it?
[G] [D]
Can you do [E] it?
[Am] [A] Lovely.
[Dbm] [G] [D]
We're gonna [A] have like a tie dance.
[A]
[G] [D]
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [Bb] [F] [C]
[E] [D] [A] [Bb] [E] [F] [C]
[D] [Bb] [F] [C]
[D] [Bb] [Dm] [C]
[B] [D] [Dm]
[C] [D] [G]
[A] [Gb]
[D] [Em]
I feel [D] a weird look [Cm] on [D] the corner.
[C]
And I'm looking down.
[Bb] Along this dead [D] end street.
[C]
All [G] the people
[C] [D] getting older.
[C] They don't give a damn.
[Bbm] Their lives are [Bm] incomplete.
[Em]
[G] They [Em] don't love no better [C] than they did before.
[G] And I know what's [C] happening
[A] behind these doors.
[D] If I don't get [Gb] out today.
Gonna [G] waste my [D] life away.
[G] So please,
why did I [Dm] get played?
[D] [Bb] I [F] don't wanna spend my whole [C] life
in this town.
[Bb] I [F] could be driving [C] me [G] away.
[F] [Bb] Maybe you and [F] me
will [C] make my high ground.
We gotta [D] steal the win.
[E] [D] As a young boy,
I did a thing.
[C] And I knew it [Fm] then.
What [Bm] we'd have said.
That was [D] only
[Cm] [G] in the beginning.
[C]
And as the time rolled on,
people [G] grew the pain.
[Dm] And I see things.
[G] So give me [E] one good [C] reason
why I'm not listening.
[Cm] [G] I think I got enough [C] money
for the whole [A] midnight [C] train.
[D] There's a world you can't see.
But I [G] can't live [D] in my dreams.
[G] It's calling [D] out to me.
[A] See,
[Bb] I [F] don't wanna spend my [C] whole life
in this town.
[F] [Bb] [F] I could be driving [C] me [G] away.
[Am] [Bb] Maybe you and [F] me
will [C] make my high ground.
We gotta [C] steal the win.
Come on, Benny.
[F] [C]
[G] [F] [C]
[G] [F] [C]
[G] [A] [D]
[Am] [A] [Em]
[C] [G] [D]
[Bb] [D] [E] If I don't get out today.
[D] I'm gonna waste my life away.
[G] [D]
Lord, [G] I'm gonna waste my [D] life away.
[G]
[Fm] [G] Sing it to me.
I'm gonna [D] waste my life away.
Sing!
[Dm] One more.
[D] One more again.
[C] Sing it!
[Bb] [E] [B]
[Am] [Eb] [Bb] I [F] could be driving [C] me [G] away.
[A] [Bb] Sing!
[E]
[Am] [Bb] [F] I'm gonna spend my whole [C] life
in this town.
I could [Bb] [F] be [C] driving me away.
[G] [A] [Bb] Maybe you and [F] me
will make [C] my high ground.
We gotta [Dm] steal [Bb] the win.
[F]
[C] [D] Maybe that's right.
[Bb] [C]
I wanna take [G] you [Bb] away.
[C]
Maybe it's not true.
[Bb] [D]
[C] [D] Come take me home.
[Bb] [F] [C]
[D] [E] [Bb] [F] [C]
[G] Take [D] me [Am] home.
[F] [C]
[D] No!
No!
[Fm] [C]
Key:  
D
1321
C
3211
G
2131
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
D
1321
C
3211
G
2131
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To start learning Thunder - Higher Ground chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: G, F, C, Bb, F, C and D. For best results, commence at 42 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 84. Considering the song's key of F Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ _ Lovely. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Noisy!
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Don't _ _ forget!
[Eb]
Don't [Am] forget we're on [G] TV!
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [A]
So you must be very, very, [D] very noisy!
[A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] [D] Can you do it?
[G] _ _ _ [D] _
Can you do [E] it?
[Am] _ _ _ [A] Lovely. _
[Dbm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
We're gonna [A] have like a tie dance.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[E] _ [D] _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [E] _ [F] _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em]
I feel [D] a weird look [Cm] on [D] the corner.
[C]
And I'm looking down.
[Bb] Along this dead [D] end street.
_ [C]
All [G] the people
[C] _ [D] getting older.
[C] They don't give a damn.
[Bbm] Their lives are [Bm] incomplete.
_ [Em] _
[G] _ They [Em] don't love no better [C] than they did before.
_ [G] _ And I know what's [C] happening
[A] behind these doors.
[D] _ If I don't get [Gb] out today.
Gonna [G] waste my [D] life away.
[G] So please,
why did I [Dm] get played? _
[D] _ [Bb] I [F] don't wanna spend my whole [C] life
in this town.
_ [Bb] I [F] could be driving [C] me [G] away.
[F] _ [Bb] Maybe you and [F] me
will [C] make my high ground.
We gotta [D] steal the win. _ _ _ _ _
[E] [D] As a young boy,
I did a thing. _
[C] And I knew it [Fm] then.
What [Bm] we'd have said. _
That was [D] only
_ [Cm] [G] in the beginning.
[C]
And as the time rolled on,
people [G] grew the pain.
[Dm] And I see things.
[G] _ So give me [E] one good [C] reason
why I'm not listening.
[Cm] _ [G] I think I got enough [C] money
for the whole [A] midnight [C] train.
[D] _ There's a world you can't see.
But I [G] can't live [D] in my dreams.
[G] It's calling [D] out to me.
[A] See,
[Bb] I [F] don't wanna spend my [C] whole life
in this town.
[F] _ [Bb] _ [F] I could be driving [C] me [G] away.
[Am] _ [Bb] _ Maybe you and [F] me
will [C] make my high ground.
We gotta [C] steal the win.
Come on, Benny.
[F] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [D] _ [E] If I don't get out today.
[D] I'm gonna waste my life away.
_ _ [G] _ [D]
Lord, [G] I'm gonna waste my [D] life away.
_ [G] _ _
[Fm] [G] Sing it to me.
I'm gonna [D] waste my life away.
Sing! _
_ [Dm] One more.
[D] _ _ One more again. _
_ [C] Sing it!
[Bb] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [Am] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] I [F] could be driving [C] me [G] away.
_ [A] [Bb] Sing!
[E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] I'm gonna spend my whole [C] life
in this town.
I could [Bb] _ _ [F] be [C] driving me away.
[G] _ _ [A] _ [Bb] Maybe you and [F] me
will make [C] my high ground.
We gotta [Dm] steal [Bb] the win.
_ [F] _ _
_ [C] [D] Maybe that's right.
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
I wanna take [G] you [Bb] away.
_ [C] _ _
_ Maybe it's not true.
[Bb] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] [D] Come take me home.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _
[G] Take [D] me [Am] home.
_ _ [F] _ [C] _
[D] No!
_ No!
_ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song is part of 20 Years and Out - The Farewell - Live at Hammersmith Apollo 2009 album.

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