{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2108173,"song":"Higher Ground","artist":"Geoff Berner","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2108173-higher-ground-chords-by-geoff-berner/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2108173?type=chord","rating":0.1114,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWealthy people like to live, live near the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey pass their real estate down to their sons and their daughters[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGenerations of happy just enjoying the view[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when the water starts rising you know what they’re gonna do[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHoly doodle, look at your town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll those singers and actors and philanthropists[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSay the poor are at the top of their priority list[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when the levies start breaking and the barriers fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere will they be when we come to pay a courtesy call?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith their mistresses, wives, pets, children and all[/tab]\r\n       G   N.C.\r\nAt the top of a hill behind a fortified wall\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n‘Cos the rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHoly doodle, look at your town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEvery sad number that the scientists find[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou get the feeling that some people really don’t mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo see a new feudal age for the whole human race[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n‘Cos the rabble will finally be all back in their place[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey’ll be no revolution, we’ll be meek as wet mouses[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nBegging them to let our children serve in their houses\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n‘Cos the rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHoly doodle, look at your town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake me higher[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo that higher ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou and me baby, we’re gonna watch the poor drown[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n‘Cos the rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHoly doodle, look at your town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rich are gonna move to the high ground[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG  C  D  G\nG  C  D  G\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\nG  C  D  G\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n       G   N.C.\nAt the top of a hill behind a fortified wall\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\nG  C  D  G\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nBegging them to let our children serve in their houses\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}