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Mike Oldfield & Jon Anderson - In High Places
From album "Crises" (1983)
[Verse 1]
  EmLook down from Din high places
  CLift off the gDround
  CWithout a Dsound, yeah
  EmWe move through Dopen spaces
  CThe wind, it Dpulls
  CThe sky gets Dclose, yeah
[Chorus]
  GCould we get much higher?
  DCould we get much lighter?
  EmNaviCgator to Dheaven
[Verse 2]
  EmCheck out, did Dyou check your heart?
  CThis cloudless Dblue
  CThis starlight Dnight, yeah
  EmShoot out intDo the shining
  CThat devil Dmoon (That devil moon)
  CHe sings of Dlove, yeah
[Chorus]
  GCan we get much higher?
  DCan we get much lighter?
   EmNaviCgator to Dheaven
[Verse 3]
  EmThe stars, so Dclose we touch them
  CThey seem so sDmall
  CThey make me wDonder
  EmFar out Din formation
  CFive thousand Dmoons
  CFloating balDloons
[Chorus]
  GCouldn't get much higher
  DCouldn't get much lighter
  EmNaviCgator to Dheaven

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In High Places

by Mike Oldfield

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Mike Oldfield & Jon Anderson - In High Places

From album "Crises" (1983)

[Verse 1]

Em D

Look down from in high places

C D

Lift off the ground

C D

Without a sound, yeah

Em D

We move through open spaces

C D

The wind, it pulls

C D

The sky gets close, yeah

[Chorus]

Could we get much higher?

Could we get much lighter?

Em C D

Navigator to heaven

[Verse 2]

Em D

Check out, did you check your heart?

C D

This cloudless blue

C D

This starlight night, yeah

Em D

Shoot out into the shining

C D

That devil moon (That devil moon)

C D

He sings of love, yeah

[Chorus]

Can we get much higher?

Can we get much lighter?

Em C D

Navigator to heaven

[Verse 3]

Em D

The stars, so close we touch them

C D

They seem so small

C D

They make me wonder

Em D

Far out in formation

C D

Five thousand moons

C D

Floating balloons

[Chorus]

Couldn't get much higher

Couldn't get much lighter

Em C D

Navigator to heaven

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