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Bare Ground

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Cminor

90BPM

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1/84

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 84Position: 6

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
Cm
[Verse]
It was overCmcast most Bbof the Abway.
Clouds thick with Cmrain that Bbcouldn’t Abpour.
CmSomething was building up Bbin the Abwater
CmSomething was building up Bbin the Abrain.
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6h8p6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|
B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---|-----------8p6---|-------8p6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
[Chorus]
BbWe were only holding About for nothing, Bbleaving it on bare Cmground
BbWhen you’re only looking About for yourself, Bbscarcely much is Cmaround
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|
B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|
A|---------------|--------------|
E|---------------|--------------|
And it couldn’t Cmlast, more Bbof the sAbame.
Slashing Cmup the walls in a Bbcanvas rAboom
CmSomething was building up Bbin the wAbater
CmSomething was building up Bbin the rAbain.
CmSomething was building up Bbin the wAbater
CmSleeping is a simple gesture Bbon the roAbof
AbThat’s a half truth.
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6h8p6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|
B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---|-----------8p6---|-------8p6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
[Chorus]
BbWe were only holding About for nothing, Bbleaving it on bare Cmground
BbWhen you’re only looking About for yourself, Bbscarcely much is Cmaround
BbWe were only holding About for nothing, Bbleaving it on bare Cmground
BbWhen you’re only looking About for yourself, Bbscarcely much is Cmaround
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|
B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---|
G|-------------5-|--x---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|
A|---------------|--------------|
E|---------------|--------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
x - dead note
h - hammer on
p - pull of

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Bare Ground

by Blackbird Raum

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

[Verse]

Cm Bb Ab

It was overcast most of the way.

Cm Bb Ab

Clouds thick with rain that couldn’t pour.

Cm Bb Ab

Something was building up in the water

Cm Bb Ab

Something was building up in the rain.

[Piano Intermezzo]

e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6h8p6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|

B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---|-----------8p6---|-------8p6---|

G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|

D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|

A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|

E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|

[Chorus]

Bb Ab Bb Cm

We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground

Bb Ab Bb Cm

When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around

[Piano Intermezzo]

e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|

B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---|

G|------------5--|--x---------5-|

D|---------------|-x------------|

A|---------------|--------------|

E|---------------|--------------|

Cm Bb Ab

And it couldn’t last, more of the same.

Cm Bb Ab

Slashing up the walls in a canvas room

Cm Bb Ab

Something was building up in the water

Cm Bb Ab

Something was building up in the rain.

Cm Bb Ab

Something was building up in the water

Cm Bb Ab

Sleeping is a simple gesture on the roof

That’s a half truth.

[Piano Intermezzo]

e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6h8p6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|

B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---|-----------8p6---|-------8p6---|

G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|

D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|

A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|

E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|

[Chorus]

Bb Ab Bb Cm

We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground

Bb Ab Bb Cm

When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around

Bb Ab Bb Cm

We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground

Bb Ab Bb Cm

When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around

[Piano Intermezzo]

e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|

B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---|

G|-------------5-|--x---------5-|

D|---------------|-x------------|

A|---------------|--------------|

E|---------------|--------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

x - dead note

h - hammer on

p - pull of

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