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Solid Ground

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For the intro play A,G, and F by sliding an open D chord to the 9th, 7th, and 5th fret respectively. 
D* - Play an open C chord at the 3rd fret
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[Intro]
D, (quickly) A, G, F, D  
Repeat 2 times
D, (quickly) A, G, F, D, G  
[Verse 1]
 DI lived the life of a sailing man in a Cadd9far off Emsea
 DI've held the hand of a sun-tanned girl on a Cbleach-blonde beach
 DOh Barcelona, you're a Amsight to see
                                              C  D*
 But my port of call's still years ahead of me
[Chorus]
 GSo don't ask questions of me
 A#I ain't so young and lovely
 GYou can see the cracks straight through my A#sol-Abid Gground
 GYou go to church on Sunday
 Cadd9I kneel before a different Em7/Bbrand of soul salvation
 It's a Am7#5long way Cdown
[Verse 2]
 DSwing low sweet Juliet, won't you Amtake me back
 DLight up in your brother's truck with the Cseats laid flat
 DTwo kids in the suburbs, Julie, Cadd9why talk like that?
                                               C  D*
 I'm a fool for you but I don't know how to act
[Chorus]
 GSo don't ask questions of me
 A#I ain't so young and lovely
 GYou can see the cracks straight through my A#sol-Abid Gground
 GYou go to church on Sunday
 Cadd9I kneel before a different Em7/Bbrand of soul salvation
 It's a Am7#5long way Cdown
[Interlude]
D, (quickly) A, G, F, D  
Repeat 4 times
D
[Verse 3]
 DI knocked on the preacher's door with my Cadd9head hung low
 DCried out "won't you help me, god?" Ain't Gno one home
 DMy absolution is this Cadd9bag of bones
                                         C  D*
 So I guess I'll keep on rattling down the road
[Chorus]
 GSo don't ask questions of me
 A#I ain't so young and lovely
 GYou can see the cracks straight through my A#sol-Abid Gground
 GYou go to church on Sunday
 Cadd9I kneel before a different Em7/Bbrand of soul salvation
 It's a Am7#5long way Cdown
[Outro]
G, C, G  

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Solid Ground

by The Other Favorites

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Em7/B

Am7#5

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For the intro play A,G, and F by sliding an open D chord to the 9th, 7th, and 5th fret respectively.

D* - Play an open C chord at the 3rd fret

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[Intro]

D A G F D

, (quickly) , , ,

Repeat 2 times

D A G F D G

, (quickly) , , , ,

[Verse 1]

D Cadd9 Em

I lived the life of a sailing man in a far off sea

D C

I've held the hand of a sun-tanned girl on a bleach-blonde beach

D Am

Oh Barcelona, you're a sight to see

C D

But my port of call's still years ahead of me

[Chorus]

So don't ask questions of me

I ain't so young and lovely

G A# Ab G

You can see the cracks straight through my sol-id ground

You go to church on Sunday

Cadd9 Em7/B

I kneel before a different brand of soul salvation

Am7#5 C

It's a long way down

[Verse 2]

D Am

Swing low sweet Juliet, won't you take me back

D C

Light up in your brother's truck with the seats laid flat

D Cadd9

Two kids in the suburbs, Julie, why talk like that?

C D

I'm a fool for you but I don't know how to act

[Chorus]

So don't ask questions of me

I ain't so young and lovely

G A# Ab G

You can see the cracks straight through my sol-id ground

You go to church on Sunday

Cadd9 Em7/B

I kneel before a different brand of soul salvation

Am7#5 C

It's a long way down

[Interlude]

D A G F D

, (quickly) , , ,

Repeat 4 times

[Verse 3]

D Cadd9

I knocked on the preacher's door with my head hung low

D G

Cried out "won't you help me, god?" Ain't no one home

D Cadd9

My absolution is this bag of bones

C D

So I guess I'll keep on rattling down the road

[Chorus]

So don't ask questions of me

I ain't so young and lovely

G A# Ab G

You can see the cracks straight through my sol-id ground

You go to church on Sunday

Cadd9 Em7/B

I kneel before a different brand of soul salvation

Am7#5 C

It's a long way down

[Outro]

G C G

, ,

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