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1/53

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 53Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Intro gets played before the verses.  The Chorus gets sung in the background through most of the verses.
e|-Cadd9--3-----G/B-3------G53----Gsus4--3-----|
B|---3------3------3------1-----|
G|---0------0------0------0-----|
D|---2------0------0------0-----|
A|---3------2-------------------|
E|-----------------3------3-----|
[Intro]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------3--3---------------3--3-----------------3--3--3--3----------|
G|------------0------0--0---------------0--0------------0----0--0--0--0----------|
D|------------0^2---------------0--0^2------------------0^2-------------------0--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3---3------------------3-------------------3---3---------------------3-----|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------3---------------1----1--1-----1---------1------1---1^(0)---------0----|  1^
G|--0----0--0---------------0----0--0-----0-----0---0------0-----------------0----|
D|--0^2--0-------0----------0^2-----------------0---0^2----------------------0----|
A|---------------x----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3-----3------------------------------------------3-----3---------|
e|---------------------------|
B|-0---0------------0^1------|
G|-----0-----0------0--------|
D|--------0-----0------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
[Chorus]
G5Hey,  hey,   C/Ghey,   hey,   Ghey,ah
G5Hey,  hey,   C/Ghey,   hey,   Ghey,ah
[Verse 1]
G5Ah,back to the earth, I screamed ah
and no one listened to me.  C/GBack to the earth I lived and they all Gfollowed.
G5Well, come on, come on see my world, my world.  Well, come on, come on see my
world, my C/Gworld,      Ghey,     hey, ah.
[Chorus]
G5Hey,  hey,   C/Ghey,   hey,   Ghey,ah
G5Hey,  hey,   C/Ghey,   hey,   Ghey,ah
[Verse 2]
G5Well, they're comin' down now too,  write my way.
C/GWell, come on, come on see my world, won't you Gfly,  high, oo.
G5Well, come on see my world, my world.  Well, come on, come on see my world,
[Bridge]
my C/Gworld,  Ghey,   hey, ah.
G5Write my way a write my way, my way.
Write my way a write my way, my C/Gway,   Ghey,   hey, ah.
[Interlude]
       Cadd9     G/B(x4)
[Verse 3]
G5Back to the earth, I feel it.   Back to the earth, I'm fallin'.C/G  G  
G5Ah, back to the earth, I feel it.  Back to the earth, I'm fallin'C/G  G  
G5M, m, m, visions of you   m, m, m, visions of me,  m, m, m, visions of you
m, m, m, visions of meC/G,       Ghey   ah.
G5M, m, m, visions of you   m, m, m, visions of me,  m, m, m, visions of you
m, m, m, visions of meC/G,    when we are Gso young.
[Chorus]
G5Hey,  hey,   C/Ghey,   hey,   Ghey,ah
G5Hey,  hey,   C/Ghey,   hey,   Ghey,ah
[Outro]
    G5    Gsus4(x2)

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Back To The Earth

by Rusted Root

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

G/B

Gsus4

C/G

Intro gets played before the verses. The Chorus gets sung in the background through most of the verses.

Cadd9 G/B G5 Gsus4

e|---3------3------3------3-----|

B|---3------3------3------1-----|

G|---0------0------0------0-----|

D|---2------0------0------0-----|

A|---3------2-------------------|

E|-----------------3------3-----|

[Intro]

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------3--3---------------3--3-----------------3--3--3--3----------|

G|------------0------0--0---------------0--0------------0----0--0--0--0----------|

D|------------0^2---------------0--0^2------------------0^2-------------------0--|

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

E|----3---3------------------3-------------------3---3---------------------3-----|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|----------3---------------1----1--1-----1---------1------1---1^(0)---------0----| 1^

G|--0----0--0---------------0----0--0-----0-----0---0------0-----------------0----|

D|--0^2--0-------0----------0^2-----------------0---0^2----------------------0----|

A|---------------x----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------3-----3------------------------------------------3-----3---------|

e|---------------------------|

B|-0---0------------0^1------|

G|-----0-----0------0--------|

D|--------0-----0------------|

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

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

[Chorus]

G5 C/G G

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,ah

G5 C/G G

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,ah

[Verse 1]

Ah,back to the earth, I screamed ah

C/G G

and no one listened to me. Back to the earth I lived and they all followed.

Well, come on, come on see my world, my world. Well, come on, come on see my

C/G G

world, my world, hey, hey, ah.

[Chorus]

G5 C/G G

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,ah

G5 C/G G

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,ah

[Verse 2]

Well, they're comin' down now too, write my way.

C/G G

Well, come on, come on see my world, won't you fly, high, oo.

Well, come on see my world, my world. Well, come on, come on see my world,

[Bridge]

C/G G

my world, hey, hey, ah.

Write my way a write my way, my way.

C/G G

Write my way a write my way, my way, hey, hey, ah.

[Interlude]

Cadd9 G/B

(x4)

[Verse 3]

G5 C/G G

Back to the earth, I feel it. Back to the earth, I'm fallin'.

G5 C/G G

Ah, back to the earth, I feel it. Back to the earth, I'm fallin'

M, m, m, visions of you m, m, m, visions of me, m, m, m, visions of you

C/G G

m, m, m, visions of me, hey ah.

M, m, m, visions of you m, m, m, visions of me, m, m, m, visions of you

C/G G

m, m, m, visions of me, when we are so young.

[Chorus]

G5 C/G G

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,ah

G5 C/G G

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,ah

[Outro]

G5 Gsus4

(x2)

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