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GROUND ZERO (acoustic)
Artist: Chris Cornell
Album: Songbook (2011)
Tuning: Standard
All chords are strummed but, if you hear to the song, it feels like the 1st string is sometimes not touched
or its sound is very light.
[CHORDS USED]
e|---Em70----|Em6add11---0----|--Em11-0----|-C#m7b5--0---|--Cma7-0----|---Am0---|---Em0---|--B11-0---|
B|---0----|---0----|---0----|---0---|---0----|---1---|---0---|---0---|
G|---0----|---0----|---0----|---0---|---0----|---2---|---0---|---2---|
D|---0----|---11---|---12---|---9---|---9----|---2---|---2---|---1---|
A|---10---|---12---|---12---|---x---|---10---|---0---|---2---|---2---|
E|---0----|---0----|---0----|---9---|---8----|---x---|---0---|---x---|
[Intro]
e|--0----0----0----0--0--0----X-X-X-X--|
B|--0----0----0----0--0--0----X-X-X-X--|
G|--0----0----0----0--0--0----X-X-X-X--| Repeat through all verses
D|--0----0----0----0--0--0----X-X-X-X--|
A|--0----10---10---10-10-10---X-X-X-X--|
E|--0----0----0----0--0--0----X-X-X-X--|
[Verse 1]
Em7When it all falls down
Em7And the law don't count
Em7And it don't seem fair
Em7And the people don't care
[Chorus 1]
Where in the Em6add11world you Em11gonna goEm7  
Who in the Em6add11world you Em11gonna holdEm7  
When all the Em6add11world keeps Em11holding Em7on at ground C#m7b5zero
Cma7We'll leave it all with Em7God
Em7 (REPEAT INTRO)
[Verse 2]
Em7When it all falls down
Em7And we almost drown
Em7When the sin sinks in
Em7I guess it's every man for himself
[Chorus 2]
Where in the Em6add11world you Em11gonna goEm7  
Who in the Em6add11world you Em11gonna holdEm7  
When all the Em6add11world keeps Em11holding Em7on at ground C#m7b5zero
Cma7We'll leave it all with
[Interlude]
Am   EmRiff 1
The war it rages over the ages e|--0---0--|
B11 Em (Riff 1) B|--0---0--|
You can't erase it once you spill the G|--0---0--|
Am   Em  D|--2---2--|
Blood on the concrete river of deceit A|--2---2--|
B11  E|--0-3-0--|
Will you be around?
[Verse 3]
Em7When it all falls down
Em7And the law don't count
Em7And it don't seem fair
Em7And the people don't care
[Chorus 3]
Where in the Em6add11world you Em11gonna goEm7  
Who in the Em6add11world you Em11gonna holdEm7  
When all of the Em6add11world keeps Em11holding Em7on at ground C#m7b5zero
Cma7We'll leave it all with God
[Outro]
Em7- Em6add11- Em11- Em7(repeat until the end)
All chords in this song (12)

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