Intro: C5  D5  G5

                C5          D5            G5
We've turned the page For a new day has dawned
          A5     C5           D5                G5
And we've rearranged What is right and what's wrong
                 F5                      C5
Somehow we've drifted So far from the truth
                        D5                       C5
That we can't get back home And where are the virtues
                    G5                A5    C5
That once gave us light And where are the morals
                    G5            E5           F5
That governed our lives Someday we all will awake
            C5                           D5
And look back just to find What we've lost

G5                           B5
We need to get back To the basics of life
            C5                D5
A heart that is pure And a love that is blind
   G5                         B5
A faith that is Fervently grounded in Christ
      G5                         C5
The hope that endures for all time
A5                              F5
These are the basics We need to get back
          C5         G5      C5
To the basics of life.....Oh oh

            C5            D5       G5           A5     C5
The newest rage is to reason it out And just meditate
             D5          G5               F5
You can overcome every doubt After all man is a god
          C5                 D5              C5
They say God is no longer alive But I still believe
                       G5      A5      C5
In the old rugged cross Oh I still believe
                          G5        A5
there is hope for the lost And I know
     F5                     C5
the Rock of all Ages Will stand
                        D5                               C5 D5
Through the changes of time Through the changes of time

  Bb5            F5       G5
We've let the darkness Invade us too long
              G5        F5   C5    Bb5           F5
We've got to turn the tide    Oh we need the passion
        G5                        G5        F5    D5
That burned long ago To come and open our eyes
 D5            D5      D5
No room for compromise

G5                           B5
We need to get back To the basics of life
    C5                      D5           D5    E5
A heart that is pure And a love that is blind
A5                           C#5
We need to get back To the basics of life
   D5                         E5           E5
A heart that is pure And a love that is blind
   A5                    C#5
A faith that Fervently grounded in Christ
     A5                        D5    A5
The hope that endures for all time
B5
These are the basics
            G5
We need to get back
        D5         A5
To the basics of life
D5
oh
   G5              A5
To the basics of life  (4x)