HERE ON THE GROUND

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FOutside (133211@1)the door are the empty, the poor
         Bb (x1333x@1)                     F (133211@1)CAre (x32010@1)the lives that are living no more 
FSome (133211@1)of them grievers or broken believers 
   Bb (x1333x@1)                      F (133211@1)COr (x32010@1)used in some meaningless war 
Bb (x1333x@1)                       CGo (x32010@1)see for yourself if you think it'll help
       Dm (xx0231@1)                    BbBut (x1333x@1)I just cannot go there no more 
            C (x32010@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)BbF Bb (x1333x@1)Oh Lord, I will not go outside the door 
FDown (133211@1)on the street there's a rhythm, a beat
        Bb (x1333x@1)                         F (133211@1)CYou (x32010@1)get caught up, you'll never get free 
FA (133211@1)humming of heat to a strumming of feet 
    Bb (x1333x@1)                     F (133211@1)CYou (x32010@1)forget who you wanted to be 
Bb (x1333x@1)                     CAnd (x32010@1)under the madness an echoing sadness 
    Dm (xx0231@1)                       BbThat (x1333x@1)whispers you'll never be free 
             C (x32010@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)           F (133211@1)BbF BbOh (x1333x@1)Lord, I will not go down on the street 
FOut (133211@1)into the city, the gruesome, the gritty 
      Bb (x1333x@1)                 F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)       
The lovers, livers and lonely 
FAway (133211@1)from my eyes in the thick fog, the cries 
       Bb (x1333x@1)                       F (133211@1)COf (x32010@1)the bleeding, broken and breaking 
Bb (x1333x@1)                            CYour (x32010@1)name there is nothing, the street signs are bluffing 
        Dm (xx0231@1)                    BbThey'll (x1333x@1)put you wherever they please 
            C (x32010@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)Oh Lord, I will not go into the city 
  BbI'm (x1333x@1)already jaded 
    CAlready (x32010@1)I'm faded
         Dm (xx0231@1)                    BbThere's (x1333x@1)nothing to learn or to know 
              C (x32010@1)    FBb FBb
Oh Lord, I will not go 
FUnder (133211@1)the bridge there, the shadowy ridge there
     Bb (x1333x@1)                     F (133211@1)CThat (x32010@1)hides and is keeping us hid 
FWhere (133211@1)nothing is growing nor sunlight is showing 
    Bb (x1333x@1)                   F (133211@1)COr (x32010@1)shining on all that we did 
        Bb (x1333x@1)                      CAnd (x32010@1)the rumble of cars that goes bellowing past 
             Dm (xx0231@1)                   BbThey're (x1333x@1)just running away with the wind 
            C (x32010@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)           FBb FBb FBb    
Oh Lord, I will not go under the bridge 
FOut (133211@1)into the battle, they lead you like cattle 
     Bb (x1333x@1)                     F (133211@1)CAnd (x32010@1)even they got their own laws 
FYou (133211@1)won't be locked up there, nor shot or shocked up there 
     Bb (x1333x@1)                    F (133211@1)CFor (x32010@1)shooting a man to the floor 
    Bb (x1333x@1)                           CThey (x32010@1)train you and break you, and re-educate you 
Dm (xx0231@1)                            BbBut (x1333x@1)won't tell you why or what for 
            C (x32010@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)       FBb FBb FBb FBb
Oh Lord, I will not go into the war 
FUp (133211@1)into the sky where the great engines fly 
       Bb (x1333x@1)                              F (133211@1)CWhere (x32010@1)they throw you and roll you like dice 
FWe've (133211@1)conquered the moon with explosions and fumes 
       Bb (x1333x@1)                      F (133211@1)CWe (x32010@1)have conquered the universe high 
   Bb (x1333x@1)                         C (x32010@1)           
But looking back down there's a reasoning sound 
          Dm (xx0231@1)              BbThat (x1333x@1)says nobody gets out alive
             C (x32010@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)   F (133211@1)
Oh Lord, I will not go into sky
        Bb (x1333x@1)There's no one around 
        CJust (x32010@1)the beckoning sound
            Dm (xx0231@1)                     BbAnd (x1333x@1)there's no room to dream or to grow
            C (x32010@1)       FBb FBb           FBb FBb
Oh Lord, I will not go       (I will not go)
FHere (133211@1)on the ground we are lost, we are found 
       Bb (x1333x@1)                       F (133211@1)CWe (x32010@1)are lonely, we're spinning around 
FAway (133211@1)from the crowds and the armies of clowns 
     Bb (x1333x@1)                  F (133211@1)CAway (x32010@1)from the carnival sounds 
    Bb (x1333x@1)                      CAnd (x32010@1)out of the deep where the tectonic sleeps 
     Dm (xx0231@1)                    BbAnd (x1333x@1)darkness will follow you down
               C (x32010@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)Oh Lord, just let me stay here on the ground