Bare Ground

	  		
Intro: Cm 

Verse 

           Cm             Ab 
It was overcast most of the way. 
                  Cm                 Ab 
Clouds thick with rain that couldn’t pour. 
Cm                               Ab 
Something was building up in the water 
Cm                               Ab 
Something was building up in the rain. 


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Bb                   Ab               Bb                 Cm 
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground 
Bb                       Ab                Bb               Cm 
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around 



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                Cm               Ab 
And it couldn’t last, more of the same. 

         Cm                      Ab 
Slashing up the walls in a canvas room 
Cm                               Ab 
Something was building up in the water 
Cm                               Ab 
Something was building up in the rain. 
Cm                               Ab 
Something was building up in the water 

Cm                                  Ab 
Sleeping is a simple gesture on the roof 
Ab 
That’s a half truth. 


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Bb                   Ab               Bb                 Cm 
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground 
Bb                       Ab                Bb               Cm 
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around 
Bb                   Ab               Bb                 Cm 
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground 
Bb                       Ab                Bb               Cm 
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around 



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x - dead note