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Higher Ground Chords

(ver. 1)
Waifs
[Intro]
 E
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 E                 D   E    D   E
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
E
Bitter in the belly, sweet on the tongue
E
Pick up the pieces gonna tell someone
E
Wind blows gentle and the wind blows warm
E
Carry me on to the eye of the storm
E
Water is rising it's an awful sound
E
Carry my feet to the higher ground
 
 
[Interlude]
 D        E        D   A    E
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 
 
[Verse 2]
E
I don't know but I been told
E
It takes a whole lotta diggin for an ounce of gold
E
Ounce of gold don't buy no bread
E
Everybody sleeping in a strangers bed
E
Water is rising it's an awful sound
E
Carry my feet to the higher ground
 
 
[Refrain]
A   D    E
 Higher ground
G D       E
  Higher ground
 
 
[Instrumental]
 Em                E
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
                   D   E    D   E
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 
 
[Verse 3]
E
Foot on the sea, foot on the land
E
Loud as a lion with a book in your hand
E
I ain't singing in the lukewarm choir
E
Standing on the world with your legs on fire
E
Time no more it's an awful sound
E
Carry my feet to the higher ground
 
 
[Refrain]
A   D    E
 Higher ground
G D       E
  Higher ground
A   D    E
 Higher ground
G D       E
  Higher ground
 
 
[Outro]
 E
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 E                 D   E    D   E
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 D   E    D   E
|--------|--------|
            
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