Chords for Down Here on the Ground- The Virgin Islands Rhythm Section- Malcolm Evans - Vocals

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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ Down here on the [Bb] ground, _ ain't no [C] place for living.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] Down here on the [Am] ground, _ watching [Bb] sparrows _ fly.
[Bm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ I watch the [C]
birds as they [F] fly away. _ _ _
They're flying [F] sort of [Dm] free, and I wish [Bb] it were _ me.
_ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ Down here on the ground, I wanted something better. _ _ _ _
Down _ here on the ground, _ I wanted something [Gm] _ more.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ Some [Dm] morning soon [Em] you will [Am] find,
that I've got [Dm] wings on my _ [C] mind [Gm] to [E] take me high.
_ [A] _ _
_ [Dm] So if you hear the sound, _ _ [Fm] from down here on the ground, _
I [Dm] say my friend, it's [G] only me.
Try _ [C] to fly, _ _ [Fm] _ _
try to [C] fly.
_ _ [Em] _
Put your hands together.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
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[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
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Put [C] your hands together.
Down here on the ground, _ I wanted something [Gm] _ more.
_ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [F] One morning [D] sure _ [Em] I'll find,
_ [Am] _ that I've got big [Dm] wings on my mind [G] to take [E] me high.
_ _ _ [A] _ So [Dm] if you hear the sound, _ [Bb] from way [Fm] down [C] here on the ground,
[Dm] I say my friend, it's only me.
[Em] It's only me [C] trying to fly, [Fm] _ _ _ [C] trying to fly.
_ [Fm] _ _ [F] Way down, [C] way down on the ground, _ [Fm] _ we don't cry [C] until we fly.
_ _ [Fm] _ I'm tired [C] of being on the ground.
[Fm] _ I'm tired of [C] being on the ground. _ _ _ _ _ _
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