Chords for Lou Rawls Down Here On The Ground

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[C] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] Down [C] here on the [D] ground, _ [C] _ [D] it ain't no [D] place for living, no, no.
_ Down [C] here on the [D] ground, _ _ [C] watching the sparrows fly [F#] _ high.
[Bm] _ _ I [D] watch the birds as they make their way, _ _ [Em] flying sort of free, _ _ how I [C] wish it were me.
[A] _
_ But I am down here [D] on the ground, _ and I'm wanting something better. _ _
I am down here on the ground, _ wanting [Am] something _ _ more.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] One morning [A] sure, [F#m] I will find _ [Bm] _ _
wings [Em] on my mind _ _ to [F#m] take me high.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Em]
So if you hear a sound _ _ [Gm] from down here on the ground, _ [E] _
[Em] my friends, it's only [A] me.
_ Trying to [A] fly, _ _ _ _ trying [Dm] to fly, _ _ _ I [F#m] would love to fly.
_ Because I'm [G] tired of being down here on the ground.
_ I am tired of [D] being down [Em] here [D] on _
[C] the _ _ ground.
[A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ Yeah! _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] One morning sure, [F#m] I'm gonna find _ _ some [Em] wings on my mind, _ _ _ [A] wings to take [A] me high.
_ [Cm] _ _
[Bm] So if you hear [Em] a sound, _ if you hear [Gm] a sound from down here on the [C] ground, _ [B] my friends, it's only me.
[A] I will be [D] trying to fly, _ _ _ [G] trying to fly, _ _ like the birds [D] I would love to [F#m] fly.
Because I'm tired of being [G] down here on the ground.
_ Yes, I am [D] tired of being _ [Em] down here [D]
on [C] the [D] ground. _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] Yeah! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] Thank you.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Thank you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ Once there was a way [Em] for _ _ _ _ you to [Am] get back home again.
[B] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ [D] Once there was a way _ _ _ _ _ [C] for you to [F#] get [G] back home.
_ [B] Sleep little [Em] darling, do not cry.
[Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] And I will [D] sing a [C] lullaby.
[Bm] _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ Yes, I will.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Golden [G] _ [C] slumbers _ [G] fill your _ eyes.
_ _ _ And _ smiles [Em] _ awake you [G] when you _ rise.
[B] Sleep little [Em] darling, I don't want you to [Am] cry. _ _
_ _ [D] _ And I will sing [G] a lullaby. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Once [Em] there was a way for you to get back home [A] again.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [C] I said [D] once there was a way _ _ for _ [Em] you to get [G] back home.
_ _ [B] Sleep little [Em] darling, please don't you [B] cry. _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] And I [Em] will [F#] sing a [G] _ lullaby. _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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[Em] Golden _ slumbers, [D] they fill your eyes.
_ _ _ And the _
[G] _ smiles we love wake you _ [D] when [G] you [B] rise.
Sleep little [Em] darling, I don't want you [Am] to cry.
[C] _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ And [Em] I will sing [G] a lullaby.
_ _ [D#] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ And I will sing you a _ _ _ lullaby.
_ _ Why _ _ [D#] _
I _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] sing [E] you a [D#] lullaby.
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