Bare Ground

Cm


[Verse]

           Cm        Bb     Ab
It was overcast most of the way.

                  Cm        Bb       Ab
Clouds thick with rain that couldn’t pour.

Cm                        Bb     Ab
Something was building up in the water

Cm                        Bb     Ab
Something was building up in the rain.


[Piano Intermezzo]
E|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6h8p6-8-6-------|---8-6-------| 
B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---|-----------8p6---|-------8p6---| 
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-| 
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------| 
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------| 
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------| 


[Chorus]

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


[Piano Intermezzo]
E|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------| 
B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---| 
G|------------5--|--x---------5-| 
D|---------------|-x------------| 
A|---------------|--------------| 
E|---------------|--------------| 

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

         Cm                Bb      Ab
Slashing up the walls in a canvas room

Cm                        Bb      Ab
Something was building up in the water

Cm                        Bb      Ab
Something was building up in the rain.

Cm                        Bb      Ab
Something was building up in the water

Cm                           Bb       Ab
Sleeping is a simple gesture on the roof

Ab
That’s a half truth.


[Piano Intermezzo]
E|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6h8p6-8-6-------|---8-6-------| 
B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---|-----------8p6---|-------8p6---| 
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-| 
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------| 
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------| 
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------| 


[Chorus]

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


[Piano Intermezzo]
E|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------| 
B|--------8p6----|---x----8p6---| 
G|-------------5-|--x---------5-| 
D|---------------|-x------------| 
A|---------------|--------------| 
E|---------------|--------------| 


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x - dead note
h - hammer on
p - pull of