Burning Ground chords by Van Morrison

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Intro 1

And I take you down

Verse 1
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 (C major) to the  (E minor) burning  (C major) ground
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And you change  (E minor)  (C major) me up and
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you turned  (E minor) it  (C major) around
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In the  (E minor) wind and rain  (C major) I'm
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gonna see  (E minor) you  (C major) again
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In the  (E minor) morning  (C major) sun and when
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the  (E minor) day is  (C major) done
And you take my hand and
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you  (E minor) walk with  (C major) me
Sometimes it feels like eternity
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And I turn the tide I get  (E minor) back my  (C major) pride
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And I  (E minor) make you  (C major) proud won't
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you say  (E minor) it  (C major) out loud
When I take you down to
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the burning  (E minor) ground  (C major) 
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To the  (G major) burning ground,
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 (C major) to the burning  (G major) ground  (C major) 
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To the  (G major) burning ground,
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 (C major) to the  (G major) burning ground
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 (C major) 

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Verse 2
And I take you down by the factory
And I show you like it has to be
And you understand how
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the  (E minor) work is  (C major) done
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And I pick  (E minor) up  (C major) the sack in
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the midday  (E minor) sun (C major) 
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And I pull  (E minor) you  (C major) through by
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the skin  (E minor) of  (C major) your teeth
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And I  (E minor) lift the  (C major) veil,
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I see what's  (E minor) under (C major) neath
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And you return to me  (E minor) and
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you sit on  (C major) your throne
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And you  (E minor) make me  (C major) feel that I'm  (E minor) not alone  (C major) 

Verse 3
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And I take you down  (C major) to the
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 (G major) burning ground  (C major) 
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To the  (G major) burning ground,
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 (C major) to the  (G major) burning ground  (C major) 
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To the  (G major) burning ground
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 (C major) 

Verse 4

Hey man,

what's that you're carrying?

Feels like lead

Verse 5

It weighs a ton, let's see if we can

dump it by the side of the hill

Hey wait up, why

Verse 6

don't you dump

it on the burning ground

Verse 7

Dump it down there

Yeh man, dump the Jute

Hey man dump the Jute

Verse 8

the burning ground

Dump the Jute?

Yeh you know, dump the Jute

Verse 9
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Dump  (E minor) the Jute!
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 (C major) On the burning ground
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 (E minor) On the burning  (C major) ground  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
And you make me think what
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it's  (E minor) all  (C major) about
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Sometimes  (E minor) I know  (C major) 
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gonna work  (E minor) it out (C major) 
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And I  (E minor) watch you  (C major) run in the crimson  (E minor)  (C major) sun
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Tear my shirt  (E minor) apart  (C major) open  (E minor) up  my  (C major) heart
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And I  (E minor) watch you run (C major) 
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Down on your  (E minor) bended  (C major) knees
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 (E minor) By  the burnt out well  (C major) 
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Can you tell  (E minor) me  (C major) please
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Between  (E minor) heaven  (C major) and hell
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Won't you take  (E minor) me  (C major) down

Verse 10

To the burning ground,

to the burning ground

To the burning ground, to the burning ground

Interlude 1

Verse 11
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 (G major) And  (C major) you fall and pray,
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when you  (E minor) hear that  (C major) sound
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As we're  (E minor) walking  (C major) back
to the burial mound
And you shake your head
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and you turn  (E minor) it  (C major) around
And you see the flames from
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the  (E minor) burning  (C major) ground
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And you  (E minor) get down  (C major) on your
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 (E minor) knees an (C major) d  pray
And I catch my breath as
we're running away
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And I take the Jute and I  (G major) throw him  (C major) down

Verse 12
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On the  (G major) burning ground,
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 (C major) on the  (G major) burning ground  (E minor)  (C major) 
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 (G major) On the burning ground,
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 (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) it's on the  (G major) burning ground.
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 (C major)  (G major) 