Burning Ground chords by
Van Morrison

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Key: G minor

Intro 1

And I take you down

Verse 1
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Em Em 
 
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to the burning ground
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And you change me up and
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C C 
 
you turned it around
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In the wind and rain I'm
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gonna see you again
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In the morning sun and when
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C C 
 
the day is done
And you take my hand and
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C C 
 
you walk with me
Sometimes it feels like eternity
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C C 
 
And I turn the tide I get back my pride
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
And I make you proud won't
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C C 
 
you say it out loud
When I take you down to
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C C 
 
the burning ground
G G 
 
To the burning ground,
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G G 
 
C C 
 
to the burning ground
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To the burning ground,
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G G 
 
to the burning ground
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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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C C 
 
the work is done
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C C 
 
And I pick up the sack in
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C C 
 
the midday sun
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And I pull you through by
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the skin of your teeth
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And I lift the veil,
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I see what's underneath
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And you return to me and
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you sit on your throne
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And you make me feel that I'm not alone

Verse 3
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And I take you down to the
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C C 
 
burning ground
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To the burning ground,
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to the burning ground
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To the burning ground
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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 the Jute!
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On the burning ground
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Em Em 
 
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Em Em 
 
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On the burning ground
And you make me think what
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it's all about
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Sometimes I know
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gonna work it out
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Em Em 
 
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And I watch you run in the crimson sun
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Tear my shirt apart open up  my heart
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And I watch you run
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Down on your bended knees
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By  the burnt out well
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Can you tell me please
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Between heaven and hell
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Won't you take me down

Verse 10

To the burning ground,

to the burning ground

To the burning ground, to the burning ground

Interlude 1

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

Verse 12
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On the burning ground,
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Em Em 
 
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on the burning ground
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On the burning ground,
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it's on the burning ground.
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G G

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