Higher Ground chords by Eric Andersen

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Intro 1

Abdim

Verse 1
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Stumbled into a backstreet bar
just the other week
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Showed my heart to a  waitress there,
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she took a little peek
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She set me at a table,
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but I guess it was a little too late
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There was someone there before me,
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so I        turned and walked away
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Holy rollin',
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headin' for the higher ground
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Holy rollin', I think it's time
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Bm 
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I'm gonna lay it all down
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I asked my fortune teller,
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would you save me from this wreck
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I gave her rhymes and pentacles,
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she gave me valentines for change
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I offered up my broken heart,
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she handed me a glass
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She said, no trouble buying nothing here,
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what else do you have?
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Holy rolling,
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heading for the higher ground
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Holy rolling, I think it's time
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I'm gonna lay it all down
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Bm 
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Wandered through the streets all night
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in search of another haunt.
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A woman in a doorway said,
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is there something that you want?
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Followed up the back staircase,
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she took off her dress.
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Showed me to her body
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but she locked   up all the rest
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Holy rolling,
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heading for the higher ground
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Abdim 
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D 
Holy rolling, I think    it's time I let it all down
G 

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Interlude 1

think

Verse 2
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it's time
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we're going to let it all down
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Bm 
You see the eyes before you,
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you see the dreamer that you knew
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He's feeling like a lover,
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but he's acting like a fool
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The highway keeps on rolling
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like it's never gonna end
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Love will keep on rolling
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Like a spirit in the wind
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Holy rolling
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G 
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Heading for the higher ground
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Holy rolling
Abdim 
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I think    it's time I'm gonna let
Time I'm gonna let
Time I'm gonna let all down
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G 
We'll shine the light of day,
Abdim 
oh       yeah