Higher Ground
Higher Ground

Higher Ground easy guitar chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

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    • Verse 1
    Last 
    night 
    I 
    was 
    dreaming 

    I 
    laying 
    drowning 
    in 
    a stream 

    But 
    in 
    the light 
    of day 
    I 
    see 
    it's 

    much 
    more 
    than 
    a dream 

    Life 
    is 
    like 
    a 
    river 
    that 
    carries 
    you 
    on 
    down 

    It's 
    time 
    we make 
    like 
    we was 
    making 

    tracks 
    for 
    higher 
    ground 

    Verse 2

    I'm 
    always 
    taking 
    chances 

    and 
    got 
    me by 
    on 
    luck 

    One 
    a few 
    and lost 
    a few, 

    oh 
    had 
    to 
    suck 
    it 
    up 

    But 
    I see 
    where 
    it's 
    leading 
    me, 

    I've 
    got 
    to 
    turn 
    around 

    Today's 
    the day 
    I 
    thought 
    of making 

    tracks 
    for 
    higher 
    ground 

    For 
    higher 
    ground, 
    Verse 3

    (higher 
    ground), higher
    ground, (higher ground) 

    You 
    ain't 
    going 
    nowhere 
    when 

    you're 
    always 
    falling 
    down 

    So 
    get 
    off 
    on 
    a 
    good 
    foot 

    and stop 
    stumbling 
    around 

    Man 
    I'm 
    off 
    and 
    running 
    making 

    tracks 
    for 
    higher 
    ground 

    Verse 4

    Yeah, I 
    had 
    a friend 
    who 
    said 
    he'd 

    love 
    to drink 
    and 
    run 
    around 

    Wasn't 
    anyway 
    old 
    mer

    cy'd put that 
    bottle 
    down 

    Well I 
    just 
    heard 
    the 
    other 
    day 

    they 
    laid 
    him 
    in 
    the ground 

    One 
    way 
    or 
    the 
    other 
    brother 

    we're bound 
    for 
    higher 
    ground 

    For 
    higher 
    ground, 
    Verse 5

    (higher 
    ground), higher
    ground, (higher ground) 

    You ain't 
    going 
    nowhere 
    when 

    you're 
    al
    ways 
    falling 
    down 

    You 
    got 
    to 
    pick 
    your 
    head 
    up, 

    keep 
    your 
    mind 
    and 
    body 
    sound 

    Man 
    I'm 
    off 
    and 
    running 
    making 
    track
    s for 
    higher 
    ground 

    Interlude 1



    The 
    moral 
    of my 
    story 
    Verse 6
    is 

    the fool 
    he 
    never 
    think 

    And all 
    around 
    you life 
    says 

    you must 
    change 
    every 
    day 

    Throw 
    off 
    those 
    old 
    shackles 
    and 
    get 

    up 
    and 
    dance 
    around 

    Today's 
    the day 
    we're 
    roping, 

    making 
    track
    s for 
    higher 
    ground 

    For higher 
    ground, 
    Verse 7

    (higher 
    ground), higher
    ground, (higher ground) 

    You ain't 
    going 
    nowhere 
    when 

    you're 
    al
    ways 
    falling 
    down 

    Get 
    off 
    on 
    the good 
    foot 
    and 

    stop 
    stumbling 
    around 

    Man 
    we're 
    off 
    and 
    running 
    making 

    tracks 
    for 
    higher 
    ground 

    Verse 8
    For higher 
    ground, 

    (higher 
    ground), higher ground, (higher
    ground) 

    You 
    ain't 
    going 
    nowhere 
    when 

    you're 
    al
    ways 
    falling 
    down 

    Get 
    up 
    on 
    the good 
    foot 
    an

    d stop 
    stumbling 
    around 

    Man 
    we're off 
    and 
    Verse 9
    running 
    making 

    tracks 
    for 
    higher 
    ground 

    Verse 10
    Up 
    and 
    running 
    babe 
    for 
    higher 
    ground, 

    for 
    higher 
    ground 
    baby 

    Up 
    and 
    running 
    up 
    for 
    higher 
    ground, 

    don't 
    let 
    me down 
    boys 

    We're 
    all 
    running 
    up 
    to 
    higher 

    Outro 1
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