The Ground

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
listen to the song for the rhythm, for example the C is only for one strum,
but the F for 2 or 3.

{sot}                           [Am]     [F]        [C]    [G]        [Am]     [F]     [C]    [G]
e|-------3--------------------0-------1----0----x--10-------0------1---0----------|
B|--3/5-----5\3--1------------1-------1----1----x--10-------1------1---1----------|
G|-----------------2----------2-------2----0----x--12-------2------2---0----------|
D|--------------------0-------2-------3----2----x--12-------2------3---2----------|
A|-------------------------0--0-------3----3----x--10----0--0------3---3-----0--2-|
E|---------------------------------1------------x--10-----------1---------0-------|{eot}

[Am]Try your wor[F]st, 'cause [C]i've heard it a[G]ll
and just s[Am]tuck on a b[F]rave face and t[C]ried to walk ta[G]ll
and you can te[Am]ll me that i've c[F]hanged when you can [C]look me in th[G]e eye
i've got [Am]tricks up my [F]sleeveas I wa[C]ve go[G]odbye

{section: Prechorus}
[F]I like to think that I am str[G]onger now than I was before
[F]but now I'm having trouble s[G]howing you the door

{section: Chorus}
[Am]And [F]ohh[C]hh [G]
[Am]i'm on my[F] ro[C]ad  [G]
i've got my [Am]map in hand but [F]I just don't[C] know where I [G]stand
and now I'm [Am]here pic[F]king my pieces of[C]f the gr[G]ound

[Am]we need to get t[F]he negativity slack a[C]nd let the positivity [G]back
I [Am]need a s[F]mile that isn't fa[F]ke    [G]
b[Am]ut i'ma ne[F]ed your help for [C]goodness' sa[G]ke,
y[Am]our hel[F]p   [C]        [G]

[Am]I'm sick of be[F]ing a drifter,
being a flo[C]ater, go-away-and-get-th[G]e-boat-er
n[Am]o one wants you he[F]re, why c[C]an't you see[G]
I[Am] was living life thro[F]ugh someone else's ey[C]es but now I'm fi[G]nally back to me

[Am] [F] [C] [G]

(prechorus)
(chorus)

{section: Bridge}
the g[Am]round you [F]stand[G] on
the [Am]ground that lo[F]oks you in the [G]eye
the [Am]ground you s[F]tand [G]on
the g[Am]round that yo[F]u will just wa[G]lk by

(chorus)

| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend