Common Ground

COMMON GROUND
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“Hey, babe, the sky’s on fire,”
C G D C
Mr. Taylor told me in his song,
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Jackson doesn’t know just
C G D C
Where’s he’s running. He’s just running on.

Joni’s on a carousel,
Neil is underneath a Harvest Moon
This world had a place
For a gambler that left us far too soon.

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Desperado, Father and Son,
A D A D Em G
Teach Your Children, Born to Run.

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Melodies and lyric lines
D A G
Standing on shoulders of giants
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Court the muse, pursue the sound,
Dm/E
Born anew from common ground.

Dylan followed Guthrie
Hendrix turned the watchtower on its head.
J.S. Bach to Jethro Tull,
“Bourée” became a common thread.
“Ghost Riders in the Sky”
Paved the way for “Riders on the Storm.”
There is nothing you can play
That hasn’t been inspired from before.

Purple, Sabbath, Skynyrd, and Queen,
Mozart, Zeppelin, Beatles, and Cream

Melodies and lyric lines
Standing on shoulders of giants
Court the muse, pursue the sound,
Born anew from common ground.

Interlude: D C D C G D C D C G F

Em
Tell me, can you hear it the roots of rock and roll,
The message on a wire tugging at your soul?
Classical to fusion, the essence is the same.
A passion for creation, refusing to be tamed.
From concert hall to some garage in your neighborhood,
From black tie in the orchestra to grunge, it’s understood.
Music can be haunting, living, swimming in your head
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To Jerry pickin’ his guitar playing with the Dead.

Melodies and lyric lines, standing on shoulders of giants
Court the muse, pursue the sound, born anew from common ground.
Take my hand, I’ll lead you down, where the mystery is found,
When the muse becomes the sound, something new from common
Something new from common, something new from common ground.