Get Up Kids – Common Ground chords

[Intro]
C C C C

then
C Am Em  x4


[Verse 1]
    C                 AmOne day the kids will have a clue
Em  They can fill you in
C                   Am         Em GResearch would have taken hours


[Verse 2]
C                 AmWalking backwards just to get
Em  To your present
C                    Am           GWhere you might find common ground


[Chorus 1]
F         Am           C  All your  old friends
F          Am       C Am Em C Am Em  Scared of  the end


[Verse 3]
C          Am                  EmMaybe I'll write a dissertation
           EmOr keep it to myself
C                  Am        Em GSeems it's shorter every year


[Verse 4]
C                  AmWhat we're calling generations
Em  It's almost to the hour
C          Am          G  Do you remember when?


[Chorus 2]
F        Am          C  Old man  stay quiet
F         Am  It's not  your time


[Chorus 3]
C        Am  Way out  I know
Em       G  time to let go
C     Am               G  Who said it lasts forever?
C            Am  These words  play on
Em          G  Long since I've gone
C      Am          G  It's heavy on my soul


[Chorus 4]
F           Am       C  Last night  I tried
F        Am  For the  last time


[Chorus 4]
C        Am  Way out  I know
Em       G  time to let go
C     Am               G  Who said it lasts forever?
C            Am  These words  play on
Em          G  Long since I've gone
C      Am          G  It's heavy on my soul


[Outro]
C Am Em  x2