Bare Ground Chords
Bare Ground by Blackbird Raum is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, Ab and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Cm
Verse
Cm Ab
It was overcast most of the way.
Cm Ab
Clouds thick with rain that couldn’t pour.
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the water
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the rain.
Piano Intermezzo
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6-8-6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|-----------8-6---|-------8-6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
Bb Ab Bb Cm
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground
Bb Ab Bb Cm
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around
Piano Intermezzo
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6-8-6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|-----------8-6---|-------8-6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
Cm Ab
And it couldn’t last, more of the same.
Cm Ab
Slashing up the walls in a canvas room
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the water
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the rain.
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the water
Cm Ab
Sleeping is a simple gesture on the roof
Ab
That’s a half truth.
Piano Intermezzo
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6-8-6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|-----------8-6---|-------8-6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
Bb Ab Bb Cm
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground
Bb Ab Bb Cm
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around
Bb Ab Bb Cm
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground
Bb Ab Bb Cm
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around
Piano Intermezzo
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|
G|-------------5-|--x---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|
A|---------------|--------------|
E|---------------|--------------|
x - dead note