Common Ground Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays475

Common Ground by Rhythm Corps is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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Intro: C F (4x)

Verse: 
 C          F 
Can we meet  
    C            F 
On common ground 
         C                F 
Are our views so far apart 
                 C               F 
That there's no room to be found 

 C           F 
Can we speak  
     C            F 
Without the sound 
      C                  F 
Of a world gone quite insane 
              C        C  F 
Can we start settling dooown  
    G 
Well 


Pre-Chorus 
G 
  I'll not play the scene  
            F 
Where the threats start flying 

G 
  You'll not have to scream 
              F              F F F F F F F  F F 
'Cause we're not that stupid 

 C          F 
Can we meet  
    C             F 
On common grounds 

C   F 
C   F 

Verse: 
 C          F 
Can we meet  
    C            F 
On common ground  
          C                        F 
Are your walls all brick and stone 
              C            F 
And far from tumbling down 

 C          F 
Can we seat  
    C            F 
Ourselves around 
   C                F 
A table for a while  
                C              C   F 
And talk like friends we have foooound 
     G 
Yeah 

Pre-Chorus 
G 
  I'll not play the scene  
            F 
Where the threats start flying 

G 
  You'll not have to dream 
      F               F F F F F F F  F F  
Of a peaceful one day 

 C          F 
Can we meet  
    C            F    C  F 
On common ground 

BREAK: 
 C                     F 
Tell me, tell me, tell me  
           G    F    G 
A world around 

F            G    F    G    F    C 
  A world around 

Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante