Salty ground Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Esus4][G][D][Am][Esus4][G][D]
[Am][Esus4][G]
[D]
[Am]I wandered as a sm[Esus4]all boy

[Verse 1]
[Em][G][D]
[Am]I wandered on the salt lakes
[Em]with the [F]wind in my [C]hair[G]
[Am]I carried a seedli[Esus4]ng
[Em]I ca[G]rrie[D]d [Dsus2]the plan[Am]
[Esus4]for a big tree [F]in my hand[C][G]
[Am]Wet ground in the [Esus4]win ter time
[G]Wet [D]gro[Dsus2]und[Am]
bogging up the [Em]place
[F]Trees comin' down, [C]crops goin' [G]in,
[Am]and soil on my [Esus4]face[Em][G][D]
This is the thing I'm [Am]callin'[G]
[F]Yeah[C]
[G]Big [Am]tree, can you come back onto [F]salty ground?
[C][G][Am][Esus4][G][D][Am][Esus4]
[G][D]
[Am]I helped my father,[Esus4]
[Em]I he[G]lped[D] m[Am]y father[E]
[F]with the [C]plough[G][Am]
We did a [Esus4]good day's [Em]work, [G]yeah
[D]We [Am]did a hard day's work
[Em]Turnin' [F]up the soil beneath our [C]feet
[G]That was [Am]change, yeah
[Esus4]Into salt[F]y grou[C]nd
[G]Thi[D]s is the thing I'm cal[F]ling[C]
[D]This is the thing I'm calling,
[Am]yeah[G][F][C]
[G]Big [Am]tree, can you come back [E]onto salty[F] ground?
[C][G][Am][Esus4][G][D][Am][Esus4]
[G][D]
[Am]Livin' in the dry [Em]country
[G]Not [D]muc[Am]h shade o[Em]r
shelter any[D]more
[Am]People can you [Em]live here [G]now?[D]
[Am]People can you [Em]live here now?
[F]Can you carve [C]some life
for your[G]self?
Can you [Am]make it right here
on this [Em]salty ground [F]before I [C]die?[G]
[Dsus4]This is t[D]he thing I'm call[F]ing[C]
[D]This is the thing I'm [F]calling[C][G]
[D]This is the thing I'm calling,
[Am]yeah[G][Em][F][C]
[G]Big [Am]tree, can you come
[Esus4]back onto[Em] salt[D]y ground
Can you come [Am]back now, big [Em]tree, [F]yes[C]
[G]Big[Am] tree, can you come
[Esus4]back onto salt[F]y ground
[C]Big [G]tre[Am]e, can you come
back onto [F]salty ground
[C]A b[G]ig [Am]treat when you come back[Esus4]

[Outro 1]
[G][D][Am][Esus4][G][D][Am]
[Esus4][G][D]