Artist: Allan Taylor
[INTRO]
[Am]
[VERSE]
[Am]He was young and he was proud
He was [C]strong and una[D]fraid
And he [Am]walked alone where [C]others feared to [Em]tread [G]
And all the [Am]treasures of the land
He could [C]hold them in his [D]hand
And where [Am]others always [C]followed [G]he would le[Am]ad
[VERSE]
[Am]But when the others came to lead
They were [C]driven on by [D]greed
And they [Am]forced him to be[C]lieve his way was [Em]wrong [G]
In his [Am]simple way he tried
But his [C]spirit slowly [D]died
And he [Am]knew his weary [C]journey [G]had beg[Am]un
[CHORUS]
And he had to [D]get down
[Am]Get down on the ground
He had to [F]get down
And [E]leaveN.C.
his pride beh[Am]ind
[VERSE]
[Am]And he had to come to terms
With the [C]things he had to [D]learn
And his [Am]innocence de[C]stroyed itself with [Em]age [G]
When he [Am]stopped to turn around
The path was [C]nowhere to be [D]found
And he was [Am]guided like a [C]puppet [G]on a st[Am]age
[VERSE]
[Am]And the proud and noble savage
Took his [C]turn at being [D]scared
Whereas be[Am]fore he never kn[C]ew the taste of [Em]fear [G]
He had to [Am]grovel in the sand
And [C]hold an open [D]hand
For he [Am]knew within, the [C]end was [G]drawing [Am]near
[CHORUS]
And he had to [D]get down
[Am]Get down on the ground
He had to [F]get down
And [E]leaveN.C.
his pride beh[Am]ind
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Am] [C] [D] [Am] [C] [Em] [G] [Am]
[Am] [C] [D] [Am] [C] [G] [Am]
[VERSE]
[Am]And he cried aloud with pain
For to [C]walk in the light a[D]gain
And he [Am]begs for someone [C]close to lend an [Em]ear [G]
And he's [Am]turned the other cheek
But [C]now he's much too [D]weak
And [Am]no one stops to [C]listen [G]though they [Am]hear
[VERSE]
[Am]And now an age has passed away
And [C]we are left to [D]pay
For the [Am]wrongs in[C]flicted on this [Em]man [G]
And if the [Am]burden weighs us down
We'll have to [C]kneel upon the [D]ground
And [Am]pray for for[C]giveness [G]from this [Am]man
[CHORUS]
'Cause he had to [D]get down
[Am]Get down on the ground
He had to [F]get down
And [E]leave his pride be[Am]hind
[CHORUS]
Oh, we'd better [D]get down
[Am]Get down on the ground
We'd better [F]get down
And [E]leave our pride be[Am]hind
[Am]
[VERSE]
[Am]He was young and he was proud
He was [C]strong and una[D]fraid
And he [Am]walked alone where [C]others feared to [Em]tread [G]
And all the [Am]treasures of the land
He could [C]hold them in his [D]hand
And where [Am]others always [C]followed [G]he would le[Am]ad
[VERSE]
[Am]But when the others came to lead
They were [C]driven on by [D]greed
And they [Am]forced him to be[C]lieve his way was [Em]wrong [G]
In his [Am]simple way he tried
But his [C]spirit slowly [D]died
And he [Am]knew his weary [C]journey [G]had beg[Am]un
[CHORUS]
And he had to [D]get down
[Am]Get down on the ground
He had to [F]get down
And [E]leaveN.C.
his pride beh[Am]ind
[VERSE]
[Am]And he had to come to terms
With the [C]things he had to [D]learn
And his [Am]innocence de[C]stroyed itself with [Em]age [G]
When he [Am]stopped to turn around
The path was [C]nowhere to be [D]found
And he was [Am]guided like a [C]puppet [G]on a st[Am]age
[VERSE]
[Am]And the proud and noble savage
Took his [C]turn at being [D]scared
Whereas be[Am]fore he never kn[C]ew the taste of [Em]fear [G]
He had to [Am]grovel in the sand
And [C]hold an open [D]hand
For he [Am]knew within, the [C]end was [G]drawing [Am]near
[CHORUS]
And he had to [D]get down
[Am]Get down on the ground
He had to [F]get down
And [E]leaveN.C.
his pride beh[Am]ind
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Am] [C] [D] [Am] [C] [Em] [G] [Am]
[Am] [C] [D] [Am] [C] [G] [Am]
[VERSE]
[Am]And he cried aloud with pain
For to [C]walk in the light a[D]gain
And he [Am]begs for someone [C]close to lend an [Em]ear [G]
And he's [Am]turned the other cheek
But [C]now he's much too [D]weak
And [Am]no one stops to [C]listen [G]though they [Am]hear
[VERSE]
[Am]And now an age has passed away
And [C]we are left to [D]pay
For the [Am]wrongs in[C]flicted on this [Em]man [G]
And if the [Am]burden weighs us down
We'll have to [C]kneel upon the [D]ground
And [Am]pray for for[C]giveness [G]from this [Am]man
[CHORUS]
'Cause he had to [D]get down
[Am]Get down on the ground
He had to [F]get down
And [E]leave his pride be[Am]hind
[CHORUS]
Oh, we'd better [D]get down
[Am]Get down on the ground
We'd better [F]get down
And [E]leave our pride be[Am]hind
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