verse 1:
B C# B C#
Did you think that your feet had been bound
B C# B C#
By what gravity brings to the ground?
G#m E
Did you feel you were tricked
G#m E
By the future you picked?
B C# B C#
Well, come on down
G#m E
All those rules don't apply
G#m E
When you're high in the sky
B C#
So, come on down
B
Come on down
F# C#
We're coming down to the ground
F# C#
There's no better place to go
F# C#
We've got snow up on the mountains
F# C#
We've got rivers down below
F# C#
We're coming down to the ground
F# C#
We hear the birds sing in the trees
F# C#
And the land will be looked after
F# C#
We send the seeds out in the breeze
verse 2:
(B C#)(x2)
B C# B C#
Did you think you'd escaped from routine
B C# B C#
By changing the script and the scene?
G#m E
Despite all you made of it
G#m E
You're always afraid
B C# B C#
Of the change
G#m E
You've got a lot on your chest
G#m E
Well, you can come as my guest
B C#
So come on down
B
Come on down
F# C#
We're coming down to the ground
F# C#
There's no better place to go
F# C#
We've got snow up on the mountains
F# C#
We've got rivers down below
F# C#
We're coming down to the ground
F# C#
We hear the birds sing in the trees
F# C#
And the land will be looked after
F# C#
We send the seeds out in the breeze
Bridge:
B
Like the fish in the ocean
C#
We felt at home in the sea
B
We learned to live off the good land
C#
Learned to climb up a tree
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B
Then we got up on two legs
C#
But we wanted to fly
B
When we messed up our homeland
C#
We set sail for the sky
F# C#
We're coming down to the ground
F# C#
There's no better place to go
F# C#
We've got snow up on the mountains
F# C#
We've got rivers down below
F# C#
We're coming down to the ground
F# C#
We hear the birds sing in the trees
F# C#
And the land will be looked after
F# C#
We send the seeds out in the breeze
F# C#
We're coming down
F# C#
Coming down to Earth
F# C#
Like babies at birth
F# C#
Coming down to Earth
F# C#
We're gonna find new priorities
F# C#
These are extraordinary qualities
(F# C#)
F# C#
Down to Earth
F# C#
We're coming down to the ground
F# C#
There's no better place to go
F# C#
We've got snow up on the mountains
F# C#
We've got rivers down below
F# C#
We're coming down to the ground
F# C#
We hear the birds sing in the trees
F# C#
And the land will be looked after
F# C#
We send the seeds out in the breeze
F# C#
We're coming down to the ground
F# C#
There's no better place to go
F# C#
We've got snow up on the mountains
F# C#
We've got rivers down below
F# C#
We're coming down to the ground
F# C#
We hear the birds sing in the trees
F# C#
And the land will be looked after
F# C#
We send the seeds out in the breeze
F# C#
We're coming down
F# C#
Coming down to Earth
F# C#
Like babies at birth
F# C#
Coming down to Earth
F# C#
We're gonna find new priorities
F# C#
These are extraordinary qualities
(F# C#)
