John Cowan

High Above The Power Lines

John Cowan


Tom: Bb

Bb
Child of the Forest
Bb
Concrete and Steel
Bb
Child of the TV
Bb
In an Automobile

Bb
You know your tribes name
Bb
but you cannot say your own
Bb
So part of you keeps reaching out
Bb
to the part of you that's flown

[Chorus]
Ab    Eb       Bb
High above the Power lines
Ab    Eb       Bb
High above the Power lines
Bb   Ab        Eb Gb Eb Bb
High above the power lines

[Verse 2]

Now listen
Bb
An old man fidgets
Bb
with the remote control
Bb
Pictures a world
Bb
that just ain't there anymore

Bb
In the sweet clean air
Bb
upon the cool green land
Bb
Deep in his dreams
Bb
control slipping from his hand

[Chorus]
         Ab    Eb       Bb
And he's High above the Power lines
Ab    Eb       Bb
High above the Power lines
Ab    Eb       Bb
High above the Power lines
Yes he is
Bb   Ab        Eb Gb Eb Bb
High above the Power lines

[Bridge]
Eb
Your world is coming
F
Can't you hear it crying
Gm
Deep in the jungle
          Ab
burned by greed and by lying

Eb
You've no place to change
F
You can only keep on trying
Gm
Keep looking up
         Ab
til your spirit's flying

[Chorus]
Ab    Eb       Bb
High above the Power lines
Ab    Eb       Bb
High above the Power lines
Ab    Eb       Bb
High above the Power lines
Bb   Ab        Eb Gb Eb Bb
High above the Power lines

[Outro]
Bb
Mmm High above
Bb
Mmm High above
Bb
You gotta keep on trying
Bb
Gotta keep on flying
Bb
Let your soul and spirit rise to sky above the power lines
Bb
Keep reaching up
Bb
Keep reaching up
Bb
Ohh