Intro :
G - D - C - GG
Whenever my head starts to hurt
D
Before it goes from bad to feeling worse
C
I turn off my phone, I get down low
GD
And put my hand into the dirt
G
I try to stop the world from moving so fast
D
Try to get a grip on where I'm at
C
To simplify this dizzy life
GD
And get my feet in the grass
Chorus:
G
I'm going back to the earth
D
I'm going back to the earth
C
I'm going back to work her
G
I'm going back to the earth
I'm going back
G - D - C - G
Tu-ru-du-du-du-du-du-du-dudu
G
The only explanation for a high rise
D
Must that everybody wants to get high
CGD
Move on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky
G
The higher we go, the taller we grow
D
We lose sight of our land below
C
You can have you place, up in outerspace
GD
Cause my home is where my food is grown
Chorus:
G
I'm going back to the earth
D
I'm going back to the earth
C
I'm going back to work her
G
I'm going back to the earth
Em
We are animals
G
We are wild
C
We started with a motion at the bottom of the ocean
DB
now its ringing from the tops of the trees
Em
We are animals
Am
We are wild
C
And to truly be forgiving we must all get back to living
D
with the land in harmony
G
I'm going back to the earth
D
I'm going back to the earth
I'm going back
G - D - C - G
Tu-ru-du-du-du-du-du-du-dudu
G
I listen to the whistle in the wind
D
Its blending in with the song of the birds
C
The messages remind me who I am
G
That I'm a child of the earth
G
It's where I found spirituality
D
It's in everything that surrounds me
C
I can't spell God G-O-DG
I spell it N-A-T-U-R-EChorus:
G
I'm going back to the earth
D
I'm going back to the earth
C
I'm going back to work her
G
I'm going back to the earth
I'm going back
G - D - C - G
Tu-ru-du-du-du-du-du-du-dudu
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.