Higher Ground

G C D G G C D G G C D G Wealthy people like to live, live near the water G C D G They pass their real estate down to their sons and their daughters G C D G Generations of happy just enjoying the view G C D G But when the water starts rising you know what they’re gonna do G C D G The rich are gonna move to the high ground G C D G The rich are gonna move to the high ground G C D G Holy doodle, look at your town G C D G The rich are gonna move to the high ground G C D G G C D G All those singers and actors and philanthropists G C D G Say the poor are at the top of their priority list G C D G But when the levies start breaking and the barriers fall G C D G Where will they be when we come to pay a courtesy call? G C D G With their mistresses, wives, pets, children and all G N.C. At the top of a hill behind a fortified wall G C D G ‘Cos the rich are gonna move to the high ground G C D G The rich are gonna move to the high ground G C D G Holy doodle, look at your town G C D G The rich are gonna move to the high ground G C D G G C D G Every sad number that the scientists find G C D G You get the feeling that some people really don’t mind G C D G To see a new feudal age for the whole human race G C D G ‘Cos the rabble will finally be all back in their place G C D G They’ll be no revolution, we’ll be meek as wet mouses N.C. Begging them to let our children serve in their houses G C D G ‘Cos the rich are gonna move to the high ground G C D G The rich are gonna move to the high ground G C D G Holy doodle, look at your town G C D G The rich are gonna move to the high ground G C D G Take me higher G C D G To that higher ground G C D G You and me baby, we’re gonna watch the poor drown G C D G ‘Cos the rich are gonna move to the high ground G C D G The rich are gonna move to the high ground G C D G Holy doodle, look at your town G C D G The rich are gonna move to the high ground