Intro: C  D7  G 

                C          D7            G 
We've turned the page For a new day has dawned 
          Am7     C           D7                G 
And we've rearranged What is right and what's wrong 
                 F                      C 
Somehow we've drifted So far from the truth 
                        D                       C 
That we can't get back home And where are the virtues 
                    G                Am7    C 
That once gave us light And where are the morals 
                    G            Em           F 
That governed our lives Someday we all will awake 
            C                           D 
And look back just to find What we've lost 

G                           Bm7 
We need to get back To the basics of life 
            C                D 
A heart that is pure And a love that is blind 
   G                         Bm7 
A faith that is Fervently grounded in Christ 
      G                         C 
The hope that endures for all time 
Am7                              F 
These are the basics We need to get back 
          C         G      C 
To the basics of life.....Oh oh 

            C            D       G           Am7     C 
The newest rage is to reason it out And just meditate 
             D          G               F 
You can overcome every doubt After all man is a god 
          C                 D              C 
They say God is no longer alive But I still believe 
                       G      Am7      C 
In the old rugged cross Oh I still believe 
                          G        Am 
there is hope for the lost And I know 
     F                     C 
the Rock of all Ages Will stand 
                        D                               C D 
Through the changes of time Through the changes of time 

  Bb            F       G 
We've let the darkness Invade us too long 
              G7        F   C    Bb           F 
We've got to turn the tide    Oh we need the passion 
        G                        G7        F    Dsus 
That burned long ago To come and open our eyes 
 D            Dsus      D 
No room for compromise 

G                           Bm7 
We need to get back To the basics of life 
    C                      D7           D    E 
A heart that is pure And a love that is blind 
A                           C#m7 
We need to get back To the basics of life 
   D                         E7           E 
A heart that is pure And a love that is blind 
   A                    C#m7 
A faith that Fervently grounded in Christ 
     A7                        D    A 
The hope that endures for all time 
Bm7 
These are the basics 
            G 
We need to get back 
        D         A 
To the basics of life 
D 
oh 
   G              A 
To the basics of life  (4x)