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When Im Up I Cant Get Down by Great Big Sea - Guitar Chords

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Version 1
            When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)
By Great Big Sea

(First verse is single strum, then the strumming pattern is D DU UDU)


           F              C
I am the fountain of affection
           F          Am
I'm the instrument of joy
   F                     C
to keep the good time rolling,
         F            G
I'm the boy, I'm the boy
             F                  C
You know the world could be our oyster
       F                 Am
If you put your trust in me
       F                     C
We'll keep the good times rolling
         F             G
Wait and see, wait and see
          Am
Oh, wait and see


Am                   G
There's exaltations, sweet disintegrations
  F                                  G
A few discolourations then it comes along
Am                        G
Up is why he chooses, the kisses and the bruises
            F                                 G
There ain't nothing he refuses then it comes along
          F             Am
It comes along and I am lifted
     F            G
I am lifted, I am lifted


[Chorus]
         F               C
When I'm up I can't get down
          F              G
Can't get down can't get level
         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down
       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground
         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down
          F              G
Can't get down can't get level
         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down
       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground


            Am
He just needs something to bind him
G
Something to wind him up
   F
It won't take long to find him
                 G
When it comes on strong


Am                        G
Black skies are grinning, street lights are spinning
    F
The night is just beginning,
                      G
and then it comes on strong
            F                Am
It comes on strong, and I am lifted,
     F            G
I am lifted, I am lifted!


[Chorus]
         F               C
When I'm up I can't get down
          F              G
Can't get down can't get level
         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down
       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground
         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down
          F              G
Can't get down can't get level
         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down
       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground


                F                Am
Oh, it comes on strong, and I am lifted
            F                Am
It comes on strong, and I am lifted,
     F            G
I am lifted, I am lifted!


[Chorus]
         F               C
When I'm up I can't get down
          F              G
Can't get down can't get level
         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down
       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground
         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down
          F              G
Can't get down can't get level
         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down
       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground


[Outro]
      Am               G      F
Oh-oh-oh, I can't get down
   G                            Am     G
Oh no, no, no, no, I can’t get down
   F
Oh no, oh no,
G
No-oh-oh-oh, I can't get down
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