Elevate Or Operate chords by
Esperanza Spalding
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Key: E minor

Verse 1

Our walls surround,

us with a glassy top

We're going down

Or has the sky gone up?

Verse 2
Edim Edim 
 
Eaug Eaug 
 
Honey don't interrupt me!
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
F#dim F#dim 
 
(Look at the
A A 
 
Bb Bb 
 
cloud!)
(Looks like,
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
F#m F#m 
 
we're going down)
A A 
 
Edim Edim 
 
Honey don't make me turn
Am Am 
 
this thing around!
Bb Bb 
 
G# G# 
 
F# F# 
 
(Or is the sky, rising up?)
Bb Bb 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
(Look at the
F#dim F#dim 
 
A A 
 
top!)
(Looks like,
Edim Edim 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
F#dim F#dim 
 
we're going down!)
F#m F#m 
 
Edim Edim 
 
Am Am 
 
Honey don't interrupt me!
Bb Bb 
 
(Or is the sky,
Csus4 Csus4 
 
G# G# 
 
F# F# 
 
Ebm Ebm 
 
rising?)

Verse 3
Ebm Ebm 
 
Just keep riding 'til you scrape the sky
G# G# 
 
C# C# 
 
There's so many pies to try,
F# F# 
 
Am Am 
 
in so little time
Bm Bm 
 
F# F# 
 
Ebm Ebm 
 
You won't exactly taste
G# G# 
 
none in your mouth
C# C# 
 
But anything with reach must,
F# F# 
 
cut folk like us out
C C 
 
So honey stop

Verse 4
G G 
 
your whining,
A#aug A#aug 
 
wishing, scheming
E# E# 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Press a floor to waste your
D# D# 
 
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A# A# 
 
dreams in
Am Am 
 
(Look at the

Verse 5
A# A# 
 
C C 
 
F#dim F#dim 
 
F#m F#m 
 
A# A# 
 
cloud)
(Looks like,
Am Am 
 
A# A# 
 
C C 
 
F#m F#m 
 
we're going down!)
Edim Edim 
 
Am Am 
 
Honey don't interrupt me!
A# A# 
 
G# G# 
 
F# F# 
 
A# A# 
 
Am Am 
 
(Or is the sky, rising up?)
A# A# 
 
C C 
 
F#dim F#dim 
 
A A 
 
(Look at the cloud!)
A# A# 
 
(Looks like,
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Csus4 Csus4 
 
F#dim F#dim 
 
we're going down!)
Edim Edim 
 
Honey don't try to turn
Am Am 
 
this thing around!
Bb Bb 
 
(Or is the sky,
Csus4 Csus4 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Gb Gb 
 
D#m D#m 
 
rising?)

Verse 6
G# G# 
 
Just keep riding 'til your wonder stops
C# C# 
 
Boot straps up around your neck,
F# F# 
 
Am Am 
 
in case the thing drops
A A 
 
F# F# 
 
D#m D#m 
 
No one exactly knows
G# G# 
 
D#m D#m 
 
what's at the top
B B 
 
C#sus4 C#sus4 
 
C# C# 
 
But anything  worth working for,
F# F# 
 
Adim Adim 
 
must hide a whole lot
C C 
 
So honey stop

Verse 7

that whining,

Bbaug

wishing, dreaming

'Fore you make me stop believing

You know we can't stop it ab

Verse 8
Bb Bb 
 
ruptly!
Am Am 
 
(Look at the top!)
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
F#dim F#dim 
 
(Looks like, we're going
E E 
 
Edim Edim 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
down!)
F#m F#m 
 
A A 
 
Edim Edim 
 
Now just  how do we turn
Am Am 
 
this thing around?
Bb Bb 
 
Csus4 Csus4 
 
G# G# 
 
(Or is the sky, rising up?)
F# F# 
 
Edim Edim 
 
Am Am 
 
And are we going  up or down?
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
F#dim F#dim 
 
A A 
 
(Look at the top!)
Edim Edim 
 
(Looks like,
Bb Bb 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
F#m F#m 
 
we're going down!)
Edim Edim 
 
Am Am 
 
Honey don't interrupt me!
Bb Bb 
 
Csus4 Csus4 
 
G# G# 
 
(Or is the sky, rising up?)
F# F# 
 
Edim Edim 
 
I'm try ing to turn   this
Am Am 
 
thing around!
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
F#dim F#dim 
 
A A 
 
(Look at the top!)
(Looks like,
Bb Bb 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
F# F# 
 
we're going down!)
A A 
 
Edim Edim 
 
Honey come help me turn
Am Am 
 
this thing around!
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
G# G# 
 
F# F# 
 
(Or is the sky, rising up?)
Edim Edim 
 
Am Am 
 
Are we going  up or down?
Csus4 Csus4 
 
C C 
 
F#dim F#dim 
 
(Look at the
F#m F#m 
 
Bb Bb 
 
top!)
Am Am 
 
(Looks like,
Csus4 Csus4 
 
C C 
 
F#dim F#dim 
 
we're going    down!)
A A 
 
Edim Edim 
 
Honey just help me turn
Am Am 
 
this thing around!
Csus4 Csus4 
 
C C 
 
G# G# 
 
(Or is the sky, rising up?)
F# F# 
 
Edim Edim 
 
Am Am 
 
I think were going  down!
Bb Bb 
 
Csus4 Csus4

Verse 9
Am Am 
 
The walls surround,
us with a glassy top
We're going down
And yes the sky's gone up!

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