Key: Ab major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
up early one morning,
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Then I went down to Spanish Town,
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Who called Seminaya.
Then we started to have a little talk,
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about the situation,
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And this is what he said:
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I said the cost of living,
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Getting so high, high, high.
Really so high, high, high.
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So sky high!
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Is getting so high, high, high.
Verse 2
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To look for my brother John.
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And things and things and things.
Then we started to have a little talk,
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about the situation,
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famine,
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I said the cost of living,
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Getting so high, high, high.
Really so high, high, high.
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So sky high!
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I said the situation,
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Is getting so high, high, high.
Verse 3
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Then I trod down to Clarendon,
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To look for my family.
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That's where I was born.
And we started to have a little talk,
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Together, together,
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And this is what they said:
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Getting so high, high, high.
Really so high, high, high.
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So sky high!
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I said this cost of living,
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Getting so high, high, high,
Verse 4
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(.)
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Getting
Outro 1
so high.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAb Db Eb
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