Ladder Of Success chords by Skeeter Davis

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Nothing can stop him now,
Em 
F#m 
 (E minor) no one can top him now  (F sharp minor) 
I guess I'll have to let him go
D 
Em 
A 
D 
Bm 
Up (D major) ,   (E minor) up,   (A major) up, the ladder of suc (D major) cess  (B minor) (up,
G 
 (G major) up, up, up.)
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 2
D 
Bm 
G 
D 
 (D major) Once  (B minor) he  (G major) let me share  (D major) 
A 
D 
Bm 
A 
 (A major) his  (D major) dream (B minor) s  (A major) 
D 
Bm 
G 
But  (D major) now  (B minor) that  (G major) they come
A 
D 
Bm 
 (A major) true it  (D major) seem (B minor) s
A 
D 
Em 
 (A major) He  (D major) doesn't want my  (E minor) love I guess,
F#m 
G 
 (F sharp minor) look  there goes my  (G major) happiness
D 
Em 
A 
They're climbin'  (D major) up  (E minor) up    (A major) up the
D 
ladder of success  (D major) 
Bm 
G 
A 
D 
(The ladder  (B minor)  (G major) of  (A major)  (D major) success)
Bm 
 (B minor) Things are

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Verse 3
G 
A 
 (G major) like he  (A major) said
D 
Bm 
G 
A 
they'd  (D major) be  (B minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
D 
Bm 
G 
I  (D major) thought  (B minor) his  (G major) plans in
D 
A 
D 
Bm 
G 
A 
 (D major) cluded  (A major)  (D major) me  (B minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
D 
Em 
 (D major) He forgot his  (E minor) words of love
F#m 
G 
 (F sharp minor) fame  is all he's  (G major) thinking of
D 
Em 
A 
A going  (D major) up up  (E minor) up    (A major) up the
Em 
D 
 (E minor) ladder of success  (D major) 
G 
(The ladder of  (G major) success)

Verse 4
A 
F#m 
I liked him  (A major) bet (F sharp minor) ter   in his
D 
 (D major) white dungarees
G 
A 
E 
When  (G major) he was all  (A major) mine with  (E major) patches
A 
on his  (A major) knees
F#m 
A 
D 
(With patches on his  (F sharp minor)  (A major)  (D major) knees)
Bm 
G 
Em 
A 
When  (B minor) his  (G major) name  (E minor) went  (A major) up
D 
Bm 
G 
A 
in  (D major) lights  (B minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
D 
Bm 
G 
A 
D 
 (D major) All  (B minor) I  (G major) got were  (A major) lonely  (D major) nights
Bm 
 (B minor) 

Verse 5
G 
A 
D 
 (G major)  (A major) He  (D major) doesn't
Em 
want my  (E minor) love I guess
F#m 
G 
 (F sharp minor) Look  there goes my  (G major) happiness
D 
Em 
A goin'  (D major) up  (E minor) up   up up the ladder
D 
Em 
of success  (D major)  (E minor) 
F#m 
Em 
D 
(Climbin' up  (F sharp minor)  (E minor)  (D major) whoa,
Em 
F#m 
D 
Em 
D 
Em 
 (E minor)  (F sharp minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) whoa,  (E minor) whoa, whoa)