Top of the Bottom chords by 
John Wesley Harding And The Minus 5 
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
D
G
I started
D
G
Em
Playing guitar by the town memori al
All my songs were singing editorials
C
And when I'd done,
the sermon on the mount
D
I counted my change and put
it in my bank account
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I didn't want to work at the local avatar
Em
So I left home, expanded my repertoire
C
I did some gigs, No one booed
D
I got free beer and I drank it with gratitude
C
D
Once I star ted I couldn't
Verse 2
stop
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D
Em
That's how I got from
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The bot tom to the top
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Verse 3
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G
A businessman with a very
young dolly bird
Em
Talked through the set,
liked what he thought he heard
C
Dropped some names he
claimed to represent
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Em
D
An d asked me if I had any man agement
G
Well two weeks later,
Em
I'm signing on ??docubine??
Offered some drugs, at first I declined
C
Lots of parties where the
spread's incredible
D
But don't get close 'cause
C
the food's inedible
D
And I became a spinning
Verse 4
top
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D
Em
That's how I got from
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The bot tom to the top
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D
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D
of the bottom
G
I got a sweet
Verse 5
deal and I moved to America
Em
I fell in love with an
heiress called Erica
C
Star ted out smart, soon got silly
D
Em
I partied by the pool and then arrest
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G
for nec rophilia
News travels fast like electricity
Em
A bad mug shot, it's good publicity
C
I laid low for a month or two
D
And spent my dough building
a recording studio
C
Verse 6
D
And that's when it all went pop
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D
Em
That's how I got from
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The bot tom to the top of
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the bot tom
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Verse 7
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G
The label ??Empeola?? got me
Em
in the charts
My new management
had me by the private parts
C
I went on strike, took the initiative
D
For getting that I didn't have
Em
D
a single thing to bargain with
G
I lost my nerve, my fall was glorious
Em
The lawsuit was eternal and laborious
C
My new material was
only fair to middling
D
Rome was burning and I did some fiddling
C
And
Verse 8
D
G
finally, I was dropped
D
Em
That's how I got back from
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The bot tom to the top of
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the bot tom
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D
Verse 9
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On the way down people tend
to leave you where you fall
Em
I tried to stand up but I didn't
have the wherewithal
C
I nearly died in a cab one day
D
So I swapped my bourbon for
Em
D
a bottle full of perri er
G
There were rumors about my sexuality
Em
The video star, killed by reality
C
Next thing I know I'm on my knees
D
Begging the camera,
C
"Will you vote me off the island please?"
Verse 10
D
G
But the world forgives a flop
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Em
That's how I got back from
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D
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The bot tom to the top of the bot tom
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Verse 11
G
Em
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D
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Em
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well all that
exposure and the phone starts to ring again
Em
I experienced the strange
urge to sing again
C
Well not long ago I was a boy with a dream
D
I reacquaint myself with a razor
and some shaving cream
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Em
Look at me I'm ripe for rediscov ery
All I need is Mary to mother me
C
On the tenth green I was way over par
D
My partner offered me a tour
in ??Jesus Christ's Superstar??
C
And that's
Verse 12
D
when the penny dropped
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D
Em
That's how I got back back from
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D
The bot tom to the top of
the bottom
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G
D
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D
Verse 13
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Well we toured all over the
D
states of Amer ica
Em
I got a picture of my son from Erica
C
My parents wrote, "Since you disappeared,
D
Hard to believe but
D
it's just been one year,"
G
Now it's back to ale and cakes again
Em
I wonder if I'll make the
same mistakes again
C
I hope that you've enjoyed
this tutorial
D
There's another busker who
D
was playing the me morial
C
D
I'm getting bored
Verse 14
G
of talking shop
Em
That's how I got back from
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D
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The bot tom to the top of the bot tom
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To the top of the bot tom
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F
C
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To the top of the bot tom
Outro 1
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