Trade Up chords by 
Christine Lavin 
N/A
Key: B major•
Verse 1
E
F#
B
E
I'm talking to you at this literary party,
B
F#
B
a decaf cappuccino in my hand.
E
You're puffin' on a thick cigar,
is that a
B
Monte
F#
Cristo, is it contraband?
E
B
I'm expounding on the state of the art,
F#
G#m
as you take another puff.
E
B
But your eyes dart here and your eyes dart there,
E
B
F#
B
E
F#
B
cause you're trying to trade up .
E
There's gotta be someone
B
more import ant than me
F#
G#m
That you could be talking to here
E
Someone who knows, someone who knows,
B
someone who knows
C#
Someone who could bolster
F#
your career
E
I know the body language,
B
I see the signs
F#
Your eye s give it away,
C#
and so do your lines
E
Though you nod and say, uh -huh
B
From time to time,
E
F#
B
E
F#
B
you're trying to trade up
E
An hour later someone new is talking to me
B
He think s I know something
F#
that I probably
don't
B
E
Pump ing me for some unlisted number
B
Will I divulge it?
F#
No, I won't
E
He's expounding on
B
the state of the world
F#
I'm sipping wine from a paper cup
G#m
E
But my eyes dart here and
B
my eyes dart there
E
F#
Cause, I'm trying to trade
B
E
F#
B
up
E
There's gotta be someone
B
more import ant than you
F#
G#m
That I could be talking to here
E
Someone who knows, someone who knows,
B
someone who knows
C#
Someone who could bolster
F#
my career
E
Look at my body language,
B
I'm flashing signs
F#
My eye s are blazed over,
C#
I'm ignor ing your lines
E
The voice that would say, uh -huh
B
From time to time
E
F#
B
I'm trying to trade up , I'm sorry,
E
F#
B
I'm trying to trade up
D#m
B
Look ing at both sides
D#m
of this equa tion
B
C#m
Either way it's an
awkward situation
G#m
Every body's climbing,
trying not to be rude
C#
Though some say they're only
F#
here for the free food
B
E
Chopped liver, chicken satay, steamed dumplings,
B
started from the duck
Kipper, carrot, zucchini,
F#
pepper, suvala, freeze
B
Man go chutney, blackened cactus,
E
shampoo on the street
B
Dummies just never end,
F#
B
tiramisu, guacamole
C#
F#
I'm in the elevator, leaving the party
Db
A half -dozen macaroons
Ab
Abm
in my purse
Db
Gb
As these things go, it was okay
Db
Ab
I've been to better, I've been to worse
Gb
Out on the street,
Db
an old man is begging
Ab
Eb
I'll slip a single dollar into his tin tub
Gb
Db
He rolls his eyes, grabs the bill,
and he sighs
Gb
Ab
Db
He's still trying to trade him
God bless him,
Gb
Ab
Db
he's still trying to trade up
Gb
There will al ways be someone
Db
more import ant than me
Ab
Bbm
That you could be talking to here
Gb
Someone who knows, someone who knows,
Db
someone who knows
Eb
Someone who could bolster
Ab
your career
Gb
Look at the body language,
Db
study the signs
Ab
Stare in to their eyes,
Eb
read between every line
Gb
If they nod and say, uh -huh,
Db
one too many times
Gb
Ab
Db
They're trying to trade up,
uh -huh, uh
Gb
Ab
Db
They're trying to trade up
Verse 2
Gb
Ab
Db
We're all trying to trade up
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE F# B G#m C#...
E
F#
B
G#m
C#
D#m
C#m
Db
Ab
Abm
Gb
Eb
Bbm
Capo: 4
Transpose: 0
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