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Up On The Shelf chords by 
Harry Chapin
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Verse 1
G
D
I used to play the trumpet
Em
once but now I play guitar
C
G
Em
Somebody told you it's
Am
D
more mellow.
G
D
Well I've played a lot of music since but I
Em
C
really haven't grown that far
G
Em
Somebody said that you're
Am
just yellow.
C
So I keep it
Verse 2
D
G
up on the shelf
Em
C
And it's funny how you
D
G
keep it all to yourself
D
Em
C
D
Hey honey, could there ever be,
G
D
Em
Should there ever be,
C
D
Could there ever be something
G
else?
F
C
D
G
F
C
Verse 3
D
G
D
You know I used to swing my silver sword,
Em
C
the dragons hit the ground
G
Em
Am
Whatever happened to the maidens?
D
G
D
Well I'd swing my silver sword again
Em
C
and they would all fall down
G
Em
Would you leave them lying there
Am
D
where you had laid them?
G
And I used to have a
Verse 4
D
country once,
Em
C
where it's gone I do not know.
G
Em
Where do you think you
Am
D
might have lost it?
G
D
I used to raise the flag at dawn,
Em
D
C
but that was very long ago
G
Em
Maybe you can find it
Am
D
where you tossed it.
C
Well I tossed it
Verse 5
D
G
up on the shelf
Em
C
And it's funny how you've
D
kept it all for yourself
Em
C
D
Hey honey, could there ever be,
G
D
Em
Should there ever be,
C
D
Could there ever be something
G
else?
Interlude 1
F
C
D
G
F
C
D
Verse 6
G
D
I used to say my prayers boys,
Em
C
I used to sing the hymns
G
Em
Am
D
Even the echo's disappearing.
G
F#dim
They've broken the stained windows,
Ebdim
Em
C
the cathedral's getting dim.
G
Em
Then what is this dirge
Am
D
that we are hearing?
Verse 7
C
D
G
Well it comes from up on the shelf
Em
C
And it's funny how you
D
G
sing it only for yourself
D
Em
C
D
Hey honey, could there ever be,
G
D
Em
Should there ever be,
C
D
Could there ever be something
else?
G
D
Em
C
D
Verse 8
G
D
Well, I used to have a lover once,
Em
C
I used to have a friend
G
Em
How in the hell you ever
Am
D
find one?
G
D
My song is almost over now, my
Em
C
story's at an end
G
Em
You lived yourself a good life
Am
D
but a blind one.
Verse 9
C
Well I've hidden there
D
G
up on the shelf
Em
C
And it's funny how you've
D
G
kept it all for yourself
D
Em
C
D
Hey honey, could there ever be,
G
D
Em
Should there ever be,
C
D
Could there ever be something
Outro 1
else?
G
F
C
D
G
F
C
D
G
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