Up On The Shelf

Up On The Shelf easy guitar chords by Harry Chapin

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  • Verse 1
    used 
    to 
    play 
    the 
    trumpet 

    once 
    but 
    now I 
    play guitar 

    Somebody 
    told 
    you 
    it's 

    more 
    mellow. 

    Well I've 
    played 
    a lot 
    of 
    music 
    since 
    but I 

    really 
    haven't 
    grown 
    that 
    far 

    Some
    body 
    said 
    that 
    you're 

    just 
    yellow. 

    So I keep 
    it 
    Verse 2
    up 
    on 
    the shelf 

    And 
    it's 
    funny 
    how 
    you 

    keep 
    it 
    all 
    to 
    your
    self 

    Hey 
    honey, 
    could 
    there 
    ever 
    be, 

    Should 
    there 
    ever 
    be, 

    Could 
    there 
    ever 
    be 
    something 

    else? 

    Verse 3

    You know 
    I used 
    to swing 
    my 
    silver 
    sword, 

    the 
    dragons 
    hit the ground 

    Whatever 
    happened 
    to 
    the maid
    ens? 

    Well 
    I'd 
    swing 
    my silver 
    sword 
    again 

    and 
    they 
    would all 
    fall 
    down 

    Would you 
    leave 
    them 
    lying 
    there 

    where 
    you 
    had 
    laid 
    them? 

    And 
    used 
    to have 
    Verse 4
    country 
    once, 

    where 
    it's gone 
    I do 
    not 
    know. 

    Where 
    do 
    you think 
    you 

    might 
    have 
    lost 
    it? 

    I used 
    to raise 
    the flag 
    at dawn, 

    but 
    that 
    was very 
    long 
    ago 

    Maybe 
    you 
    can find 
    it 

    where 
    you tossed 
    it. 

    Well 
    I tossed 
    it 
    Verse 5
    up 
    on 
    the shelf 

    And it's 
    funny 
    how 
    you've 

    kept 
    it 
    all 
    for 
    yourself 

    Hey 
    honey, 
    could 
    there 
    ever 
    be, 

    Should 
    there 
    ever 
    be, 

    Could 
    there 
    ever 
    be 
    something 

    else? 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 6
    used 
    to say 
    my 
    prayers 
    boys, 

    I used 
    to sing 
    the 
    hymns 

    Even 
    the 
    echo's 
    disap
    pearing. 

    They've 
    broken 
    the stained 
    win
    dows, 

    the 
    cathed
    ral's 
    getting 
    dim. 

    Then 
    what 
    is 
    this 
    dirge 

    that we 
    are 
    hear
    ing? 

    Verse 7
    Well 
    it 
    comes 
    from 
    up 
    on 
    the shelf 

    And it's 
    funny 
    how 
    you 

    sing 
    it 
    only 
    for 
    your
    self 

    Hey 
    honey, 
    could 
    there 
    ever 
    be, 

    Should 
    there 
    ever 
    be, 

    Could 
    there 
    ever 
    be 
    something 

    else? 

    Verse 8

    Well, 
    I used 
    to 
    have a lover 
    once, 

    used 
    to have 
    a friend 

    How 
    in 
    the hell 
    you 
    ever 

    find 
    one? 

    My song 
    is almost 
    over 
    now, my 

    story's 
    at 
    an end 

    You 
    lived 
    yourself 
    a good 
    life 

    but 
    a blind 
    one. 

    Verse 9
    Well I've 
    hidden 
    there 

    up 
    on 
    the shelf 

    And it's 
    funny 
    how 
    you've 

    kept 
    it 
    all 
    for 
    your
    self 

    Hey 
    honey, 
    could 
    there 
    ever 
    be, 

    Should 
    there 
    ever 
    be, 

    Could 
    there 
    ever 
    be 
    something 

    Outro 1
    else? 



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