Up The Down Staircase chords by
Islands
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Key: A major
Intro 1
G
G

Verse 1
G
G

Under
Going deeper
Bm
Bm

C
C

Like some kind of dungeon keeper
G
G

Climb out
Baby, climb out
Bm
Bm

C
C

G
G

Up to where we were
Em
Em

C
C

Em
Em

C
C

In the doldrums with the dregs
G
G

Down there
Em
Em

C
C

Where the fox got all my eggs
G
G

Somehow
Em
Em

C
C

All my round holes got square pegs
G
G

Is this why
Em
Em

All those dolphins lost
C
C

G
G

their legs?
Somewhere
C
C

I can come up for air
D
D

G
G

And softly, but surely
C
C

D
D

I'm on the come up down there
G
G

I was lost when I walked in
C
C

D
D

When I walked out, violins
G
G

Thought I was down
Yeah, out of range
C
C

But I was up
D
D

G
G

Em
Em

And it was strange
C
C

G
G

Falling
Falling
Em
Em

C
C

The way out is the way in
G
G

Forming
Yeah, I'm forming
Em
Em

C
C

Today I begin
G
G

I was lost
I was down
C
C

D
D

Then i walked up and I was found
G
G

On the stairs
Down the hall
C
C

I go up now
D
D

Just to fall
G
G

By the hour
It's getting better now
C
C

From the tower
D
D

I see it better now
G
G

I was lost when I walked in
C
C

D
D

Then I walked out to violins
Outro 1
Yeah
G
G

Bm
Bm

C
C

G
G

C
C

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Bm C Em D

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