Up to Me chords by Roger McGuinn
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Intro 1
(A major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) (G major)
Verse 1
(D major) Everythin'
went from bad to worse,
(G major) Money never changed a thing,
(D major) Death kept followin', trackin' us down,
At (G major) least I heard your bluebird sing.
Now some (D major) body's got (A major)
to show (D major) their hand,
Time is an enemy,
(G major) I (D major) know you're long gone,
I (G major) guess it must be up to me. (D major)
(A major) (D major)
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Verse 2
(G major)
If I'd (D major) thought about it
I never would've done it,
I (G major) guess I would've let it slide,
If I'd (D major) lived my life
By what others were thinkin',
The (G major) heart inside me would've died.
I was just too stub (A major) born
To (D major) ever be governed
By enforced insanity,
(G major) Someone (D major) had to reach
For the (A major) risin' star,
I (G major) guess it was up to me. (D major)
(A major) Oh,
Verse 3
(D major) (G major) the (D major) Union Central
is pullin' out
And the (G major) orchids are in bloom,
I've (D major) only got me
One good shirt left
And it (G major) smells of stale perfume.
In (D major) fourteen (A major) months
I've only (D major) smiled once
And I didn't do it consciously,
(G major) Some (D major) body's got to find (A major) your trail,
I (G major) guess it must be up to me. (D major)
(A major) (D major)
Verse 4
(G major)
It was (D major) like a revelation
When you be (G major) trayed me
with your touch,
I'd just (D major) about convinced myself
That (G major) nothin' had changed that much.
The old Rounder (A major) in the (D major) iron mask
Slipped me the master key, (G major)
(D major) Somebody had to un (A major) lock your heart, (D major)
He (G major) said it was up to me.
(D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
Verse 5
(D major) (G major)
Well, I (D major) watched you slowly
disappear
(G major) Down into the officers' club,
I (D major) would've followed you in the door
But I (G major) didn't have a ticket stub.
So I waited all (A major) night
'Til (D major) the break of day,
Hopin' one of us could get free, (G major)
When the dawn (D major) came over the (A major) river bridge,
I (G major) knew it was up to me. (D major)
Oh, (A major) (D major)
Verse 6
(G major) the (D major) only decent thing I did
When I (G major) worked as a postal clerk
Was to (D major) haul your picture
down off the (G major) wall
Near the cage where I used to work.
Was I a fool or not
(A major) To try (D major) to protect your identity?
(G major) (D major) You looked a little
Burned out, my friend,
(A major) I (G major) thought it might be up to me.
(D major) (A major)
Verse 7
(D major) (G major)
Well, I (D major) met somebody face to face
And I (G major) had to remove my hat,
She's (D major) everything I need and love
But I (G major) can't be swayed by that.
It (D major) frightens me, (A major)
The (D major) awful truth of
How sweet life can be, (G major)
But she (D major) ain't a-gonna make make me move,
I (G major) guess it must be up to me. (D major)
(A major) (D major)
Verse 8
(G major)
We (D major) heard the Sermon on the Mount
And I (G major) knew it was too complex,
It (D major) didn't amount to
anything more
Than what (G major) the broken glass reflects.
When you (D major) bite off (A major) more
Than (D major) you can chew
You pay the penalty,
(G major) Somebody's (D major) got to tell the (A major) tale,
(D major) I (G major) guess it must be up to me. (D major)
(G major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
Verse 9
(D major) (G major)
Well, (D major) Dupree came in pimpin' tonight
To the (G major) Thunderbird Cafe,
(D major) Crystal wanted to talk to him,
I (G major) had to look the other way.
Well, I (D major) just can't (A major) rest
Without (D major) you, love,
I need your company,
(G major) But you (D major) ain't a-gonna cross cross the line,
I (G major) guess it must be up (D major) to me.
(A major) (D major)
Verse 10
(G major)
There's a (D major) note left in the bottle,
You can (G major) give it to Estelle,
She's the (D major) one
You been wond'rin' about,
But there's (G major) really
Nothin' much to tell.
We both heard (A major) voices (D major) for a while,
Now the rest is history,
(G major) (D major) Somebody's got to cry (A major) some tears,
I (G major) guess it must be up to me.
(D major) (A major)
Verse 11
(D major) (G major)
So (D major) go on, boys, and play your hands,
(G major) Life is a pantomime,
The (D major) ringleaders
From the county seat
Say you (G major) don't have all
that much time.
And the girl with (A major) me
Behind (D major) the shades,
She ain't my property,
(G major) (D major) One of us has got to hit (A major) the road,
I (G major) guess it must be up to me. (D major)
(A major) (D major)
Verse 12
(G major)
And (D major) if we never meet again,
(G major) Baby, remember me,
How my (D major) lone guitar
Played sweet for you
That (G major) old-time melody.
melody.
And the harmonica (D major) around my neck,
I blew it for (G major) you, free,
(D major) No one else could (A major) play that tune,
You (G major) know it was up to me.
Outro 1
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Up to Me
Roger McGuinn
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