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