Uppers Aren't Necessary chords by 
Rocky Votolato 
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Key: B major•
Verse 1
B
Lead me through these
cities of imaginary trends
F#
G#m
Something's gonna be changing
come the morning time my friend
E
As fickle as these streets are they might not
B
F#
even wait around till then
B
I've got a lot to loose so come and
F#
take it from me quick
Verse 2
G#m
Everything you loose if it makes you
stronger it makes you sick
E
Take these cities from me I'll build
buildings up with my own
B
F#
Bare hands
E
The uppers aren't necessary
B
the guilt is the coal
F#
That keeps the fire burning
Verse 3
G#m
to drive out the cold
E
That creeps
In every corner crack and
B
nev er leaves you alone
F#
Till the lonely
G#m
E
Messengers come calling you back
Verse 4
B
F#
B
home
The trees are stacked
F#
In rows on the side of the road
G#m
Stripped of any dignity a birthing
Verse 5
May have had
E
100 thousand crucified on
B
F#
the Mojave I-5 line
B
Sing ers shepherds and salesmen
all longing for someone
G#m
To kill the joy of wondering
and end all their desire
E
To help them to remember
Verse 6
that
B
F#
the road is nothing but a li ar
E
The uppers aren't neces
B
sary the guilt is the coal
F#
That keeps
G#m
The fire burning to drive out the cold
E
B
That creeps in every Corner crack and nev
Verse 7
er leaves
you alone
F#
'Til the lonely
G#m
Messengers come calling you back
C#m
To the red door, cracked
Verse 8
G#m
And crooked walk way
B
D#
C#m
The fence impaling the stars
Ghostly
G#m
Keepers lead the way through
Verse 9
B
D#
E
railroads of abandoned cars
F#
D#
E
F#
The tracks and city streets cut through like scars
Outro 1
D#
E
B
F#
G#m
E
B
F#
G#m
E
B
F#
G#m
E
B
F#
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB F# G#m E C#m...
B
F#
G#m
E
C#m
D#
Capo: 4
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