Uptown chords by Joe Bataan
Verse 1
D
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
Hey! Hey!
G
D
Up town
G
C
Shoop shoo dooby dooby
G
D
Uptown
G
C
How!
G
Uptown
Am
Shoop shoo dooby dooby
G
Uptown
C
How!
Verse 2
G
Am
Well it all started long ago
G
When I was a young boy
Am
and didn't know
G
Am
That life could be very tough
G
Am
On a young boy who grew up to be rough
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Verse 3
G
It was uptown
Am
G
Am
On block of soul street
G
Am
It was uptown
G
D
Am
Where I was born
Verse 4
G
Well I didn't listen to the
Am
golden rule
G
And suddenly found myself
D
Am
kicked out of school
G
I was a- hanging 'round
Am
the blocks playing pool
G
Am
I was a out and know I was a fool
Verse 5
G
Am
It was up town
G
In a private world of make believe
Am
G
On a hundred and third street
Am
G
Am
Where all the fellas hang around
Verse 6
Ab
Eb
Bbm
As I grew up and
learned to tell the time
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I found my life was a full
Bbm
time road of crime
Ab
And when the judge
Bbm
sentenced me far away
Bb
Ab
I knew right then and there
Eb
Bbm
that crime doesn't pay
Ab
For the sound of Man
Bbm
Ab
Eb
Bbm
hattan on a summer day
Ab
Bbm
Is just too much to bear when you've
Ab
been away
Interlude 1
Bbm
Am
Bb
Am
Bb
Am
Verse 7
Bb
Life is like a merry- go- round
Am
Bb
First you're up and then you're down
Am
Bb
Is it any wonder that a kid like me
Am
Has so much trouble try
Bb
Am
ing to stay free?
Verse 8
Bb
My life like is like a pearl
Am
Bb
Always in the dark
Am
Except the pearl is happier
Bb
Am
F
Bb
Eb
As it doesn't own a heart
Verse 9
Am
Uptown
Bb
The people try to put me down
Am
It's gonna be my town
Bb
With a brand new sound
Gm
C
G
C
Verse 10
G
C
G
C
G
C
Hey! Hey!
G
Uptown
C
Shoop shoo dooby dooby
G
D
Up town
G
C
How!
G
D
Uptown
G
C
Shoop shoo dooby dooby
G
D
Up town
G
C
How!
Verse 11
G
Am
Well it all started long ago
G
When I was a young boy
Am
and didn't know
G
Am
That life could be very tough
G
Am
On a young boy who grew up to be rough
Verse 12
G
Am
It was up town
G
Am
On block of soul street
G
Am
It was uptown
G
D
Am
Where I was born
Verse 13
G
Am
Well I didn't listen to the golden rule
G
And suddenly found myself
Am
kicked out of school
G
I was a- hanging 'round the
D
Am
blocks playing pool
G
Am
I was a out and know I was a fool
Verse 14
G
Am
It was up town
G
In a private world of make believe
Am
G
On a hundred and third street
Am
G
Where all the fellas hang around
D
Am
Interlude 2
Gm
Am
Gm
Am
Verse 15
Gm
Life is like a merry- go- round
Am
Gm
First you're up and then you're down
F
Am
Gm
Is it any wonder that a kid like me
Am
Has so much trouble try
Gm
Am
ing to stay free?
Verse 16
Gm
Bb
My life like is like a pearl
Am
Gm
Always in the dark
Bb
Am
Gm
Except the pearl is happier
Am
F
Gm
As it doesn't own a heart
Verse 17
Am
Uptown
Gm
The people try to put me down
Am
It's gonna be my town
Gm
With a brand new sound
C
Verse 18
G
G
Hey, everybody now!
G
G
All the fellas uptown
All the poor boys, hey!
Come on now and get yourself
together
Anybody can do the thing
Just come on uptown
Uptown
Joe Bataan
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