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