Great Big Sea – When Im Up I Cant Get Down (Guitar)

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By Great Big Sea (First verse is single strum, then the strumming pattern is D DU UDU)
           F              C
I am the fountain of affection

           F          Am
I'm the instrument of joy

   F                     C
to keep the good time rolling,

         F            G
I'm the boy, I'm the boy

             F                  C
You know the world could be our oyster

     F                 Am
Just put your trust in me

       F                     C
We'll keep the good times rolling

         F             G
Wait and see, wait and see

          Am
Oh, wait and see

Am                      G
There's exaltation, the sweet disintegration

  F                                  G
A few discolourations then it comes along

Am                        G
Up is why he chooses, the kisses and the bruises

            F                                 G
There ain't nothing he refuses then it comes along

          F             Am
It comes along and I am lifted

     F            G
I am lifted, I am lifted
[Chorus]
         F               C
When I'm up I can't get down

          F              G
Can't get down can't get level

         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down

       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground

         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down

          F              G
Can't get down can't get level

         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down

       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground

            Am
He just needs something to bind him

G
Something to wind him up

   F
It won't take long to find him

                 G
When it comes on strong

Am                        G
Black skies are grinning, street lights are spinning

    F
The night is just beginning,

                 G
Then it comes on strong

            F                Am
It comes on strong, and I am lifted,

     F            G
I am lifted, I am lifted!
[Chorus]
         F               C
When I'm up I can't get down

          F              G
Can't get down can't get level

         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down

       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground

         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down

          F              G
Can't get down can't get level

         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down

       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground

    Am              G
O-o-oh, I can't get down

    F               G
(Fiddle Playing) Oh no, no no no

            Am     G     F          G
I can't get down  (Fiddle Playing)

                F                Am
Oh, it comes on strong, and I am lifted

            F                Am
It comes on strong, and I am lifted,

     F            G
I am lifted, I am lifted!
[Chorus]
         F               C
When I'm up I can't get down

          F              G
Can't get down can't get level

         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down

       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground

         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down

          F              G
Can't get down can't get level

         F              C
When I'm up I can't get down

       F                G
Get my feet back on the ground
[Outro]
      Am               G      F
Oh-oh-oh, I can't get down

   G                            Am     G
Oh no, no, no, no, I can’t get down

   F
Oh no, oh no,

G
No-oh-oh-oh, I can't get down