Joe Jackson – Someone Up There (Guitar)

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* note: the scansion is difficult. I've displayed one chord per measure and I'm showing * each beat before the lyrics start wish a slash ('/'). All chords represent a 4 beat * measure, with the exception of the Am-G in the chorus, which are 2 beats each, followed * by a full measure of F. [Intro] Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am [Verse]

Am            Am             Am
/ / We walked out one autumn evening

        Am              C           C   C   C
Someone up there made a fair appear

Am      Am                   Am
/ / / / Coloured lights that caught our eyes

    Am           C               C   C   C
And reggae music caught our ears

Am       Am                     Am
/ / / We laughed as they played all the songs

   Am              C           C   C   C
We wanted least of all to hear

[Pre-Chorus]

E       E                       E
/ / / / / I guess that's when I knew

             E                   F
That we'd be more than just good friends

   F                G       G
It happened just by chance

[Chorus]

Am      Am                 Am               Am                C
/ / / / Someone up there - Someone up there makes the sun and sea

C                  C                C                  Am
Someone up there - Someone up there brought my girl to me

Am                 Am               Am                 C
Someone up there - Someone up there makes the wind and rain

C                  C                C              E
Someone up there - Someone up there took her back again

F              E
/ And just for once

F                 G
/ You can't fight back

   G                Am   G  F
No messing with the hand of fate

   Am  Am  Am  Am
Oh no

   C   C   C   C
Oh no

[Verse]

Am          Am             Am              Am
/ The paper ran an ad that had you running to the other

C            C   C   C
side of town

Am          Am          Am               Am
/ / Working for a man I never could make out

             C             C   C   C
That started hanging round

Am          Am              Am               Am
/ / Someone up there got me drinking, got me drunk

            C           C   C   C
And made me put him down

[Pre-Chorus]

E                 E              E
/ / / The way you looked at me I knew

             E            F
That we'd be coming to an end

   F                G       G
It happened just by chance

[Chorus]

Am      Am                 Am               Am                C
/ / / / Someone up there - Someone up there makes the sun and sea

C                  C                C                  Am
Someone up there - Someone up there brought my girl to me

Am                 Am               Am                 C
Someone up there - Someone up there makes the wind and rain

C                  C                C              E
Someone up there - Someone up there took her back again

F              E
/ And just for once

F                 G
/ You can't fight back

   G                Am   G  F
No messing with the hand of fate

   Am   Am   Am  Am
Oh no

   C    C    C    C
No-o-o

[Pre-Chorus]

E       E                       E
/ / / / / I guess that's when I knew

             E            F
That we'd be coming to an end

   F                G       G
It happened just by chance

[Chorus]

Am      Am                 Am               Am                C
/ / / / Someone up there - Someone up there makes the sun and sea

C                  C                C                  Am
Someone up there - Someone up there brought my girl to me

Am                 Am             Am                          C
Someone up there -  / / / Someone up there makes the wind and rain

C                  C                C              E
Someone up there - Someone up there took her back again

F              E
/ And just for once

F                 G
/ You can't fight back

   G                Am   G  F
No messing with the hand of fate

   Am   Am   Am   Am
Oh no

   C    C    C    C
Oh no

[Outro]

   Am   Am   Am   Am
Oh no

   C    C    C    C
Oh no

N.C. Oh no N.C. Oh no