Nanci Griffith – Three Flights Up (Guitar)

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As recorded by Nanci Griffith (From the 1993 Album OTHER VOICES - OTHER ROOMS) [Intro] G Em G Cadd9 G Am7 D [Verse 1]
G                   Em7       G
We returned to that five-room flat

Cadd9      G              Am7      D
Now it was empty and this the last time

           G
There were blinking pictures

   Em               G
Of how we'd sit and chat

Cadd9        G
Some of them scattered

       Am7             D
Others shattered in my mind
[Chorus]
F      C      G                F
It was always three flights up

  C                  G    Em7 D
Cathedral bells kept time
[Verse 2]
G                Em         G
In the winter, a-chatterin' cold

Cadd9              G          Am7            D
While the building shook like ragweed in the wind

G                Em
Stories from the heat pipes

        G
We were told

    Cadd9         G
But now they only leave me

       Am7            D
With a half-enchanted grin
[Chorus]
F      C      G                F
It was always three flights up

  C                  G
Cathedral bells kept time
[Bridge]
G7       Cadd9                         G
Bicycles squeezed down alley ways into view

           Cadd9
And towels warmed on oven doors

Cadd9
To not freeze

G       Am7           D
Was the only thing to do
[Verse 3]
      G            D           Em         G
And I wonder if we kept to the fair warning

             Cadd9         G
'Cause I can see it in the flowers

      Am7          D
Dyin' on the windowsill

G                     Em          G      Cadd9 G
I know we must be out by tomorrow mornin'

         Am7              D   F
But am I going 'gainst my will
[Chorus]
F      C      G                F
It was always three flights up

  C                  G
Cathedral bells kept time
[Interlude] Em7 G Cadd9 G Am7 D G Em7 G Cadd9 G Am7 Dm7 F C G F C G [Bridge]
G        Cadd9                         G
Bicycles squeezed down alley ways into view

           Cadd9
And towels warmed on oven doors

Cadd9
To not freeze

G       Am7           D
Was the only thing to do
[Verse 4]
      G            D           Em         G
And I wonder if we kept to the fair warning

             Cadd9         G
'Cause I can see it in the flowers

      Am7          D
Dyin' on the windowsill

G                     Em          G      Cadd9 G
I know we must be out by tomorrow mornin'

         Am7              D   F
But am I going 'gainst my will
[Chorus]
F      C      G
It was always three flights up

  Cadd9              G
Cathedral bells kept time

F      C      G
It was always three flights up

  Cadd9              G
Cathedral bells kept time
[Outro] Em G Cadd9 G Am D G Em7 G Cadd9 G Am7 D G