Squeeze – There At The Top (Bass Tab)

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"There at the Top" by Squeeze from Argybargy (1980)
[Main Riff x2]
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[Verse Riff A x12]
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She's independent She's a modern woman She needs no prompting On her should 'n' shouldn't It's always bosses Who wish that she wouldn't
[Verse Riff B x3]
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Files in the cabinet so neatly numerical
[Verse Riff C x2]
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Makes all the clients so neatly alphabetical
[Chorus Riff A x2]
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Turn of 21 She's looking at her map (looking at her map) And looking at her watch (looking at her watch) Bags on the rack (bags on the rack) Seems like she's there
[Chorus Riff B]
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Seems like she's there at the top Seems like she's there at the top
[Main Riff x2]
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[Verse Riff A x8]
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There for her service Comfy red Granada Up to the Midlands With a taped Sinatra Plans all the hotels And airway charter
[Verse Riff B x3]
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Found under covers with some representative
[Verse Riff C x2]
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The deal is effected but still only tentative
[Chorus Riff A x2]
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Turn of 21 She's looking at her map (looking at her map) And looking at her watch (looking at her watch) Bags on the rack (bags on the rack) Seems like she's there
[Chorus Riff B]
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Seems like she's there at the top Seems like she's there at the top [Main Riff x2] // the song has now modulated a half-step up
[Solo Riff x8]
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[Main Riff 2 x2]
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[Verse Riff A2 x8]
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Shorthands a letter Heading on the paper Slimline her lunchbreak Will it ever make her Slender and modern So all the men will take her
[Verse Riff B2 x3]
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Back to the mirror in the Empress Hotel
[Verse Riff C2 x2]
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Where the businessman smiles and the object is sell
[Chorus Riff A2 x2]
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Turn of 21 She's looking at her map (looking at her map) And looking at her watch (looking at her watch) Bags on the rack (bags on the rack) Seems like she's there
[Chorus Riff B2]
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Seems like she's there at the top Seems like she's there at the top
[Main Riff 2 x4]
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A||----------------6--------|-----6--3----1----2----|
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[Solo Riff repeats until fadeout]
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There at the top There at the top There at the top There at the top There at the top There at the top There at the top