Gun Club: "Up And Above The World" (from the "Lucky Jim" album)
intro: 1x Em then 3x Em (guitar only) -7-7-------------------7-7-7------------------ -8-8-------------------8-8-8------------------ -9-9-------------------9-9-9------------------ -9-9--9p7---9p7--------9-9-9--9p7---9p7------- -7-7------7-----7------7-7-7------7-----7----- ---------------------------------------------- then: 1x Em then 7x Em -7-7-7------------------7-7---------------- -8-8-8------------------8-8---------------- -9-9-9------------------9-9---------------- -9-9-9------------------9-9---------------- -7-7-7--5h7p5---5-7-----7-7--5h7p5---5-7--- --------------7--------------------7------- repeat the latter riffs at the end of the verses whenever it's noted as "Em riff" C D B I'm here up above the world E D B looking down on the river black C D B ready to take a swan dive E D B 'cause you're never coming back C D Em riff (4x) I'm here up above the world
I always have to start all over when I decide I should live I won't be cheated anymore 'cause there's nothing left to give I'm here up above the world We almost started something that you saw fit to take away something so close to my heart so near me every day so I'm here up above the world D Em riff (4x) D I'm here Forever you were my sister but you took my heart in chains the worst was when you broke them I cannot live with the pain so I'm here up above the world I'm here F# B A F# It's lonely here in the freezing dawn B A F# the ships come in through the London fog B A F# the builders are tearing up my street B A Em riff (4x) the ambulance roars it makes the sound I weep instrumental = 24 times Em (rhythm like the riff), then 8x Em riff I'm here up above the world looking down at the river red trying to bet to prayer at the foot of my lonely bed I'm here up above the world Since I'll no longer be living you'll have to answer my mail explain it all to the papers beside I bought my ticket for hell there down below the world I'm here end: C D B