Tonart: D major
Verse 1
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Everything went from bad to worse,
G
money never changed a thing
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F#m
Death kept following, tracking us down,
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G
at least I heard your bluebird sing
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A
I know you're long gone
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I guess it must be up to me
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If I had thought about it
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I nev er would have done it
G
I guess I would have let it slide
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If I had paid attention
to what others were thinking
G
The heart inside me would have died
A
But I was just too stubborn
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A
Someone had to reach for the rising star,
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I guess it was up to me
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Oh, the Union Central's pulling out,
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the orchids are in bloom
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I've only got me one good shirt left
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G
and it smells of steel perfume
G
and I did it consciously
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Someone's got to find your truth
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I guess it must be up to me
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It was like a revelation
G
When you betrayed me with your touch
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I just about convinced myself
G
Nothing had changed that much
A
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The old rounder in the iron mask
A
G
He slipped me the master key
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A
Somebody had to unlock your heart,
G
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he said, it was up to me
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Now I watched you slowly disappear,
G
down into the officer's club
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I would have followed you in the door,
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but I didn't have a ticket stub
A
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So I waited all night till the break of day,
hoping one of us could get free
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When the dawn came over the river bridge,
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I knew it was up to me
D
The only decent thing I did
G
when I worked as a postal clerk
D
Was to haul your picture
down off the wall
G
near the cage where I used to work
D
G
You tried to protect your real identity
D
A
She looked a little burned out my friend,
G
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A
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G
I thought it might be up to me
D
I met somebody face to face
G
and I had to remove my head
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She's everything I need and love,
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G
but I can't be swayed by that
A
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And it frightens me the awful truth
of how sweet life can be
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But she ain't gonna make me move,
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I guess it must be up to me
D
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Now we heard a sermon on the mound,
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and I knew it was too complex
D
I didn't amount to anything more
G
than it was a broken glass reflex
G
you gotta pay the penalty
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A
Somebody's got to tell the tale,
G
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A
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I guess it must be up to me
D
You pre -came in baby tonight
G
into the Thunderbird Cafe
D
Crystal wanted to talk to him,
G
I had to look the other way
A
D
Now I just can't rest without your love,
I need your company
G
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A
But you ain't gonna cross the line,
G
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I guess it must be up to me
D
There's a note left in a bottle,
G
you can give it to Estelle
been wondering about,
G
but there's already nothing much to tell
A
D
We both heard voices for a while,
G
now the rest is history
D
A
Somebody's got to cry some tears,
G
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I guess it must be up to me
D
So go on boys, play your hands,
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The ringleaders from the county seat
G
say you don't have all that much time
A
D
And the girl with me behind the shades,
D
A
One of us got to hit the road,
G
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A
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I guess it must be up to me
D
And if we never meet again,
D
How my long guitar played sweet for you,
A
D
And the harmonica around my neck,
D
A
No one else could play that tune,
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you know it was up to me
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Outro 1
You
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