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1812. The Escalator as a Metaphor for the Passing of Time
Am medium 4/4 - 120 bpm (scrolling at 0)
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Capo on fret 5
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His favouite word is
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E7 (A7) |
he has delusions that he's
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girlfriend says that he's
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F (Bb) |
He likes it when he's
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E7 (A7) |
or when he gets his
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He's practiced smiling
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He's going up to the top
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Dm (Gm) |
He's going up to all the way
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C (F) |
He's going up and he's not going to
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He's going up all the way
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Dm (Gm) |
He's going up to the top
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C (F) |
He's going up and he's not going to
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E7 (A7) |
he spends the summers
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somewhere in Spain.
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He's always on the
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and | everyone knows his
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If you stand still
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you'll still go up
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higher and higher
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Am (Dm) |
for the passing of
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going up to the top
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Dm (Gm) |
we're going up all the way
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C (F) |
W';re going up and we're not going to
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Am (Dm) |
He's going up all the way
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Dm (Gm) |
He's going up to the top
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C (F) |
He's going up and he's not going to
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He's still gets into
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E7 (A7) |
and gets a million dollar
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But now | he's sitting in a
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he's wheeled into the
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vegetables are mashed so they're easily
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He's reached the top, he went all the way
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He went up the very top
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C (F) |
He went up but now he's gotta
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He went all the way to the top
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He kept going up to the tippy top
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C (F) |
He's got up and now he's got to
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