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The Escalator as a Metaphor for the Passing of Time
The Escalator as a Metaphor for the Passing of Time
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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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Am (Dm)
Dm (Gm)
C (F)
E7 (A7)  
Am (Dm)
Dm (Gm)
C (F)
E7 (A7)  Am (Dm) ()
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Am (Dm)
His favouite word is
G (C)
aspirational
E7 (A7)
he has delusions that he's
Am (Dm)  
eternal, his
Am (Dm)
girlfriend says that he's
G (C)
sensational but
E7 (A7)
only 'cause he
Am (Dm)  
told her to.
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F (Bb)
He likes it when he's
G (C)
being applauded
E7 (A7)
or when he gets his
F (Bb)  
photo taken.
F (Bb)
He's practiced smiling
G (C)
in the mirror and
E7 (A7)
now he can do it
Am (Dm)  
conviningly.
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Am (Dm)
He's going up to the top
Dm (Gm)
He's going up to all the way
C (F)
He's going up and he's not going to
E7 (A7)  
stop
Am (Dm)
He's going up all the way
Dm (Gm)
He's going up to the top
C (F)
He's going up and he's not going to
E7 (A7)  Am (Dm) ()
stop
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Am (Dm)
He's got a red
G (C)
Lamborgini
E7 (A7)
he spends the summers
Am (Dm)  
somewhere in Spain.
Am (Dm)
He's always on the
G (C)
television,
 E7 (A7)
and  everyone knows his
Am (Dm)  
name
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F (Bb)
If you want to
G (C)
be successful you
E7 (A7)
have to walk all
F (Bb)  
over people
F (Bb)
No one ever
G (C)
made to the
E7 (A7)
top by being
Am (Dm)  
honest
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Am (Dm)
Dm (Gm)
C (F)
E7 (A7)  
Am (Dm)
Dm (Gm)
C (F)
E7 (A7)  Am (Dm) ()
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Am (Dm)
If you stand still
Fm (B#m)
on an escalator
Am (Dm)
you'll still go up
Fm (B#m)  
higher and higher
Am (Dm)
The escalator is
Fm (B#m)
a metaphor
Am (Dm)
for the passing of
E7 (A7)  
time and...
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Am (Dm)
going up to the top
Dm (Gm)
we're going up all the way
C (F)
W';re going up and we're not going to
E7 (A7)  
stop
Am (Dm)
He's going up all the way
Dm (Gm)
He's going up to the top
C (F)
He's going up and he's not going to
E7 (A7)  Am (Dm) ()
stop
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Am (Dm)
Now he's old but
G (C)
still he's working
E7 (A7)
he's still being
Am (Dm)  
aspirational
Am (Dm)
He's still gets into
G (C)
the papers
E7 (A7)
and gets a million dollar
Am (Dm)  
bonus
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 F (Bb)
But now he's sitting in a
G (C)
room with
E7 (A7)
all the other
F (Bb)  
geriatrics
F (Bb)
he's wheeled into the
G (C)
dinining room, his
E7 (A7)
vegetables are mashed so they're easily
Am (Dm)  
digested
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Am (Dm)
He's reached the top, he went all the way
Dm (Gm)
He went up the very top
C (F)
He went up but now he's gotta
E7 (A7)  
stop
Am (Dm)
He went all the way to the top
Dm (Gm)
He kept going up to the tippy top
C (F)
He's got up and now he's got to
E7 (A7)  Am (Dm) ()
stop
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