Upside Down
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Intro
C5 Eb Bb Bb
Verse
C5 Eb7M F9/11 Eb Eb9
God I love to turn my little blue world
Bb5 C5 Dm Eb F5
Upside down
C5 Eb7M F9/11 Eb Eb9
God I love to turn my little blue world
Bb5 C5 Dm Eb
Upside down
F9/11 Ab6 Eb
Inside my head the noise
Bb F
Chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter
Eb Bb F
You see I'm afraid I'll always be
Eb Ebsus2 F C5 Dm Eb Fsus4
Still coming out of my mother upside down
Instrumental
C5 Dm Eb Fsus4
Verse
C5 Eb7M F9/11 Eb Eb9
Don't you love to turn this little blue girl
Bb5 C5 Dm Eb F5
Upside down
C5 Eb7M F9/11 Eb Eb9
Oh I know you love to turn this little blue girl baby
Bb5 C5 Dm Eb
Upside down
F9/11 Ab6 Eb
But my heart it says
Bb F
You been shatter, shatter, shatter, shatter, shattered
Eb Bb F
And I know you're still a boy
Eb Ebsus2 F
Still coming out of your mother
Bridge
Cm Dm7(5b) Eb
But when you gonna stand on your own
Fm Eb Bb
I say the world is sick
Cm Csus4/G F/A
You say "Tell me what that makes us darlin'"
Fm Eb Bb
You see, you always find my faults
Cm Csus4 F/A
Faster than you find your own
Fm Eb Bb Eb/Bb Bb
You say the world is getting rid of her de - mons
Cm Csus4/G F/A
I say "Baby what have you been smoking?"
Fm Eb Bb
Well I dreamed, I dreamed, I dreamed
C5 Cadd9
I loved a black boy
F
My daddy would scream
Eb Bb
Oh yeah
Verse
Bb5 C5 Eb7M F9/11 Eb Eb9
Don't you love to turn this little blue girl
Bb5 C5 Dm Eb F5
Upside down
C5 Eb7M F9/11 Eb
Any kind of touch I think is better than none
Eb9 Bb5 C5 Dm Eb
Even upside down
F9/11 Ab Eb
But you see I'm tangled up
Bb F
Got a kitten, kitten, kitten, kitten in my air
Eb Bb F
Cincinnati, I like the word
Em F
It's the only thing we can seem to turn
Gm Dm7 Eb6 Eb
Up - side down
Instrumental
C9/11 Eb F9/11 Eb Cm9
Bridge
F Gm7/F F Gm7/F F
Well I found the se - cret to life
Gm7/F F Gm7/F F Am
I found the se - cret to life
Dm Bb Am Gm
I'm okay when everything is not okay
F Gm7/F F Gm7/F F
I said I found the se - cret to life
Gm7/F F Gm7/F F Am
I found the se - cret to life
Dm Bb Dm Gm Dm
I'm okay when everything is not okay
G7sus4
Is not okay
Verse
C5 Eb7M F9/11 Eb Eb9
Oh we turn and turn our little blue world
Bb5 C5 Dm Eb F5
Upside down
C5 Eb7M F9/11 Eb Eb9
I said, don't we love to turn our little blue world baby
Bb5 C5 Dm Eb
Upside down
F9/11 Ab6 Eb
Inside my head a voice
Bb F
Chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter
Eb Bb F
And it says "Girl you're all the same
Eb Ebsus2 F
Still coming out of your mothers
Eb Ebsus2 F
Still coming out of your mothers
Gm Dm7 Eb6 Eb
Up - side down
Instrumental
C5 Dm Eb Fsus4 (x2)
Ending C5
How to play Upside Down
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C5. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.