Upstairs At Els
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Intro: D
[Verso 1]
D
Hot summer night at ELS
Finish up a track and send the text
"Party on the roof, everybody get dressed"
D
I've been down, I need a light
I've been lost, I need a guide
Me and my friends drinking on a roof
[Refrão]
G A F#m
What you call heaven, I call a fight
G
You got a dream, I got a night
A F#m G
Me and my friends drinking on a roof
G A F#m
We are, we are, we are, we are what we say
G
We got a world and we got a way
A Em D
Me and my friends drinking on a roof
[Verso 2]
G A
Now I'm walking in the Sunday Park with Lee
G
Smiles and says it's hard to believe
A F#m
As we pass Chess Drug corner
G A
Head to 8th and mak a left
G
Up the stairs and out the dck
A G
There's Blu and there's Rex, there's Claud in a vest
[Refrão]
A F#m
What you call heaven, I call a fight
G
You got a dream, I got a night
A F#m G
Me and my friends drinking on a roof
G A F#m
We are, we are, we are, we are what we say
G
We got a world and we got a way
A Em D
Me and my friends drinking on a roof
[Ponte]
D
And we really lost the plot lately
All my friends hooking up
D
And we're gonna miss the days up there, baby
G
Hey, I know I was lost but I miss those days
[Verso 3]
A F#m
When we tracked horns that sound like a fight
G
Boss man, COVID show shit was wild
A F#m D
"Hard Feelings" days into Gone Now nights
G A F#m
Inside Jack and Carly Rae
G
Part of the band, Laura, Oli and Ray
A F#m
Track by track, soundtrack our days
D
Shit, I met Zem on that roof
G
Play, baby, play
Instrumental:
A G A F#m
G A G A
[Verso 4]
G A
Now I'm walking in the Sunday Park with Lee
G
Says it's hard to believe
A F#m
As we pass New Mom corner
G A
Well, he got married up on that roof
G
Next to Lana's plaque and that's a little proof
A
That's a little proof
Outro:
G A
That you're not at it alone
F#m G
You're not at it alone
G A
You're not at it alone
F#m G
Hey, hey, hey
G A
That you're not at it alone
F#m G
You're not at it alone
G A
You're not at it alone
Em D
Hey, hey, hey
G A F#m G
G A F#m G
G A F#m G
G A Em D
How to play Upstairs At Els
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The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
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