Upside Down Chords & Tabs
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Tabbed by David Bédard-Barrette, McGill University, Canada, January 2004
davidbarrette@videotron.ca
This song is on the Everything to Everyone CD. I hope they will make a single
out of this out because it is just brilliant.
Thanks to a guy named Dave Patthews for his work on the song. My version is
basically his first tab with some corrections.
No capo and standard tuning. Any corrections are welcome !
Song: Upside Down
Band: Barenaked Ladies
Album: Everything To Everyone
Composers: Ed Robertson/Steve Page
Version: Album version
CHORDS AND RIFFS
Riff 01
e---------------0--
B---------------0--
G---------------2--
D---------------2--
A----------2----0--
E--0-0-4-0---0-----
CHORDS
C#m G# G#/A Asus2 Bsus4 E
e----4----4----4-----0------0----0----
B----5----4----4-----0------0----0----
G----6----5----x-----2------4----1----
D----6----6----6-----2------4----2----
A----4----6----6-----0------2----2----
E----x----4----5-----x------x----0----
1st Verse
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C#m
I'm not surprised it's come to this
G# G#/A
Sooner or later there must be another's kiss
G#
Behind that kiss a promise of a life of bliss, yeah great
G#/A C#m
I won't be takin' the bait
F#
I'd rather drown
Asus2 Bsus4 E
And I will not turn my whole life upside down
2nd Verse
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C#m
Imagine everything you've done
G# G#/A
Under a microscope on view for everyone
G#
And if the King of Circumspection's here he's come in vain
G#/A C#m
I won't be sharing the blame
F#
I wear the crown
Asus2 Bsus4 C#m
And I will not turn my whole life upside down
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/barenaked_ladies/upside_down_tab.html ]
Chorus
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C#m G# C#m
Nothing's good enough for me
G# C#m
To shake me from complacency
G# F#
I make my mind up and I'll never be
3rd Verse
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C#m
The kind of man who'd make a choice
G# G#/A
For if I hold my tongue I'll never lose my voice
G#
If each attempted act of sabotage destroys all hope
G#/A C#m
I won't be needing a rope
F#
I'm gagged and bound
Asus2 Bsus4 E
And I will not turn my whole life upside down
Bridge
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Riff 01
Asus2 E Riff 01
And if the genie were set free
Asus2 E Riff 01
And by the laws of things like that, he's indebted to me
Asus2 G# C#m
I'd bury my three wishes deep down in the ground
Asus2 Bsus4 E
So I will not turn my whole life upside down
Solo
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C#m G# G#/A G# G#/A C#m
4th Verse
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C#m
Though I appreciate the aim
G# G#/A
Tell Andy Warhol's ghost that he can keep his fame
G#
I'd only use it to make everything the same again
G#/A C#m
So don't applaud till the end
F#
I'm not around
Asus2 Bsus4 C#m
Cause I will not turn my whole life upside down
Chorus
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C#m G# C#m
Nothing's good enough for me
G# C#m
To shake me from complacency
G# F#
I make my mind I won't make a sound
Asus2 Bsus4 E
So they will not turn my whole life upside down
Asus2 Bsus4 E
So they will not turn my whole life upside down
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