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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jethro_tull/up_to_me_tab_ver_2.html ]
Em
Take you to the cinema
D
and leave you in a Wimpy Bar,
C
you tell me that we've gone too far,
Am D
come running up to me.
Em
Make the scene at Cousin Jack's,
D
leave him put the bottles back,
C
mends his glasses that I cracked,
Am D
well that's one up to me.
Em
Buy a silver cloud to ride,
D
pack the tennis club inside,
C
trouser cuffs hung far too wide,
Am D
well it was up to me.
Em
Tires down on your bicicle,
D
your nose feels like an icicle,
C
the yellow fingered smoky girl,
Am D
is looking up to me.
(riff at top)
Em A7 Em
Well, I'm a common working man,
Em A7 Em A7
with a half of bitter, bread and jam,
Am9 A7 C A7 C
and if it pleases me I'll put one on you man,
Am9 A7 C A7 C C Em
when the copper fades away.
Em
The rainy season comes to pass,
D
the day-glo pirate sinks at last,
C
and if I laughed a bit to fast
Am D
well it was up to me.
Em
Take you to the cinema
D
and leave you in a Wimpy Bar,
C
you tell me that we've gone too far,
Am D
come running up to me.