Great song off Goodbye Jumbo Album
Capo 2nd Fret
Chords
C 010230
C1 010330
C2 010030
Em 000220
G 300023
G/D 0000XX
F 112331
Intro - Strum Twice C1 C C2 C
C Em F C C2
I got an extra, glimpse of the truth today
C Em F G
Staring at my breakfast, when I thought I heard it say
F C F G
Fighting is no good, succes an empty lie
F C F G
The treasure hunt is only until you realise
Chorus
F C F
We came to take it up, We came to take it up
F G
We came to take it up
F C F
We came to raise it up, we came to take it up
F G G/D
We came to move it up
Verse
C Em F C C2
I promise you this, I will do my best today
C Em F G
But somebody keeps tryin to make me, tryin to make me lose my way
C Em F C C2
But I believe oh my darlin, I believe in you
C Em F G
And I hope when you here this you'll remember what we were sent to do
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Chorus
F C F
We came to take it up, We came to take it up
F G
We came to take it up
F C F
We came to move it up, we came to raise it up
F G G/D G
We came to praise it up
F C F
WI came to take you up, you came to take me up
F G G/D G
We came to take us it up take me up
Solo
F /C /F /C
F C
La La La La x 2
F Em
La La La La La La
F G G/D
La La La La La
Verse
C Em F C C2
Speeding out of the town I thought I'd lost my way
C Em F G
Till I saw the green and ebony come a wonderin about their pay
C Em F C
I got the money if you still got the friends
C Em F G G/D G
We can really put this world to rights or sit around and watch the end
Chorus
F C F
We gonna take it up,
F G
We gonna move it up
F C F
We gonna take it up,
F G
We gonna take it up
F C F
We came to raise it up, we came to take it up
F G G/D G
We came to move it up
F C F
To the very very top, to the very very top
F G G/D G
To the very very top
F C F
To the very very top, to the very very top
F G G/D G
To the very very top
F/C/F/C/F/Em/F/G