Up On The Shelf Chords by Harry Chapin

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_ [G] I used to play [D] the trumpet once, but now [C] I play guitar.
[G] _ [A] Somebody told you it's more mellow.
[D] _ [G] Well, I've played a [D] lot of music stints, [Em] but I really haven't [C] grown that far.
[G] Somebody [E] said [A] that you're just [D] yellow.
[C] So I [D] keep it up [G] on the shelf.
[Em] That's funny [C] how you [D] keep it all [G] to [D] yourself.
[Em] Yeah, [C] honey, could there [D] ever be?
[G] Should [Em] there ever be?
[C] Could there [D] ever be [G] something [F] else?
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[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [G] You know, I used to [D] swing my silver [Em] sword, the dragons [C] hit the ground.
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[Em] Whatever happened [Am] to the maidens?
_ [D] [G] Well, I'd swing my [D] silver sword again, [Em] then they would [C] all fall down.
[G] Would you leave them [Em] lying there?
Would you let them [Am] lay down?
[D] _ [G] And I used to [D] have a country [Em] once, but where it's gone I [C] do not [G] know.
[Em] Where do you think [A] you might have lost [D] it?
[G] I used to [D] raise a flag at [Em] dawn, but that was [C] very long ago.
[G] Maybe [Em] you could find me [Am] where you tossed [D] it.
[C] Well, I [D] tossed it up [G] on the shelf.
[Em] And it's funny [C] how you [D] kept it all [G] to yourself.
[Em] Yeah, honey, [C] could there [D] ever be?
[G] Should there [Em] ever be?
[C] Could there [D] ever be [G] something else?
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[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
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I [G] used to [D] say my prayers, [Em] boys.
I used to [C] sing the hymns.
[G] Even [Em] the echoes [Am] disappearing.
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[G] They've broken the [Gbm] stained [Ebm] windows, [Em] the [C] cathedral's getting dim.
[G] And [Em] what if this earth [Am] that we are is [D] hearing?
[C] Well, it [D] comes up [G] on the shelf.
[Em] And it's funny [C] how you [D] sing it all to [G] yourself.
[Em] Yeah, honey, [C] could there [D] ever be?
[G] [D] Should there [Em] ever be?
[C] Could there [D] ever be [G] something else?
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_ _ _ [G] I used to [Bm] have a lover once.
[Em] I used to have a [C] friend.
_ [G] How in [Em] the hell you ever [Am] find one?
[D] _ [G] My song is [D] almost over now.
[Em] My story's at an [C] end.
[G] You lived yourself a [Em] good life, but a [Am] blind one.
[D] [C] Well, I've hidden there [D] up on the [G] shelf.
And [Em] it's funny how [C] you kept [D] it all to [G] yourself.
[Em] Yeah, honey, [C] could there ever [D] be?
[G] Should [Em] there ever be?
[C] Could there ever [D] be something [G] else?
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