{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2761348,"song":"Top Of The Bottom","artist":"John Wesley Harding","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11631376-top-of-the-bottom-chords-by-john-wesley-harding/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2761348?type=chord","rating":0.1352,"votes":0,"content":"This little riff appears twice after each chorus. It's based on an open G followed by an open D.\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-3-------0----2---0--------|\r\nB|-----3----------------3----|\r\nG|---------------------------|\r\nD|---------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\nI started\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlaying guitar by the town memorial[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll my songs were singing editorials[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when I'd done, the sermon on the mount[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nI counted my change and put it in my bank account\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI didn't want to work at the local abbatoir[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo I left home, expanded my repertoire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI did some gigs, No one booed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got free beer and I drank it with gratitude[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce I started I couldn't stop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nThat's how I got from[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe bottom to the top[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nA businessman with a very young dolly bird[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTalked through the set, liked what he thought he heard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDropped some names he claimed to represent[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nAnd asked me if I had any management\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell two weeks later, I'm signing on the dotted line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOffered some drugs, at first I declined[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLots of parties where the spread's incredible[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut don't get close 'cause the food's inedible[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I became a spinning top[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nThat's how I got from[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bottom to the top of the bottom[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got a sweet deal and I moved to America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI fell in love with an heiress called Erica[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStarted out smart, soon got silly[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nI partied by the pool and then arrest for necrophilia\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNews travels fast like electricity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA bad mug shot, it's good publicity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI laid low for a month or two[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd spent my dough building a recording studio[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's when it all went pop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nThat's how I got from[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bottom to the top of the bottom[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe label and Payola got me in the charts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy new management had me by the private parts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went on strike, took the initiative[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nForgetting that I didn't have a single thing to bargain with[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI lost my nerve, my fall was glorious[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe lawsuit was eternal and laborious[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy new material was only fair to middling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nRome was burning and I did some fiddling[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd finally, I was dropped[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nThat's how I got back from[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bottom to the top of the bottom[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the way down people tend to leave you where you fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI tried to stand up but I didn't have the wherewithal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI nearly died in a cab one day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I swapped my bourbon for a bottle full of Perrier[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were rumors about my sexuality[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe video star, killed by reality[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNext thing I know I'm on my knees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBegging the camera, \"Will you vote me off the island please?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the world forgives a flop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nThat's how I got back from[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bottom to the top of the bottom[/tab]\r\n\r\n[solo]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh well all that exposure and the phone starts to ring again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI experienced the strange urge to sing again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell not long ago I was a boy with a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI reacquaint myself with a razor and some shaving cream[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLook at me I'm ripe for rediscovery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll I need is Mary to mother me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the tenth green I was way over par[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy partner offered me a tour in Jesus Christ, Superstar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's when the penny dropped[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nThat's how I got back back from[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bottom to the top of the bottom[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 13]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell we toured all over the states of America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI got a picture of my son from Erica[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy parents wrote, \"Since you disappeared,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHard to believe but it's just been one year,\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 14]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow it's back to ale and cakes again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wonder if I'll make the same mistakes again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI hope that you've enjoyed this tutorial[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's another busker who was playing the memorial[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm getting bored of talking shop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nThat's how I got back from[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bottom to the top of the bottom[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo the top of the bottom[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo the top of the bottom[/tab]","plain_text":"This little riff appears twice after each chorus. It's based on an open G followed by an open D.\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\nI started\n\n\n\nN.C.\nI counted my change and put it in my bank account\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nG D G D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nAnd asked me if I had any management\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nG D G D\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nI partied by the pool and then arrest for necrophilia\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nG D G D\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[solo]\n\nG Em C D\nG Em C D\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 12]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 13]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 14]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","B","A","E","Em","C","G/F#","Em/D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}