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Uptown: Little Eva
Album - Llllloco-Motion - 
on DIMENSION Records in 1962
If you don't have a capo, transpose +1 for the original key.
[Intro]
Bm
BmHe gets up each morning and he goes downtown,
where everyone's his boss and he's lost in an angry Dland..
he's a little F#man..
[Verse 1]
But then, he comes Buptown each evening to my tenement,
G#muptown where folks don't have to pay much rent.
And Ewhen he's there with me he can see that he's everyG#mthing,
then he's Gtall, he don't Emcrawl, C#mhe's a Bking.
[Verse 2]
BmDowntown he's just one of a million guys,
he don't get no breaks and he takes all they got to Dgive..
cause he's got to F#live.
[Chorus]
But then he comes Buptown where he can hold his head up high,
G#muptown he knows that I'll be standing by.
And Ewhen I take his hand there's no man who could put him G#mdown.
The world is Gsweet, it's at his feet, when he's upBtown.
[Interlude]
Bm D F#
[Chorus]
Let me tell ya now, Buptown where he can hold his head up high,
G#muptown he knows that I'll be standing by.
And Ewhen I take his hand there's no man who could put him G#mdown.
The world is Gsweet, it's at his Emfeet, when he's upBtooooown.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Uptown

by Little Eva

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G#m

C#m

Uptown: Little Eva

Album - Llllloco-Motion -

on DIMENSION Records in 1962

If you don't have a capo, transpose +1 for the original key.

[Intro]

He gets up each morning and he goes downtown,

where everyone's his boss and he's lost in an angry land..

he's a little man..

[Verse 1]

But then, he comes uptown each evening to my tenement,

G#m

uptown where folks don't have to pay much rent.

E G#m

And when he's there with me he can see that he's everything,

G Em C#m B

then he's tall, he don't crawl, he's a king.

[Verse 2]

Downtown he's just one of a million guys,

he don't get no breaks and he takes all they got to give..

cause he's got to live.

[Chorus]

But then he comes uptown where he can hold his head up high,

G#m

uptown he knows that I'll be standing by.

E G#m

And when I take his hand there's no man who could put him down.

G B

The world is sweet, it's at his feet, when he's uptown.

[Interlude]

Bm D F#

[Chorus]

Let me tell ya now, uptown where he can hold his head up high,

G#m

uptown he knows that I'll be standing by.

E G#m

And when I take his hand there's no man who could put him down.

G Em B

The world is sweet, it's at his feet, when he's uptooooown.

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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