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[Intro]
C  D  G  Am
Em  Em  Em  Em
C  D  G  Am
Em  Em  Em  Em
[Verse 1]
CEveryDbody's Gwriting Amon the Emwall
CTaking Dall day Glong to Amread it Emall
CStaring Din the Gface of Amwhat's to Emcome
CComing down I've Dsaved a space for Gyou
OCooh Dooh Gooh
OCooh Dooh Gooh
OCooh Dooh GoohC  D  
[Chorus]
AmUp,  Bmup
AmThought you wanted to be Bmup
AmThought you wanted to be Bmloved
AmDon't you want to be GlovedD?
GOooh ooh Dooh
GOooh ooh Dooh COooh Dooh Gooh Amooh Emooh
[Instrumental]
C  D  G  Am
Em  Em  Em  Em
[Verse 2]
CWho could Dlive witGhout the AmharmonEmy
The Chundred Dmillion Gyears of AmhistorEmy
It's Conly coDming Gdown to Amyou and Emme
CGive me time and I'll Dmake it up to Gyou
OCooh oDoh oGoh
OCooh oDoh
[Chorus]
AmUp,  Bmup
AmThought you wanted to be Bmup
AmThought you wanted to be Bmloved
AmDon't you want to be lGoved?D  Am  
[Bridge]
AmReaching up to turn the clock Garound
It's like a ladder to my hDeart
A feeling that I gCot when I was yAmoung
Like the dGays, the Amdays
Were fGolding up into my Ampocket
And hGonestly I wouldn't Amchange a single thing about the time we had
COooh Dooh Gooh Amooh Emooh
COooh Dooh Gooh Amooh Emooh
COooh Dooh Gooh Amooh Emooh
COooh Dooh Gooh Amooh
[Chorus]
AmUp,  Bmup
AmThought you wanted to be Bmup
AmThought you wanted to be Bmloved
AmDon't you want to be lGoved?Bm  
AmDon't you want to be
AmUp,  Bmup
AmThought you wanted to be Bmup
AmThought you wanted to be lBmoved
AmDon't you want to be lGoved?Bm  Am  

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[Intro]

C D G Am

Em Em Em Em

C D G Am

Em Em Em Em

[Verse 1]

C D G Am Em

Everybody's writing on the wall

C D G Am Em

Taking all day long to read it all

C D G Am Em

Staring in the face of what's to come

C D G

Coming down I've saved a space for you

C D G

Oooh ooh ooh

C D G

Oooh ooh ooh

C D G C D

Oooh ooh ooh

[Chorus]

Am Bm

Up, up

Am Bm

Thought you wanted to be up

Am Bm

Thought you wanted to be loved

Am G D

Don't you want to be loved?

G D

Oooh ooh ooh

G D C D G Am Em

Oooh ooh ooh Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

[Instrumental]

C D G Am

Em Em Em Em

[Verse 2]

C D G Am Em

Who could live without the harmony

C D G Am Em

The hundred million years of history

C D G Am Em

It's only coming down to you and me

C D G

Give me time and I'll make it up to you

C D G

Oooh ooh ooh

C D

Oooh ooh

[Chorus]

Am Bm

Up, up

Am Bm

Thought you wanted to be up

Am Bm

Thought you wanted to be loved

Am G D Am

Don't you want to be loved?

[Bridge]

Am G

Reaching up to turn the clock around

It's like a ladder to my heart

C Am

A feeling that I got when I was young

G Am

Like the days, the days

G Am

Were folding up into my pocket

G Am

And honestly I wouldn't change a single thing about the time we had

C D G Am Em

Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

C D G Am Em

Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

C D G Am Em

Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

C D G Am

Oooh ooh ooh ooh

[Chorus]

Am Bm

Up, up

Am Bm

Thought you wanted to be up

Am Bm

Thought you wanted to be loved

Am G Bm

Don't you want to be loved?

Don't you want to be

Am Bm

Up, up

Am Bm

Thought you wanted to be up

Am Bm

Thought you wanted to be loved

Am G Bm Am

Don't you want to be loved?

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