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When Youre On Top

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When You're On Top
EADGBe
      but live (Alcatraz) there's a guitar playing one of the
      keyboard parts.
Chords:    
G=320003
D=XX0232
A=002220  -and*D=557775,G=355433*
Bm=X24432
E=022100
INTRO (keyboard arr for guitar)
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------E
G----------------------------------------
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------C
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------T
GI need a bed
That noDbody’s slept in
GI need some air
That nDobody’s been breathing
GI need a thought
That I Dcan believe in
AIs this fog
Or is the building really burning
GI need you now
DMuch more than ever
GI’m making new friends
But nDone of them matter
GMaybe now
We don’Dt fit together
BAut you’ve got your arms around
No one but strangers
(chorus)
DI feel fine
With thGe sun in my eyes
DThe wind in my hair
When I ‘m Gfalling out of this sky
DI’m doing bGetter than I thought I would
DBut nothing’s ever as good
As when Gyou’re on top
I want to wake up
And just start running
Into a ditch
Or straight up a mountain
I want to get 
Where no ones’s been gettin’
Make it deeper than hell
Or make it higher than heaven
I need someone whose price hasn’t been met
When everybody’s disappearing
By the minute
There isn’t anyone left
That I haven’t met yet
Well I remember
When they hadn’t gotten to you yet
(chorusx2)
(bridge)
BmHalf way up
And ovGer this rainbow
DI heard a shot
Fire up Afrom the ghetto
BmAs I drop
I dGidn’t think you’d follow
E
Just didn’t know   D....G.....D.....G  
The sky was this shallow 
(solo
  use tremalo)
E-------------------------------------7ttt-9ttt-10tttttttt-
B----------------------------8tt-10tt----------------------
G--------------------7tt-9tt-------------------------------
D-7ttt-9-7t-9-10tt-----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
play around with those notes.
I need a garden
Where nothings forbidden
I need an apple
That no one’s been eatin’
I want to start again
Back at the beginin’
I had a vision
That this feeling maybe has an ending
(Chorus)
DURING VERSE
    G            D
E-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
B-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------
DURING CHORUS (you could just pick these or change chord(see  top)
 *       D*G  
E-5~~~-3~~~-
B-----------
G-----------
D-----------
A-----------
E-----------
Enjoy!

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When Youre On Top

by The Wallflowers

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When You're On Top

EADGBe

but live (Alcatraz) there's a guitar playing one of the

keyboard parts.

Chords:

=320003

=XX0232

A=002220 -and*D=557775,G=355433*

=X24432

=022100

INTRO (keyboard arr for guitar)

E----------------------------------------

B----------------------------------------E

G----------------------------------------

D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------C

A----------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------T

I need a bed

That nobody’s slept in

I need some air

That nobody’s been breathing

I need a thought

That I can believe in

Is this fog

Or is the building really burning

I need you now

Much more than ever

I’m making new friends

But none of them matter

Maybe now

We don’t fit together

But you’ve got your arms around

No one but strangers

(chorus)

I feel fine

With the sun in my eyes

The wind in my hair

When I ‘m falling out of this sky

D G

I’m doing better than I thought I would

But nothing’s ever as good

As when you’re on top

I want to wake up

And just start running

Into a ditch

Or straight up a mountain

I want to get

Where no ones’s been gettin’

Make it deeper than hell

Or make it higher than heaven

I need someone whose price hasn’t been met

When everybody’s disappearing

By the minute

There isn’t anyone left

That I haven’t met yet

Well I remember

When they hadn’t gotten to you yet

(chorusx2)

(bridge)

Half way up

And over this rainbow

I heard a shot

Fire up from the ghetto

As I drop

I didn’t think you’d follow

D G D G

Just didn’t know ..............

The sky was this shallow

(solo

use tremalo)

E-------------------------------------7ttt-9ttt-10tttttttt-

B----------------------------8tt-10tt----------------------

G--------------------7tt-9tt-------------------------------

D-7ttt-9-7t-9-10tt-----------------------------------------

A----------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------

play around with those notes.

I need a garden

Where nothings forbidden

I need an apple

That no one’s been eatin’

I want to start again

Back at the beginin’

I had a vision

That this feeling maybe has an ending

(Chorus)

DURING VERSE

G D

-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-

-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-

G---------------------------------

D---------------------------------

A---------------------------------

E---------------------------------

DURING CHORUS (you could just pick these or change chord(see top)

D G

* *

E-5~~~-3~~~-

B-----------

G-----------

D-----------

A-----------

E-----------

Enjoy!

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