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Up Where We Belong
Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes
[Intro]
D  G  D  G
[Verse]
DWho knows what tomorrow bringsG  Gm  
In a woDrld, few heD7arts surviveG  
DAll I know is the way I feeGlGm  
When it's realD  
I kD7eep it aliveG  
The road Emis longA7  
There are mountains Din your wayD7  G  
But we climb a Cstep every EmdayA7  G  A7  
[Chorus]
DLove lift us up wD7here we belongG  
Where the eagles cryEm  G7  
On a mountCain highG  A7  
DLove lift us up wD7here we belongG  
EmFar from the worldG  
We know, up where the cF#lear wind blowBm  A7  D  G  D  
[Verse]
Some hang on to used to be
Live their lives, loking behind
All we have is here and now
All our life, out there to find
The road is long
There are mountains in our way,
But we climb them a step ev'ry day
[Chorus]
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world
We know up where the clear winds blow
[Bridge]
FTime goes by no tCime to cryEb  Bb  
Life's you Dband IAb  
AlivBbe today
[Chorus]
(Move chords a fret higher)
(Eb)
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world
We know where the clear winds blow

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Up Where We Belong

by Joe Cocker

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Up Where We Belong

Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes

[Intro]

D G D G

[Verse]

D G Gm

Who knows what tomorrow brings

D D7 G

In a world, few hearts survive

D G Gm

All I know is the way I feel

When it's real

D7 G

I keep it alive

Em A7

The road is long

D D7 G

There are mountains in your way

C Em A7 G A7

But we climb a step every day

[Chorus]

D D7 G

Love lift us up where we belong

Em G7

Where the eagles cry

C G A7

On a mountain high

D D7 G

Love lift us up where we belong

Em G

Far from the world

F# Bm A7 D G D

We know, up where the clear wind blow

[Verse]

Some hang on to used to be

Live their lives, loking behind

All we have is here and now

All our life, out there to find

The road is long

There are mountains in our way,

But we climb them a step ev'ry day

[Chorus]

Love lift us up where we belong

Where the eagles cry

On a mountain high

Love lift us up where we belong

Far from the world

We know up where the clear winds blow

[Bridge]

F C Eb Bb

Time goes by no time to cry

Db Ab

Life's you and I

Alive today

[Chorus]

(Move chords a fret higher)

()

Love lift us up where we belong

Where the eagles cry

On a mountain high

Love lift us up where we belong

Far from the world

We know where the clear winds blow

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