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Up To Him by Arin North

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C       Em      F   C   Am  G

Verse:
           C
If it were up to him he'd wander out
       Em
To the old strip mine behind his house
F               C
Lay down in the snow
    Am               G
And wake up with his wife

           C
If it were up to us he'd pass in his sleep
   Em
We all agree though we'd never speak
F                       C
About it, afraid of the words
           Am                G
As if they hold the power of life

Chorus:
         F         C
But it's not up to us
    Am           G
The die was cast long ago
        F                C
There's nothing left for us
       Am
But to let
Go

Verse:
    C
The first time that I ever saw
   Em
My father drink was when his father's
F             C
Age became so clear
   Am                 G
It couldn't be waved away

              C
And all these winter thoughts are dark and cold
     Em
They break our hearts, make us feel old
      F                  C
So we laugh a little too loud
    Am               G
And force the smiles on our faces

Chorus:
         F         C
But it's not up to us
    Am           G
The die was cast long ago
        F                C
There's nothing left for us
       Am
But to let
 G
 Go

Interlude:
F   C   Am   G
F   C

Bridge:
    Em             F
The call came on a summer morning
  C
I boarded a plane that afternoon
   Em           F
We all knew the day was coming
            C
But there's never a time
       G
That's not too soon

Verse:
           C
We spent a week in august cleaning house
  Em
A lifetime's relics carried out
       F               C
Till a corkboard and a keg
     Am           G
Were all that remained

              C
But still the air is thick with memories
     Em
They gather here like autumn leaves
        F                     C
All the good times around the bar
        Am                              G
All the friends that passed through and left their mark

Chorus:
         F         C
And it's all up to us
    Am           G
The die was cast long ago
        F                C
There's nothing left for us
                Am
But to hold the memories
G
When we go

         F         C
And it's all up to us
    Am           G
The die was cast long ago
        F                C
There's nothing left for us
                 Am
But to share the memories
G
When we go

Outro:
C       Em       F   C   Am  G
                         Ohhhhh

F   C   Am   G   F   C   Am  G

Note: The picking pattern is similar to I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie
with some small flourishes (e.g. Em is actually Em Em7 Em Em7)