Three Flights Up chords by Nanci Griffith

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A

🎸 Intro:

G  Em G Cadd9
G Am7 D



🎸 Verse 1:
G                   Em7       G
We returned to that five-room flat
Cadd9      G              Am7      D
Now it was empty and this the last time
           G
There were blinking pictures
   Em               G
Of how we'd sit and chat
Cadd9        G
Some of them scattered
       Am7             D
Others shattered in my mind

🎸 Chorus:
F      C      G                F
It was always three flights up
  C                  G    Em7 D
Cathedral bells kept time


🎸 Verse 2:
G                Em         G
In the winter, a-chatterin' cold
Cadd9              G          Am7            D
While the building shook like ragweed in the wind
G                Em
Stories from the heat pipes
        G
We were told
    Cadd9         G
But now they only leave me
       Am7            D
With a half-enchanted grin


🎸 Chorus:
F      C      G                F
It was always three flights up
  C                  G
Cathedral bells kept time


🎸 Bridge:
G7       Cadd9                         G
Bicycles squeezed down alley ways into view
           Cadd9
And towels warmed on oven doors
Cadd9
To not freeze
G       Am7           D
Was the only thing to do


🎸 Verse 3:
      G            D           Em         G
And I wonder if we kept to the fair warning
             Cadd9         G
'Cause I can see it in the flowers
      Am7          D
Dyin' on the windowsill
G                     Em          G      Cadd9 G
I know we must be out by tomorrow mornin'
         Am7              D   F
But am I going 'gainst my will


🎸 Chorus:
F      C      G                F
It was always three flights up
  C                  G
Cathedral bells kept time


🎸 Interlude:
Em7 G Cadd9 G
Am7 D G   Em7
G Cadd9 G Am7
Dm7 F C G   F C G


🎸 Bridge:
G        Cadd9                         G
Bicycles squeezed down alley ways into view
           Cadd9
And towels warmed on oven doors
Cadd9
To not freeze
G       Am7           D
Was the only thing to do


🎸 Verse 4:
      G            D           Em         G
And I wonder if we kept to the fair warning
             Cadd9         G
'Cause I can see it in the flowers
      Am7          D
Dyin' on the windowsill
G                     Em          G      Cadd9 G
I know we must be out by tomorrow mornin'
         Am7              D   F
But am I going 'gainst my will


🎸 Chorus:
F      C      G
It was always three flights up
  Cadd9              G
Cathedral bells kept time
F      C      G
It was always three flights up
  Cadd9              G
Cathedral bells kept time


🎸 Outro:
Em G Cadd9 G Am D G
Em7 G Cadd9 G Am7 D G