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Up There Ukulele by Isobel Knight

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Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Note: Minimal difference between C#m and C#m7, you can just use C#m for all C#m7

E   :  4442
C#m7:  4444 bar the 4th fret:
Aadd9: 2102
C#m :  6444


Intro:
E E A 

Verse 1:
E
Narrow lanes, and wide streets
A                                        E
Not half so many cars as there are trees
C#m7                             B
And autumn starts in February, I don’t find huntsman spiders scary
A                                   E
I was weaned of that at 10 years old

E                    E
I could walk home from school by myself
A                                             E
Just through the bush track up the lane, not need anybody else
C#m7
And summer was waterfalls and the lake
B
They said it was dangerous but we swam in it anyway
A6                   A                    Aadd9
Learning to politely ignore what our parents would say

Chorus:
    E               B
Up there, where the air is sweet
           C#m7      B
And there’s room
A
to breathe
    E               B
Up there, where the air is sweet
            C#m7      B
And there's room
A
to breathe

Instrumental:
E - E 
Ouu...
E - E - A  x4

Verse 2:
C#m
And everything closes by 5:30
B
when you grow up getting your feet dirty
C#m7                       B                    E
You’ll climb back up that hill to see your home
E
Ooo…
C#m
Get our peace and get ourselves out
B
but I’m scared cuz’ that means thinking about
C#m7                B        A
Not seeing your faces everyday

Chorus:
    E               B
Up there, where the air is sweet
           C#m7       B
And there’s room
A
to breathe
    E                B
Up there, where the air is sweet
            C#m7      B
And there's room
A
to breathe

Instrumental:
E - E

Outro:
E
Narrow lanes, and wide streets
A                                       E
Not half so many cars as there are trees