The View From Up Here chords by Mandy Moore

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Intermediate

These are my best guesses for what some of the chords are based on the recording.
Dmaj7: x54222
Edim7: x12020
D7/F#: 234232
A/G  : 302220

The strumming pattern throughout the song is a difficult to
determine but the pattern here gives the emphasized beats.

Intro:
D

D
Life's been so unsatisfying
Dmaj7
Look, suddenly, now I'm flying
Bm                                  G
Freewheeling from cloud to cloud to cloud

D
Wings spread and the sky below me
Dmaj7
There's no one to stop or slow me
Bm                              G
Pure freedom and everything's allowed

     Em
Down there
  Edim7                               Dsus2
I know there's tons of burdens I must bear
D7/F#
Somewhere


            Em   G
But from up here
    A              A/G
The world looks so small
    F#m                    Bm
And suddenly life seems so clear

            Em   G
And from up here
A
You coast past it all
    F#m                 B
The obstacles just disappear

G                   D/F#
Never feel heavy or earthbound
   Bb                     D
No worries or doubts interfere
        Em          D/F#
There's nothing but you
        G           A            D
Looking down on the view from up here


Interlude:
D   G   A

D
Stretch out with the wind behind you (Here we go)
Dmaj7
Float up, let the current find you (Look out below)
Bm                                    G
Keep climbing and sail from breeze to breeze (Stay close, don't leave me, please!)

D
Head up to the stratospheres
Dmaj7
With only the stars to steer us
Bm                         G
Just think of the possibilities (I think I've got it!)


  Em
Below
   Edim7                                 Dsus2
We spend our whole lives trudging to and fro

Now-

D7/F#
Woah!


            Em    G
And from up here
    A              A/G
The world looks so wide
    F#m                 Bm
Yet every horizon seems near

            Em    G
And from up here
   A
No path is denied
    F#m                        B
You choose which direction you veer


    G                        D/F#
And suddenly you can breathe easy
   Bb
Contented

Carefree
    D
Cavalier

     Em         D/F#
Just gliding on through
        G           A            D
Looking down on the view from up here


Interlude:
Bb

            Fm     Ab
And from up here
    Bb
The world is all yours
     Gm                      Cm
Each mountain and meadow and mere

            Fm     Ab
And from up here
       Bb
Life's duties and chores
    Gm                      C
Are barely worth shedding a tear

    Ab                    Eb
And all of the sky lies before us
         B                   Eb
Straight up to the far stratosphere
   Fm           Eb             Ab          Bb           Ab
So head for the blue and let's take in the view from up here

     Ab                      Bb                       Eb
It's just me and you looking down on the view from up here