Tabbed by David Bdard-Barrette, McGill University, Canada, January 2004
davidbarrette@videotron.ca
This song is on the Everything to Everyone CD. I hope they will make a single
out of this out because it is just brilliant.
Thanks to a guy named Dave Patthews for his work on the song. My version is
basically his first tab with some corrections.
No capo and standard tuning. Any corrections are welcome !
Song: Upside Down
Band: Barenaked Ladies
Album: Everything To Everyone
Composers: Ed Robertson/Steve Page
Version: Album version
CHORDS AND RIFFS
Riff 01
e---------------0--
B---------------0--
G---------------2--
D---------------2--
A----------2----0--
E--0-0-4-0---0-----
CHORDS
[C#m] [G#] [G#/A] [Asus2] [Bsus4] [E]
e----4----4----4-----0------0----0----
B----5----4----4-----0------0----0----
G----6----5----x-----2------4----1----
D----6----6----6-----2------4----2----
A----4----6----6-----0------2----2----
E----x----4----5-----x------x----0----
1st Verse
---------
I'm not surprised it's come to [C#m]this
Sooner or later there must be another's [G#]kiss[G#/A]
Behind that kiss a promise of a life of bl[G#]iss, yeah great
I [G#/A]won't be takin' the [C#m]bait
I'd rather [F#]drown
And I [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [E]down
2nd Verse
---------
Imagine everything you've [C#m]done
Under a microscope on view for every[G#]one[G#/A]
And if the King of Circumspection's here he's[G#] come in vain
I [G#/A]won't be sharing the [C#m]blame
I wear the [F#]crown
And I [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [C#m]down
Chorus
------
[C#m]Nothing's [G#]good enough for [C#m]me
To shake me [G#]from complacen[C#m]cy
I make my [G#]mind up and I'll [F#]never be
3rd Verse
---------
The kind of man who'd make a [C#m]choice
For if I hold my tongue I'll never lose my [G#]voic[G#/A]e
If each attempted act of sabotage [G#]destroys all hope
I [G#/A]won't be needing a [C#m]rope
I'm gagged and [F#]bound
And I [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [E]down
Bridge
-------
Riff 01
Asus2 E Riff 01
And if the genie were set free
Asus2 E Riff 01
And by the laws of things like that, he's indebted to me
I[Asus2]'d bury my three wishes [G#]deep down in the [C#m]ground
So I [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [E]down
Solo
[----]
[C#m] [G#] [G#/A] [G#] [G#/A] [C#m]
4th Verse
---------
Though I appreciate the [C#m]aim
Tell Andy Warhol's ghost that he can keep his [G#]fame[G#/A]
I'd only use it to make everything the [G#]same again
So [G#/A]don't applaud till the [C#m]end
I'm not [F#]around
Cause I [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [C#m]down
Chorus
------
[C#m]Nothing's [G#]good enough for [C#m]me
To shake me [G#]from complacen[C#m]cy
I make my [G#]mind I won't make[F#] a sound
So they [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [E]down
So they [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [E]down
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That's it ! Comments are welcome ! --- CHICKITY CHINA, THE CHINESE CHICKEN ---
davidbarrette@videotron.ca
This song is on the Everything to Everyone CD. I hope they will make a single
out of this out because it is just brilliant.
Thanks to a guy named Dave Patthews for his work on the song. My version is
basically his first tab with some corrections.
No capo and standard tuning. Any corrections are welcome !
Song: Upside Down
Band: Barenaked Ladies
Album: Everything To Everyone
Composers: Ed Robertson/Steve Page
Version: Album version
CHORDS AND RIFFS
Riff 01
e---------------0--
B---------------0--
G---------------2--
D---------------2--
A----------2----0--
E--0-0-4-0---0-----
CHORDS
[C#m] [G#] [G#/A] [Asus2] [Bsus4] [E]
e----4----4----4-----0------0----0----
B----5----4----4-----0------0----0----
G----6----5----x-----2------4----1----
D----6----6----6-----2------4----2----
A----4----6----6-----0------2----2----
E----x----4----5-----x------x----0----
1st Verse
---------
I'm not surprised it's come to [C#m]this
Sooner or later there must be another's [G#]kiss[G#/A]
Behind that kiss a promise of a life of bl[G#]iss, yeah great
I [G#/A]won't be takin' the [C#m]bait
I'd rather [F#]drown
And I [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [E]down
2nd Verse
---------
Imagine everything you've [C#m]done
Under a microscope on view for every[G#]one[G#/A]
And if the King of Circumspection's here he's[G#] come in vain
I [G#/A]won't be sharing the [C#m]blame
I wear the [F#]crown
And I [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [C#m]down
Chorus
------
[C#m]Nothing's [G#]good enough for [C#m]me
To shake me [G#]from complacen[C#m]cy
I make my [G#]mind up and I'll [F#]never be
3rd Verse
---------
The kind of man who'd make a [C#m]choice
For if I hold my tongue I'll never lose my [G#]voic[G#/A]e
If each attempted act of sabotage [G#]destroys all hope
I [G#/A]won't be needing a [C#m]rope
I'm gagged and [F#]bound
And I [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [E]down
Bridge
-------
Riff 01
Asus2 E Riff 01
And if the genie were set free
Asus2 E Riff 01
And by the laws of things like that, he's indebted to me
I[Asus2]'d bury my three wishes [G#]deep down in the [C#m]ground
So I [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [E]down
Solo
[----]
[C#m] [G#] [G#/A] [G#] [G#/A] [C#m]
4th Verse
---------
Though I appreciate the [C#m]aim
Tell Andy Warhol's ghost that he can keep his [G#]fame[G#/A]
I'd only use it to make everything the [G#]same again
So [G#/A]don't applaud till the [C#m]end
I'm not [F#]around
Cause I [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [C#m]down
Chorus
------
[C#m]Nothing's [G#]good enough for [C#m]me
To shake me [G#]from complacen[C#m]cy
I make my [G#]mind I won't make[F#] a sound
So they [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [E]down
So they [Asus2]will not turn my [Bsus4]whole life upside [E]down
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That's it ! Comments are welcome ! --- CHICKITY CHINA, THE CHINESE CHICKEN ---
