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three flights up Chords

Music by: Nanci Griffith
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[Verse 1]
[G][Em][G][C][G][Am][Dsus4]
[G](Frank Christian)
We returned to that [Em]five room [G]flat
[C]Now [G]it was empty and [Am]this the last time
[Dsus4]There were blinking [G]pictures
Of [Em]how we'd sit and [G]chat
[C]Some of them are scattered
[G]Others sha[Am]ttered in my min[Dsus4]d
[F]Chorus

[Verse 2]
It was [Em]al wa[C]ys t[G]hree flights u[F]p
[Em]Cathedral bells kept [G]time[Em][C][Dsus4]
[G]In the

[Verse 3]
winter, a-chatterin' [Em]cold
[G]cold
[C]While the building [G]shook like
[Am]ragweed [Dsus4]in the wind
[G]Stories from the heat [Em]pipes
We were [G]told
But [C]now they only leave [G]me
With a half-en[Dsus4]chanted grin

[Verse 4]
[F]grin
Chor[C]us
[G]Bridge[F][C][G]
[F]
Bicycles [C]squeezed [Em]down alley
[C]ways into [G]view[F]
And [C]towels warmed on oven doors
To not freeze
[G]Was the onl[Am]y thing to do[Dsus4]
I [G]wonder if we

[Verse 5]
kept to the
[Em]fair warning
'Cause [G]I can s[C]ee it in the flowers[G]
Dyin' [Am]on the window [Dsus4]sill
I [G]know we must be [D]out[G]
[Em]by tomorrow [G]mornin'[C]
[G]But am I goi[Am]n' 'gainst my wil[Dsus4]l[F][C][G]

[Interlude 1]
[F][C][G][Em][G][C]
[G]
[Am][C][Dsus4][G][Em][G][C]
[G][Am][Dsus4][F][C][G][F]
[C][G][F]
[G]Chorus

[Verse 6]
[Em]
[C]Bridge[G][Am][G][F][C]
[G]
[C]Repeat [G]Fir[Am]st V[Dsus4]erse[G][D][Em]
[G]Cho[C]rus[G][Am]

[Outro 1]
[Dsus4][G][D][Em][G][C][G][Am]
[Dsus4][F][C][G][F][C][G]
[F][Em][C][G][F]
[Em][G][Em][G][C][G]
[Am][D][G][D][G][Em][G][C][G]
[Am][Dsus4][G][Dsus4][G]
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