crawling up a hill – katie melua
call of the search

intro :
G#m Bmaj7 Emaj7 D#m7 3
xg#5 ( hold )

verse 1 :
G#m Bmaj7 Emaj7 D#m7
every morning bout half past eight ,
my mama wakes me says dont be late ,
get to the office , tryin to concentrate ,
G#5
my life is just a slow train crawling up a hill .

verse 2 :
G#m Bmaj7 Emaj7 D#m7
so i stop one day to figure it out ,
i ll quit my job without a shadow of a doubt ,
to sing the blues that i know about ,
G#m
my life is just a slow train crawling up a hill .

chorus :
C# F#
minute after minute
C F
second after second
A# D# G#
hour after hour goes by
C# F#
working for a rich girl
C F
staying just a poor girl ,
A# D#7
never stop to wonder why___

verse 3 :
G#m Bmaj7 Emaj7 D#m7
so here i Am in london town ,
a better scene im gonna be around ,
the kind of music that wont bring me down ,
G#5
my life is just a slow train crawling up a hill .

intermezzo :
Am G6 Fmaj7 Em7
Am G6 Fmaj7 Em7
Am G6 Fmaj7 Em7
Am

verse 4 :
Am G6 Fmaj Em7
every morning bout half past eight ,
my mama wakes me says dont be late ,
get to the office , tryin to concentrate ,
Am
my life is just a slow train crawling up a hill .

verse 5 :
Am G6 Fmaj7 Em7
so i stop one day to figure it out ,
i ll quit my job without a shadow of a doubt ,
to sing the blues that i know about ,
Am
my life is just a slow train crawling up a hill .

chorus 2 :
D G
minute after minute ,
C# F#
second after second ,
B E A
hour after hour goes by ,
D G
working for a rich girl ,
C# F#
staying just a poor girl ,
B E7
never stop to wonder why .

verse 6 :
Am G6 Fmaj7 Em7
so here i Am in london town ,
a better scene im gonna be around ,
the kind of music that wont bring me down ,
Am
life is just a slow train

verse 7 :
Am G6 Fmaj7 Em7
so here i Am in london town ,
a better scene im gonna be around ,
the kind of music that wont bring me down ,
Am
life is just a slow train
Am G/D F/C E7sus4/B Am
crawl – ing up A hill

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