Up And Down

A E D A A I went downtown walkin' on the pavement E Talked to the bum 'bout overthrowin' the government D Big shot no more / smokestack / sidewalk A An' I can't take much more! A A generation nowhere in our own country E Outside the mainstream, we all dissipate D [I'll back a man but it brings me down A An' I can't take much more! A E I been up, I been down F#m D All my friends are underground A E I been up, I been down F#m D I can see things clearly now A E D I said "Up!" --- I said "Up"! . . . A S*x, with hydrogen, running through my bloodstream E Underneath the stairway, I hear the gypsies scream D Brimstone hurricane, lost in the acid rain A An' I can't take much more! A Deadlines, on-time, hangin' on a clothesline E Down on the street, where they're lookin' for a mainline D Asphalt concrete is dangerous it's a sin A An' I can't take much more! A E I been up, I been down F#m D All my friends are underground A E I been up, I been down F#m D I can see things clearly now A E D I said "Up!" --- I said "Up"! . . . A Listen to the radio, don't know where to go E Ridin' on a cyclone, anywhere the wind blows D Downbeat / sidewalk, can't hear myself talk A An' I can't take much more! A E I been up, I been down F#m D All my friends are underground A E I been up, I been down F#m D I can see things clearly now A E D I said "Up!" --- I said "Up"! . . .