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Hot Hot Heat - Elevator Ukulele

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Elevator Ukulele

(ver. 1)
Hot Hot Heat
i'm not much for Canada bands (no offense please), but i must say this band is one of my 
this song's pretty rad too. enjoy!

********ELEVATOR by HOT HOT HEAT*********
                (acoustic-ish style w/8 beats a measure)

Chords
A__________002220
Dm_________000231

Dm/G_______300231
C__________032010
C#?________042010  (C w/base C#)
Am_________002210
Dm/G&B_____300201  (Dm/G with open B string)

B w/D______XXX43X
A w/C______XXX21X
C w/E______XXXX10  (these last 3 chords shown again below near "lead in")


::INTRO:: (in song is played on piano)

E------------------5-8-7-5---5--|
B----5---8-6-5---6---------6----|
G------6-------7----------------|
D--7----------------------------|
A-------------------------------|
e-------------------------------|  x 6 (after 1st 2 times, is played with A and
   A>>>>>>>>>>>Dm>>>>>>>>>>>>>         D chords underneath as shown)


::Verse 1::

A         Dm
  blame me, for the elevator

Dm               A
  i know you will (oh ya you will)

A            Dm
  it's not me, who's the operator

Dm                     A
  but you're going down (down, down)

A          Dm
  you'll be, sorry when you're singing

Dm         A
  all alone

::BRIDGE:: (played over the last A chord)

E---------------------|
B----5---8-6-5---6----|
G------6-------7------|
D--7---------------7--|
A---------------------|
e---------------------|

::Chorus 1::
              Dm    Dm/G
don't take me up

                  C  C#?    Am
i'll just fall down once again

              Dm    Dm/G&B
don't take me up

i'll just fall down    (play intro 2X)

::Verse 2::
wake me, when you're educated
i know you will (oh ya you will)
you'll be, self-medicated
you're spinning round (and round and round)
you'll be there, but no one will even
know your name

::BRIDGE::

::Chorus 2::
              Dm    Dm/G
don't take me up

                  C  C#?    Am
i'll just fall down once again

               Dm   Dm/G
don't take me up

             C      C#?      Am
i'll only find my way back down

              Dm    Dm/G&B
don't take me up

::"lead in"::

B w/D______XXX43X
A w/C______XXX21X
C w/E______XXXX10

               B w/D      A w/C       B w/D     A w/C
it's true i've dabbled at times, with confident lines

      B w/D     A w/C       B w/D       A w/C
i was half of a man, nearly half of the time

      C w/E    B w/D  C w/E            B w/D
in an innocent way, i thought it could stay

        B w/D       A w/C           B w/D     A w/C
with us both on the ground, with us fooling around

      C w/E            B w/D              C w/E    B w/D        A
let's just stay on the ground, let's stay fooling around on the ground

::INTRO:: X 1  then ::BRIDGE:: X 1

::Chorus 3::
              Dm    Dm/G
don't take me up

               C           C#?         Am
i'll just fall down like i knew that i would

              Dm    Dm/G
don't take me up

            C     C#?       Am
i'll only find my way back down

              Dm    Dm/G&B
don't take me up

i'll just fall down

::INTRO:: X 4  (starts on "down", and Verse chords can be played underneath)

i'll just fall down (end of 2nd INTRO)
i'll just fall...   (end of 4th INTRO)

 E----X------|
 B----5------|
 G----6------|
 D----7------|
 A----0------|
 e----X------|
           down.

moreNOTES:: Verses=play each chord once and let ring
            Chorus=play Dm, Dm/G, Am each 8 times and C, C#? each 4 times , like you're 
on each count/beat, but let last chord ring
         "lead in"= play each chord 4 times like on each beat


                                     FIN.
            
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