Rubettes – Top Of The World chords
Chords:
Top of the World The Rubettes Sometime in Oldchurch 1978 |C| |G| |F| |C| |F| |F E| |Am|Am EYou were born in a room in a house in a blockF Cin a street in a town somewhereF E Am Dm E just another damn kid today with no tomorrowAm Eand your mother would work every hour God sentF Cand you'd know the way she'd feelF E Am Dm Eso you learned to beg and steal but never borrowAm E/G#A kid needs his old man and you needed yoursF/A C/Gbut your old man was not aroundF E Am Dm Ehe was passing his time away doing timeAm E/G#so you and your ma had to make it aloneF/A C/Gand while she would work all dayF E Am Dm Eyou tried to find a way to make a dimeCand with the cap in your handGyou were known down the streetF Das "Cody the crazy kid out on his beat"C G F Fm and it's a long road to the top of the worldC GCody the kid with the old man insideF Dand he'll go the same way, I'll bet my hideC G Amand it's a long road to the top of the world|(Am)| |Am G| |F| |F| |Am| |Am G| |F| |F| When you heard from your ma that your old man had died in the room with the quilted walls you seemed to hear the call and see the sign and at seventeen years you'd the piece in your hand and your fate and your future too now it was ma and you, the grand design and you killed and you robbed on your way to the top never stopping to turn around you never heard the sound of your old man crying the top of the world was yours for the grabs and the end justified the means until the sound of the old sirens would drown your dying And with the peice in your hand you're the king of the night but somebody told me and somebody's right that it's a long road to the top of the world Cody the kid with his sights set too high and he'll never stop until he reaches the sky and it's a long road to the top of the world :|(Am)| |Am G| |F| |F| |Am| |Am G| |F| |F|: repeat and fade