Upstairs in my house

 

     G

1. No-one knows what I can see,

                                                  B7

    what I see, it pleases me on my roof.

       G

    South Pacific hot sea pool,

                                                                B7

    Coney Island amusement school for misspent youth.

 

    G

2. It's all in my own front yard,

                                                        B7                            

    seagulls grazing in the park and foreshore.

      G

    South-east wind pins back my ears,

                                                         B7

    Luna Park lights up the years of painless days.

 

             A                           B               - D - E

I like it, up……….stairs in my house.

 

       G

2. Dealers selling junk and trash,

                                                                      B7

    people spend their hard earned cash on Sundays.

             G

    It's quiet when they fade away,

                                                                B7

    Westgate Bridge breaks up the day into red sky.

 

             A                           B              

I like it, up……….stairs in my house.  (2x)      (instr. left out here)

 

     G     

    No-one knows what I can see,

                                                 B

    what I see it pleases me on my roof.  + CHORUS (2x)

             D                           E              

I like it, up……….stairs in my house.  (2x)

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)      (Men At Work)