Top Of The Bottom

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[Verse 1]

I started
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Playing guitar by the town memorial
Em
All my songs were singing editorials
C                                 
And when I'd done, the sermon on 
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the mount
N.C.
I counted my change and put it in my
 bank account

[Verse 2]

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I didn't want to work at the local 
abbatoir
Em
So I left home, expanded my 
repertoire
C
I did some gigs, No one booed
D
I got free beer and I drank it with 
gratitude

[Chorus]

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Once I started I couldn't stop
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That's how I got from
    C             D
The bottom to the top

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[Verse 3]

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A businessman with a very young 
dolly bird
Em
Talked through the set, liked what 
he thought he heard
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Dropped some names he claimed to 
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represent
N.C.
And asked me if I had any management

[Verse 4]

G
Well two weeks later, I'm signing on
 the dotted line
Em
Offered some drugs, at first I 
declined
C
Lots of parties where the spread's 
incredible
D
But don't get close 'cause the 
food's inedible

[Chorus]

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And I became a spinning top
G   G/F#   Em     Em/D
That's how I got from
    C             D          G
The bottom to the top of the bottom

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[Verse 5]

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I got a sweet deal and I moved to 
America
Em
I fell in love with an heiress 
called Erica
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Started out smart, soon got silly
N.C.
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I partied by the pool and then 
arrest for necrophilia

[Verse 6]

G
News travels fast like electricity
Em
A bad mug shot, it's good publicity
C
I laid low for a month or two
D
And spent my dough building a 
recording studio

[Chorus]

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And that's when it all went pop
G   G/F#   Em     Em/D
That's how I got from
    C             D          G
The bottom to the top of the bottom

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[Verse 7]

G
The label and Payola got me in the 
charts
Em
My new management had me by the 
private parts
C
I went on strike, took the 
initiative
D
Forgetting that I didn't have a 
single thing to bargain with

[Verse 8]

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I lost my nerve, my fall was 
glorious
Em
The lawsuit was eternal and 
laborious
C
My new material was only fair to 
middling
D
Rome was burning and I did some 
fiddling

[Chorus]

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And finally, I was dropped
G   G/F#   Em     Em/D
That's how I got back from
    C             D          G
The bottom to the top of the bottom

[Verse 9]

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On the way down people tend to leave
 you where you fall
Em
I tried to stand up but I didn't 
have the wherewithal
C
I nearly died in a cab one day
D
So I swapped my bourbon for a bottle
 full of Perrier

[Verse 10]

G
There were rumors about my sexuality
Em
The video star, killed by reality
C
Next thing I know I'm on my knees
D
Begging the camera, "Will you vote 
me off the island please?"

[Chorus]

C       D                G
But the world forgives a flop
G   G/F#   Em     Em/D
That's how I got back from
    C             D          G
The bottom to the top of the bottom

[solo]

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[Verse 11]

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Oh well all that exposure and the 
phone starts to ring again
Em
I experienced the strange urge to 
sing again
C
Well not long ago I was a boy with a
 dream
D
I reacquaint myself with a razor and
 some shaving cream

[Verse 12]

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Look at me I'm ripe for rediscovery
Em
All I need is Mary to mother me
C
On the tenth green I was way over 
par
D
My partner offered me a tour in 
Jesus Christ, Superstar

[Chorus]

C          D              G
And that's when the penny dropped
G   G/F#   Em     Em/D
That's how I got back back from
    C             D          G
The bottom to the top of the bottom


[Verse 13]

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Well we toured all over the states 
of America
Em
I got a picture of my son from Erica
C
My parents wrote, "Since you 
disappeared,
D
Hard to believe but it's just been 
one year,"

[Verse 14]

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Now it's back to ale and cakes again
Em
I wonder if I'll make the same 
mistakes again
C
I hope that you've enjoyed this 
tutorial
D
There's another busker who was 
playing the memorial

[Chorus]

C           D                G
I'm getting bored of talking shop
G   G/F#   Em     Em/D
That's how I got back from
    C             D          G
The bottom to the top of the bottom
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To the top of the bottom
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To the top of the bottom