Up On His Shoulders Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays355

Up On His Shoulders by Michael Carr is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Am and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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  			Intro 
      
E||-------------------------|-------------------------| 
B||-----------1-------------|-----------1-------------| 
G||--------0-------0-----0--|--------0-------0-----0--| 
D||-----2-------------2-----|--2h-3-------------3-----| 
A||--3----------------------|-------------------------| 
E||-------------------------|-------------------------| 
 
 
                                                   
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-----------1-------------|-----------1----------|| 
--------0-------0-----0--|--------0-------------|| 
-----2-------------2-----|--2h-3----------------|| 
--3----------------------|----------------------|| 
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C            G      C          F 
I could see forever up on his shoulders 
C            Am          F              G 
And I never lost my way when he held my hands 
Am                 Dm        G               C 
and when he told a story I'd sit there on his knee 
F                        G                 C                     
But up on his shoulders is were I loved to be 
 
Same as intro 
 
C                     G     C            F 
Grand Dads legs were weary, His fingers bent 
C              Am      F                   G      
And skin like leather from working on the land 
Am                   Dm                 G                  C 
And even though his back was tired from years of toil and sweat 
F                 C                 G             C                 
He'd see my face and grab my hands and say up you get 
 
 
I could see forever up on his shoulders 
And I never lost my way when he held my hands 
and when he told a story I'd sit there on his knee 
But up on his shoulders is were I loved to be 
 
Middle 8 
C Am F G   C Am F G 
 
Am            Dm              G             C 
Stubborn and determined with tender hearted pride 
F             C        Dm               G   
I never saw a teardrop in my Grand dads eyes 
Am               Dm            G                C 
until the day he put my little feet down on the floor 
F                            C             Dm        G 
and said I don't think these shoulders can hold you anymore 
 
 
I could see forever up on his shoulders 
And I never lost my way when he held my hands 
and when he told a story I'd sit there on his knee 
But up on his shoulders is were I loved to be 
 
Am             F        G                       C 
Yeah up on his shoulders      is were I love to be 
 
 
Outro the same as Intro and finishes in a C 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante