[Intro]
B E B G#m E
[Verse 1]
B
I'll be back before bars close
E B E
I'll be tall before grass grows
B
I left there long ago
G#m E
'Cause that house ain't my home
F
I will need the warnings you speak
[Chorus 1]
G# E
Before you go upstairs
G# F# E
Before you go upstairs
[Verse 2]
B E B G#m E
Four different stories in one single story there
A#
There are things privileged
E D# B A# B E
And some things so unfair
F#
I will heed the warnings you speak
[Chorus 2]
Gm F E
Before we go upstairs
Gm A# E A#
Before we go upstairs
[Verse 3]
N.C.
Time is tryin' to kill me
G#m E A# B E
But foolishness will beat him to it
A#
I hear tales of things I shouldn't
E B A# E
Right before I start to do it
D F
I'll bide my time, hide my crimes
[Chorus 3]
Gm F E
Before I go upstairs
Gm F# E
Before I go upstairs
A# D# A#
[Verse 4]
N.C.
I got dirt beneath my feet
N.C
A lot of world for me to see
D A#
Trouble haunts me in my sleep
E A#
I got places I should be
D F F#
One day soon, in my dark room
[Ending]
Gm F D#
Before I go upstairs
E F E
Before you go upstairs
Gm F E
Oh, before we go upstairs
Gm F# E
Before I go upstairs