Cosmo's Ladder Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][G#][A][Am][A]
[Am][A][Am][A5][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Christmas in [C]the [Am]sun ,
[A5]working [Am]on those lines[A5][Am][B]
[Am]Is m[Dm]ore dangerous th[A]an
[Am]terr[Dm]orism or crime[Am]
You're more likely to burn
up in Beirut or Belize
Than [Dm]wake up in a market- [A]place
[Am]with [Dm]shrapnel in your knees
[Am]Just

[Verse 2]
don't go upstairs
[C]Cos[Am]mopolitan say[C]s
[Am]'Don't [C]go [Am]upstairs [C]-gr[Am]av[C][A5]
[Am]ity keeps [C]you [Am]young'

[Verse 3]
Promise you'll be [Am]there when age
[C]plucks out my [A5]hair[Am]
And [Dm]pins it to my chest,
[Am]please [Dm]don't get too depressed
[Am]We'll both age i[C]n a stra[Am]ight line
unless one of [C]us [Am]has[A5][Am]
[B]A b[Dm]reakdown in our fifties or
[Am]soaks [Dm]too long in the bath
[Am]Just

[Verse 4]
don't go upstair[C]s
[Am]Cosm[C]opol[Am]itan says[C]
[Am]'Don't [C]go [Am]upstairs -[A5]grav
[Am]ity keeps [C]you [Am]young'

[Verse 5]
I have seen [Am]into the future
Everyone is [C]slightly older
[Am]First you're fat and then you [C]shrink
In[Am]to a common cu[C]rse
[Am]I have been on television
[C]In [Am]princ[C]iple i[Am]f not reality[C]
[Am]Truth [C]ap [Am]plies in both dimen[C]sions
[Am]Truth [C]ap [Am]plies [C]in [Am]both
[C]directions

[Verse 6]
[Am]Christmas in the sun (in sandals)
Working [C]on those [Am]lines (those badges)
[C]Is [Am]more [D]dangerous [Dm]than
[D](just as dangerous)
Terrorism or crime
[E](terrorism or crime)
[Am]You're more [C]likely to [Am]burn up (baby!)
In [C]Beirut or Belize
(Northampton?)
[Am]Than wake [D]up [Dm]in a mar
[D]ket- [Dm]place (oh no!)
With [D]shrapnel [Dm]in your [D]knees
[Em](shrapnel in your knees)
[Am]Just

[Verse 7]
don't go upstair[C]s
[Am]Cosmo[C]polit[Am]an s[C]ays
[Am]'Don't [C]go [Am]up s[C]tair s[Am] -[C]
[Am]grav[C]ity [Am]keeps you young'
[C]