Top of the Bottom Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]I s[G]tarted
[D]Pla[G]ying guitar by the town memorial[Em]
All my songs were singing editorials
And [C]when I'd done,
the sermon on the mount
I [D]counted my change and put
it in my bank account
[G]I didn't want to work at the local avatar
So [Em]I left home, expanded my repertoire
I [C]did some gigs, No one booed
I [D]got free beer and I drank it with gratitude
[C]Once I started[D] I couldn't

[Verse 2]
stop
[G]That's how I g[D]ot fro[Em]m
The bot[C]tom to the top
[D][G][D][G]

[Verse 3]
[D]
A [G]businessman with a very
young dolly bird
[Em]Talked through the set,
liked what he thought he heard
[C]Dropped some names he
claimed to represent
An[D]d asked me if I [Em]had any mana[D]gement
Well [G]two weeks later,
I'm signing on [Em]??docubine??
Offered some drugs, at first I declined
[C]Lots of parties where the
spread's incredible
But [D]don't get close 'cause
the food's [C]inedible
And I [D]became a spinning

[Verse 4]
top
[G]That's how[D] I got fro[Em]m
The bot[C]tom to [D]the top
[G]of [D]the[G] bottom[D]
I [G]got a sweet

[Verse 5]
deal and I moved to America
[Em]I fell in love with an
heiress called Erica
Star[C]ted out smart, soon got silly
I [D]partied by the pool and [Em]then arrest
[D]for [G]necrophilia
News travels fast like electricity
A [Em]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
[C]

[Verse 6]
And [D]that's when it all went pop
[G]That's how[D] I got fro[Em]m
The bot[C]tom to [D]the top of
the bot[G]tom[D]
[G]

[Verse 7]
[D]
[G]The label ??Empeola?? got me
in the [Em]charts
My new management
had me by the private parts
I [C]went on strike, took the initiative
For[D]getting that I didn't have
a single [Em]thing to [D]bargain with
I [G]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
[C]And

[Verse 8]
[D]finally, I [G]was dropped
[D]That's how I got [Em]back from
The bot[C]tom to [D]the top of
the bot[G]tom[D]
[G][D]

[Verse 9]
[G]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
So [D]I swapped my bourbon for
a bottle [Em]full of perri[D]er
[G]There were rumors about my sexuality
The [Em]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 [C]please?"

[Verse 10]
But [D]the world forgives [G]a flop
[D]That's how I got [Em]back from
The bot[C]tom to [D]the top of the bot[G]tom
[D]O

[Verse 11]
[G][Em][C][D]
[G][Em][C][G][C][D]
[G]well all that
exposure and the phone starts to ring again
[Em]I experienced the strange
urge to sing again
Well [C]not long ago I was a boy with a dream
[D]I reacquaint myself with a razor
and some shaving cream
[G]Look at me I'm ripe for rediscov[Em]ery
All I need is Mary to mother me
[C]On the tenth green I was way over par
My [D]partner offered me a tour
in ??Jesus Christ's Superstar??
[C]And that's

[Verse 12]
[D]when the penny dropped
[G]That's how I g[D]ot bac[Em]k back from
The bot[C]tom to [D]the top of
the bottom
[C][G][D][G][D]

[Verse 13]
Well we [G]toured all over the
states of Amer[D]ica
[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 [D]year,"
[G]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 me[D]morial
[C]I'm getting bor[D]ed

[Verse 14]
of talking [G]shop
That's how I got [Em]back from
The bot[C]tom to [D]the top of the bot[C]tom
To [D]the top of the bot[C]tom
To [D]the top of the bot[G]tom[F][C][G]