Roy Orbison

Uptown(Chords)

Roy Orbison

Key: G

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	        Uptown:Roy Orbison. 
#72 in 1959. ( A great Orbison tune 
which deserved much better.) 

#1. 
G             Gm    A6   A6/9+ G 
Uptown in penthouse num..ber  three. 
  C                  Gm        A6   A6/9+ G                   
Uptown there lives a doll just made for  me. 
G         D                 C 
She's the finest thing that you've ever seen,  
       G               D 
uh-huh-huh, uh-huh-huh. 

#2. 
  G       Gm           A6  A6/9+ G 
Uptown, I see her most ev..ery  day. 
  C             Gm          A6    A6/9+  G 
Uptown, but she never, ever looks my    way. 
           D                 C 
I'm just a bellhop, you see, I can't stop, 
    Gm              A6   A6/9+ G 
and tell her what I want to   say... 

Chorus: 
     C 
That one of these days, I'm gonna have money. 
G 
She'll wanna be my ever-loving, honey. 
A 
It won't be long, just-a wait and see, 
            D        C                 D 
I'll have a big car, fine clothes, and then I'll be.. 
  G            Gm    A6   A6/9+ G   
Uptown, in penthouse num..ber  three. 
  C     Gm      A6   A6/9+  G 
Uptown, just my baby and   me. 

Chorus: 
      C 
Yeah, one of these days, I'm gonna have money. 
G 
She'll wanna be my ever-loving, honey. 
A 
It won't be long, just-a wait and see, 
            D        C                 D 
I'll have a big car, fine clothes, and then I'll be.. 
  G            Gm    A6   A6/9+ G   
Uptown, in penthouse num..ber  three. 
  C     Gm      A6   A6/9+  G 
Uptown, just my baby and   me. 


Chorus: 
      C 
Well, one of these days, I'm gonna have money. 
G 
She'll wanna be my ever-loving, honey. 
A 
It won't be long, just-a wait and see, 
            D        C                 D 
I'll have a big car, fine clothes, and then I'll be.. 
  G            Gm    A6   A6/9+ G   
Uptown, in penthouse num..ber  three. 
  C     Gm      A6   A6/9+  G 
Uptown, just my baby and   me. (Fade.) 


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
	        

Written by Joe Melson/Roy Orbison

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