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[Verse 1]
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I went downtown walkin' on the pavement
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Talked to the bum 'bout overthrowin' the government
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Big shot no more / smokestack / sidewalk
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An' I can't take much more!

[Verse 2]
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A generation nowhere in our own country
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Outside the mainstream, we all dissipate
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[I'll back a man but it brings me down
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An' I can't take much more!

[Chorus]
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I been up, I been down
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All my friends are underground
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I been up, I been down
F#m                D
I can see things clearly now
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I said "Up!" --- I said "Up"! . . .

[Verse 3]
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Sex, with hydrogen, running through my bloodstream
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Underneath the stairway, I hear the gypsies scream
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Brimstone hurricane, lost in the acid rain
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An' I can't take much more!

[Verse 4]
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Deadlines, on-time, hangin' on a clothesline
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Down on the street, where they're lookin' for a mainline
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Asphalt concrete is dangerous it's a sin
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An' I can't take much more!

[Chorus]
A           E
I been up, I been down
F#m                D
All my friends are underground
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I been up, I been down
F#m                D
I can see things clearly now
A           E            D
I said "Up!" --- I said "Up"! . . .

[Solo]

[Verse 5]
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Listen to the radio, don't know where to go
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Ridin' on a cyclone, anywhere the wind blows
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Downbeat / sidewalk, can't hear myself talk
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An' I can't take much more!

[Chorus]
A           E
I been up, I been down
F#m                D
All my friends are underground
A           E
I been up, I been down
F#m                D
I can see things clearly now
A           E            D
I said "Up!" --- I said "Up"! . . .