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 


[Refrão]

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 


[Refrão]
 
  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 


[Refrão]
 
  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