----------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: This an excerpt from the January 1997 issue of "Acoustic Guitar" magazine's article on Dan. Article was written by Elijah Wald, transcription by Dylan Schorer. For entertainment purposes only. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Up! Up! Up!" - Dan Hicks My (A7) mother died from asbestos (B7) My father's name was Es(E7)tes (A) and I don't (A7) know if that (D7) messed us (D#dim7) (E7) UP or what it did... (same chords) My brother was workin at the boiler, was glad he wasn't workin as an oiler Then my sister went and lit a match and UP is where they went... they went (A)UP,UP,UP like a (B7) guy on a (E7) rocket (A)Up,Up,Up keep your (B7) luck don't (E7) hock it (A)Up,Up,Up put your (B7) finger in a (E7) socket (B7) Don't you know that's UP (E7) Jack? (2nd verse) and that just leaves me with my cousins, you know I got'em by the dozens But they brought home a bomb and they didn't act calm and UP is where they went... Now everything is satisfactory. Got a swing shift at a big factory I keep cuttin, I just keep struttin cause UP is where I'm goin' Goin UP, Up, Up Push the elevator button Up, Up, Up like Superman's cousin Up, Up, Up Propellin'? Hell I'm buzzin' Don't you know that's Up, Chuck? (3rd verse) And gossipin over the back fence, my aunt was talkin in her accents but the fickle-finger of fate placed a well-placed goose and UP is where she went Visitin' a funeral parlor, my uncle Harry let out a holler One stiff went and winked at him and UP is where he went Up...Up Make the North Pole my landing Up...Up Talkin frivolous abandon Up...Up From sittin to standin' Don't you know that's Up? (coda) (E7) Like a (N.C.) definite ascension like a rubber band with tension like a whole bunch of UP too numerous to mention (A)don't you (A7)know that's goin (D7)Up and Up and (D#dim7) Up and Up? (ending) N.C. (A13) --8--8--8--8--5-|--8--8--8--8--5-|--8--8--8--8---|--5--5----7--5--5--| ----------------|----------------|-------------7-|-------7--------7--| ----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------6--| ----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------5--| ----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------7--| ----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------5--| =0D (Intro) - bass arr for guitar --------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| --------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| 2-2-0-0-|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| --------|4-4-3-3-|2-2-0-0-|--------|--------|0-0-1-1-|2-0-----|--------| --------|--------|--------|4-4-3-2-|0-0-4-4-|--------|----4-2-|0-------| --------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--0-2-4-| =0D (lead guitar) ||-----------------|----9----|--------------------------|----------| ||-----/10--5^10--5^10-------|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|----------| ||-*---------------|---------|--------------------------|-11--9\---| ||-*---------------|---------|--------------------------|----10\---| ||-----------------|---------|--------------------------|----------| ||-----------------|---------|--------------------------|----------| =0D |----------9------9-10-|--9-10-11---10-11-12--|-12-11-10-8^9----------|| |-10----10-----10------|----------------------|-------------10--------|| |----11----------------|----------------------|---------------11-9---*|| |----------------------|----------------------|----------------------*|| |----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|| =0D (repeat the 7 bars and conclude with the 2 bars below) =0D |-----------11^12--11--10--8^9---------| |-------------|---------------10-------| |-------------|-----------------11--9--| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| =0D chords: A7 5-x-5-6-5-x (thumb frets bass string) B7 7-x-7-8-7-x E7 x-7-6-7-5-x A 5-x-7-6-5-x D7 x-5-4-5-3-x D#dim7 x-x-4-5-4-5