Lookin Up

Barenaked Ladies

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro: C G Am F (x2) 
 
verse 1 
C           G              Am        F 
Some people want to take a high dive into a drink 
C           G                 Am          F 
Some people want to watch the world swirl into the sink 
C             G            Am         F 
Why would you argue is the glass half full it's a mess 
C           G           Am                F 
I drank the first half, you can drink the rest 
 
Pre-Chorus 
C               G 
One foot on the pedal 
Am                F 
  One hand on the wheel 
C                      G 
  Don't know where I'm headed 
        Am          F 
But it starts right here 
 
 
C            G 
Everywhere I go is home 
F 
Every town and every road 
C               G 
Every song I've ever known 
F 
Carried in my bones 
C             G 
I feel like a lightening strike 
F 
Every time I rock the mic 
C               G 
You can join me if you'd like 
   Am            F 
Or I'll go on my own, 
(F)         C  G  Am F 
I'm lookin' up 
(F)         C  G  Am F 
I'm lookin' up 
(F)         C  G  Am F 
All the way up 
(F)         C  G  Am F 
I'm lookin' up 
All the way 
 
verse 2 
Look at me now I think you'd find it hard to believe 
Back in my yearbook, voted least likely to succeed 
You go and worry 'bout the things you can't control 
I can see the donut, you can see the hole 
 
Chorus 
 
Instrumental 
C G Am F (x4) 
G 
 
Chorus

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Chord set

C · G · Am · F

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.