Up The Junction — Squeeze

Chords and lyrics for Up The Junction by Squeeze (key of D).

Intro

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Verse 1

[E]I never thought it would [A]happen
With me and a girl from [E]Clapham
Out on the windy [C#m]common
That night I ain't [E]forgotten
Where she dealt out the [A]rations
With some or other [E]passions
I said "you are a [C#m]lady"
"Perhaps" she said [E] "I may be"

Verse 2

[E]We moved into a [A]basement
With thoughts of our [E]engagement
We stayed in by the [C#m]telly
Although the room was [E]smelly
We spent our time just [A]kissin'
The Railway Arms we're [E]missin'
But love had got us [C#m]hooked up
And all our time it [E]took up

Verse 3

[E]I got a job with [A]Stanley
He said I'd come in [E]handy
And he started me on [C#m]Monday
So I had a bath on [E]Sunday
I worked eleven [A]hours
And bought the girl some [E]flowers
She said she'd seen a [C#m]doctor
And nothing now could [E]stop her

Bridge

[C#m]I worked all through the [G#m]winter
The weather brass and [F#m]bitter
I put away a [Bm]tenner
Each week to make her [Dm]better
And when the time was [Am]ready
We had to sell the [Gm]telly
Late evenings by the [F]fire
And little kicks [A]inside her

Verse 4

[D]This morning at four [G]fifty
I took her rather [D]nifty
Down to an [Bdim]incubator
Where thirty minutes [D]later
She gave birth to a [G]daughter
Within a year a [D]walker
She looked just like her [Bm]mother
If there could be [D][D]another[E][A]

Verse 5

[E]And now she's two years [A]older
Her mother's with a [E]soldier
She left me when my [C#m]drinkin'
Became a proper [E]stingin'
The devil came and [A]took me
From bar to street to [E]bookie
No more nights by the [C#m]telly
No more nights nappies [E]smelling

Verse 6

[E]Alone here in the [A]kitchen
I feel there's somethin' [E]missin'
I beg for some [C#m]forgiveness
But beggin's not my [E]business
And she won't write a [A]letter
Although I always [E]tell her
And so it's my [C#m]assumption
I'm really up the [E]junction

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