Tonalidad: B major
Verse 1
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I'm talking to you at this literary party,
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D
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a decaf cappuccino in my hand.
C
You're puffin' on a thick cigar,
is that a
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Monte
D
Cristo, is it contraband?
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G
I'm expounding on the state of the art,
D
Em
as you take another puff.
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G
But your eyes dart here and your eyes dart there,
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G
D
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cause you're trying to trade up .
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There's gotta be someone
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more important than me
D
Em
That you could be talking to here
C
Someone who knows, someone who knows,
G
someone who knows
A
Someone who could bolster
C
I know the body language,
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I see the signs
D
Your eyes give it away,
A
and so do your lines
C
Though you nod and say, uh -huh
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From time to time,
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D
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C
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you're trying to trade up
C
An hour later someone new is talking to me
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He thinks I know something
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that I probably
don't
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C
Pumping me for some unlisted number
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Will I divulge it?
C
He's expounding on
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the state of the world
D
I'm sipping wine from a paper cup
Em
C
But my eyes dart here and
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my eyes dart there
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D
Cause, I'm trying to trade
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C
D
G
up
C
There's gotta be someone
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more important than you
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Em
That I could be talking to here
C
Someone who knows, someone who knows,
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someone who knows
A
Someone who could bolster
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Look at my body language,
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I'm flashing signs
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My eyes are blazed over,
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I'm ignoring your lines
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The voice that would say, uh -huh
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From time to time
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D
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I'm trying to trade up, I'm sorry,
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D
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I'm trying to trade up
Bm
G
Looking at both sides
Bm
of this equation
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Am
Either way it's an
awkward situation
Em
Everybody's climbing,
trying not to be rude
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Though some say they're only
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here for the free food
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C
Chopped liver, chicken satay, steamed dumplings,
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started from the duck
Kipper, carrot, zucchini,
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pepper, suvala, freeze
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Mango chutney, blackened cactus,
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shampoo on the street
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Dummies just never end,
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G
tiramisu, guacamole
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D
I'm in the elevator, leaving the party
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A half -dozen macaroons
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Em
in my purse
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D
As these things go, it was okay
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E
I've been to better, I've been to worse
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Out on the street,
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an old man is begging
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B
I'll slip a single dollar into his tin tub
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A
He rolls his eyes, grabs the bill,
and he sighs
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E
A
He's still trying to trade him
God bless him,
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E
A
he's still trying to trade up
D
There will al ways be someone
A
more important than me
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F#m
That you could be talking to here
D
Someone who knows, someone who knows,
A
someone who knows
B
Someone who could bolster
D
Look at the body language,
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study the signs
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Stare into their eyes,
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read between every line
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If they nod and say, uh -huh,
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one too many times
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E
A
They're trying to trade up,
uh -huh, uh
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E
A
They're trying to trade up
Verse 2
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We're all trying to trade up
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