Login: Mr Maynard
Put Me On Top
*** Verse 1:
Am G D C
I should be knocking on the door of the pearly gates
Am G D C
why keep a poor man alive in a job he hates
Am G Bm C
I've heard that good things will come to he who waits
*** Verse 2:
I should be riding on a float in the hit parade Am G D C
instead of sitting on the curb behind the barricade Am G D C
another verse in the doormat serenade Am G Bm C
*** Chorus:
G Am F C
Won't you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
G Am F C
won't you put me on top, or change the odds
G Am F C
won't you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
G Bm Em C G Bm Em C
or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box
*** Verse 3:
Oh, at least put some hope in the box for me Am G D C
'cause it's only black and white and not a lot of each Am G D C
there's a remote on the shelf, but it's out of reach Am G Bm C
*** Chorus:
Won't you put me on top G Am F C
won't you put me on top, or change the odds G Am F C
Won't you put me on top G Am F C
or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box G Bm Em C | G Bm Em C
*** Bridge
Bm Em E
Put some hope in the bottom of the box
Am /G D/F# D
for me --- I need it
*** Instrumental
(oo - put me on top) G Am F C
(ah - change the odds) G Am F C
(oo - put me on top) G Am F C
G Am F C
*** Chorus:
Won't you put me on top (oo - put me on top) G Am F C
won't you put me on top, or change the odds G Am F C
Won't you put me on top (oo - put me on top) G Am F C
or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box G Bm Em C
*** Coda:
put me on (oo - put me on top) G Am F C
won't you put me on top again (change the odds) G Am F C
or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box G Am F C
put some hope in the bottom of the box G Bm Em C | G Bm Em C
oh at least put some hope in the bottom of the box G Bm Em C | Am