Lirik dan Chord Lagu You Take Me Up - Thompson Twins

Lagu tersebut dimuat dalam album studio keempat mereka yang bertajuk Into the Gap (1984).

Album tersebut berhasil mencapai peringkat pertama di UK Albums Chart dan ke-10 di US Billboard 200.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “You Take Me Up” dari Thompson Twins:

[Intro]

F     F  C (x 2)

[Verse]
    F
I work on the front line
                              C
I work to survive
    F
I sleep in a fever
                              C
So this is my life
   Bb
I cry in my sleep (Cry boy, Cry boy)
                                                             F
Just makes me weep when I try, how I try
    Ab                                                        F
I know what it means to work hard on machines
           F
It's a labour of love so please don't ask me why

[Verse]

F
Working for reasons (Day in, Day out)
                                                    C
Trying too hard (He's trying too hard)
F
Moving in circles (Too hot, Too hot)
                                                     C
Don't get very far (Don't get very far)
               Bb
Should I ask you to dance (Dance Boy, Dance Boy)
                                                                          F
If I promised romance would you come for the ride
    Ab                                                             F
I know what it means to work hard on machines
                F
Will you believe in love, one that lasts for all time

[Chorus]

                      Bb         F/A
You take me up, oh-oh!
                Gm7                             F
You take me up to the higher ground
                      Bb        F/A
You take me up, so high
           Gm7                 Eb               F
Now I never want to come back down

[Verse]

        F
I'm glad in these hard times (Day in, Day out)
                                                               C
There's hope in your eyes (Hope in his eyes)
             F
I don't need a religion (Too hot, Too hot)
                                                            C
Cos' this love never dies (Love never dies)

     Bb
I believe in today (Believe boy, Believe boy)
                                                                         F
It's better that way and you work through the night
          Ab                                                        F
An' I know what it means to work hard on machines
          F
It's a labour of love so please don't ask me why

[Ulangi Chorus]

[Instrumen]
F       C   (x 2)

[Verse]

   Bb
I cry in my sleep (Cry boy, Cry boy)
                                                             F
Just makes me weep when I try, how I try
          Ab                                                        F
An' I know what it means to work hard on machines
           F
It's a labour of love so please don't ask me why

[Ulangi Chorus] (x2)

[Outro]

Bb F/A Gm7 F

Bb F/A Gm7 Eb F