The Antlers - Stairs to the attic

^C(N^Gote: these are played in quick sets of three, with the first two being one chord and the third being a switch to the next one. So it goes "GGC, CCG, GGC, CCG" etc.)

I de^Gcided on that evening That I was ^Cthrough with sitting still I stood ^Amup and started moving With a ^Cchildlike fascination For those ^Gdoors that don't have locks And the ^Cstairways that were blocked So I dug ^Amthrough the obstruction Put my ^Cfist around the railing And each ^Gstep was far apart And far a^Cway from steps before it And the ^Amair was getting thinner Until I ^Ccouldn't breathe at all And if I ^Ghappened to look behind me There were ^Cmiles and miles of stairs Enough so I ^Amcouldn't see the doorway But I ^Cknew that it was there And on the ^Glast step I was dizzy Because there were ^Cstairs in all directions But I ^Amfound another door And through the ^Cdoor there was the attic Without old ^Gclothes

Every^Cthing had opened wide Into the ^Amjaws of something bigger And ^Csuddenly I saw that I was

^EmUpstairs and ^Goutside and ^Cfreezing on the ^Groof ^{D Em}Finally it had ^Gfound me The ^Canswer, the ^Emfeeling, and the ^Atruth: ^C

That I'm ^Gsmall That I'm ^Emsmall That I'm ^Csmall ^G I'm sm^Aaller than the smallest fire^Amball