Up Until Then
John GorkaVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot
Who was looking for a man of steel
Who would fill up her nights with forget-me-nots
And a dream no one else could reveal
Her new man said to meet him at eight
She came in dressed to the nines
But by ten it was clear he was more than late
And she just wouldn't take it this time
The bartender said she had had enough
That he'd call a cab to take her somewhere
But she wasn't a stranger to loneliness
She had grown up and spent her life there
Up until then, up until then
It happened over and over again
Up until then, up until then, up until then
Well practice had increased her tolerance
And she had hardly eaten all day
She was all hyped up on her new romance
But she drank in the usual way
She stepped out to breathe and to dry her eyes
To check her machine just in case
He had called to excuse or apologize
When she saw his unpenitent face
He approached with a girl she had seen before
A bimbo up from Raspberry Street
When he saw her he laughed and so did the whore
They dropped a ten dollar bill at their feet
(x2)]
She was small he was tall but she blocked his path
She explained in unprintable words
The reason she seized him so full of wrath
That more than half of the neighborhood heard
She sprayed him with mace from her pocketbook
And then kicked in his personal zones
Her high heels would ruin his perfect looks
She left a couple of unbroken bones
Well the bimbo she ran in to get the cops
But the owner had called from the bar
It took two cars with dogs just to make her stop
I'm told that's how some women are
They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot
But she would suffer in no permanent way
She spent thirty nights on a county cot
And she's regarded with fear till this day
Up until then, but never again
It happened over and over again
Up until then, up until then, up until then
Now she's tending bar where the Pagans
used to meet
And he's living with that bimbo up on
Raspberry Street
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Readable chord sheet for Up Until Then by John Gorka
[G]
[D]
[C]
[D]
T[G]hey dropped a[D] dime on the [C]girl in the [D]parking lot
W[G]ho was looking [D]for a ma[C]n of ste[D]el
W[G]ho would fill[D] up her night[C]s with forg[D]et-me-nots
A[G]nd a dream no [D]one else cou[C]ld reveal[D]
H[G]er new ma[D]n said to meet[C] him at [D]eight
S[G]he came i[D]n dressed to the[C] nines [D]
B[G]ut by ten it[D] was clear he [C]was more th[D]an late
A[G]nd she just wou[D]ldn't take it [C]this time[D]
T[Em]he bartender said she ha[D]d had enough
T[G]hat he'd call a cab to take [C]her somewhere
B[Em]ut she wasn't a strang[D]er to loneliness
S[G]he had grown up and spent her[C] life there
U[G]p until then, up[D] until then
I[C]t happened over [Em]and over again
U[G]p until then, up[D] until then, up [C]until then [D]
W[G]ell practice h[D]ad increased he[C]r toleranc[D]e
A[G]nd she h[D]ad hardly e[C]aten all [D]day
S[G]he was all [D]hyped up on[C] her new [D]romance
B[G]ut she drank i[D]n the u[C]sual way [D]
S[G]he stepped out t[D]o breathe and to[C] dry her [D]eyes
T[G]o check her[D] machine just in [C]case [D]
H[G]e had called [D]to excuse[C] or apo[D]logize
W[G]hen she saw[D] his unpen[C]itent face[D]
H[Em]e approached with a girl she had[D] seen before
A[G] bimbo up from Raspberry [C]Street
W[Em]hen he saw her he laughe[D]d and so did the whore
T[G]hey dropped a ten dollar b[C]ill at their feet
[G]
[D]
[C]
[D] (x2)]
S[G]he was small h[D]e was tall but[C] she blocked [D]his path
S[G]he explained i[D]n unprintab[C]le words [D]
T[G]he reason sh[D]e seized him so[C] full of [D]wrath
T[G]hat more than[D] half of the n[C]eighborhoo[D]d heard
S[G]he sprayed him wit[D]h mace from her[C] pocketboo[D]k
A[G]nd then kicked [D]in his per[C]sonal zone[D]s
H[G]er high heels woul[D]d ruin his[C] perfect [D]looks
S[G]he left a c[D]ouple of u[C]nbroken bo[D]nes
W[Em]ell the bimbo she ran[D] in to get the cops
B[G]ut the owner had called fro[C]m the bar
I[Em]t took two cars with dogs ju[D]st to make her stop
I[G]'m told that's how some wome[C]n are
T[G]hey dropped a[D] dime on the [C]girl in the [D]parking lot
B[G]ut she would s[D]uffer in no[C] permanent[D] way
S[G]he spent thirt[D]y nights on a[C] county cot[D]
A[G]nd she's rega[D]rded with fear t[C]ill this d[D]ay
U[G]p until then, but neve[D]r again
I[C]t happened over [Em]and over again
U[G]p until then, up[D] until then, up [C]until then[D]
N[Em]ow she's tending bar where the Pa[D]gans
used to meet
A[C]nd he's living with that bimbo up on
[D] Raspberry Stree[G]t
[G]
[D]
[C]
[D] [repeat to fade]