Intro: B E B G#m E Verse: 1 B I'll be back before bars close E B E I'll be tall before grass grows B I left there long ago G#m E 'Cause that house ain't my home F I will need the warnings you speak G# E Before you go upstairs G# F# E Before you go upstairs Verse: 2 B E B G#m E Four different stories in one single story there A# There are things privileged E D# B A# B E And some things so unfair F# I will heed the warnings you speak Gm F E Before we go upstairs Gm A# E A# Before we go upstairs Verse: 3 N.C. Time is tryin' to kill me G#m E A# B E But foolishness will beat him to it A# I hear tales of things I shouldn't E B A# E Right before I start to do it D F I'll bide my time, hide my crimes Gm F E Before I go upstairs Gm F# E Before I go upstairs A# D# A# Verse: 4 N.C. I got dirt beneath my feet N.C A lot of world for me to see D A# Trouble haunts me in my sleep E A# I got places I should be D F F# One day soon, in my dark room Ending Gm F D# Before I go upstairs E F E Before you go upstairs Gm F E Oh, before we go upstairs Gm F# E Before I go upstairs