Take That - Up: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Up" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Up Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Take That

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Up" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C#    D#     G#    A#m     Fm
Everybody's writing on the wall
C#     D#       G#      A#m    Fm
Taking all day long to read it all
C#      D#      G#      A#m       Fm
Staring in the face of what's to come
C#                D#                G#
Coming down I've saved a space for you

Chorus:
Fm  Cm
Up,  up
D#          A#        Fm Cm
Thought you wanted to be up
Thought you wanted to be loved
Don't you want to be loved?

Who could live without the harmony
The hundred million years of history
It's only coming down to you and me
Give me time and I'll make it up to you

Chorus

D#                             Fm
Reaching up to turn the clock around
            C#            D#
It's like a ladder to my heart
                 Fm              C#
A feeling that I got when I was young
          Fm        C#
Like the days, the days
      G#                 D#
Were folding up into my pocket
    Fm                    C#
And honestly I wouldn't change
                                 D#
a single thing about the time we had

Chorus:
Up, up
Thought you wanted to be up
Thought you wanted to be loved
Don't you want to be loved?
Don't you want to be
Up, up
Thought you wanted to be up
Thought you wanted to be loved
Don't you want to be loved?


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#

Guitar chord D#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Up" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Up" by Take That.