Upside Down chords

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Upside Down | Chords + Lyrics

Intro

| N.C | Bb B C | F Gm |
| Bb B C | F Gm |

Chorus 1

Verse 1

| Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
Instinctively you give to me, the love that I need.
| Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
I’d cherish the moment with you.
| Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
Respectfully I say to thee, I’m aware that you’re cheating.
| Bbm7 |2/4 Bbm7 |
When no one makes me feel like you do.

Chorus 2

Verse 2

| Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
I know you got charm and appeal, you always play the field.
| Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
I’m crazy to think you are mine.
| Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
As long as the sun continues to shine, there’s a place in my heart for you,
| Bbm7 |2/4 Bbm7 |
that’s the bottom line.

Chorus 3

Verse 3

| Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
Instinctively you give to me, the love that I need.
| Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
I’d cherish the moments with you.
| Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
Respectfully I say to thee, I’m aware that you’re cheating.
| Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
But no one makes me feel like you do.

Chorus 4

||: Bb B C | F Gm | Bb B C | F Gm :||
Upside down, boy, you turn me. Inside out and round and round.
Upside down, boy you turn me. Inside out and round and round.
Upside down, boy, you turn me. Inside out and round and round.
Upside down, boy you turn me. Inside out and round, round.

Outro

||: Bb B C | F Gm | Bb B C | F Gm :||
Upside down you’re turning me, you’re giving love instinctively.
Round and round you’re turning me, I say to thee respectfully.
Upside down you’re turning me, you’re giving love instinctively.
Around and around you’re turning me, I say to thee respectfully.

||: Bb B C | F Gm | Bb B C | F Gm :||
I said upside down you’re turning me, you’re giving love instinctively.
Around and around you’re turning me, I say to thee respectfully.
Upside down you’re turning me, you’re giving love instinctively.
Round and round you’re turning me, I say to thee respectfully.
Upside down you’re turning me.

Instrumental end

||: Bb B C | F Gm | Bb B C | F Gm :|| x5 to fade

Upside Down’s chords and progressions

One of Nile Rodgers and Diana Ross‘s biggest hits, still played by DJs and working bands to this day, we find in Upside Down.

The chords are easy to remember, and so seemingly simple, but this doesn’t mean they’re not harmonically clever.

Let’s break down Upside Down’s chords and see if we can get a grip on what Mr. Rodgers has cooked up, here’s the chorus:

||: Bb B C | F Gm :||

The B chord is a chromatic passing chord, the rest are diatonic, like this: IV (#IV) – V – I – II.

Since the I chord is in the second bar, we don’t feel as if we are in F major. Instead, it feels more right to say that Upside Down is at home around chord II, Dorian.

This may seem odd since Gm is at the end of the bar, but I can’t find a better explanation for what feels like home.

When the verse comes in, we modulate up to Bbm, and this also feels like Dorian. I guess we could say that Upside Down is in G and Bb Dorian.

When you play the chords, try different CAGED shapes, using a maximum of three strings at the same time. Although A-shapes for Bb B C, an E shape for F, and an Em shape for the Gm are probably the best at the end of the day.

Play along with the original recording until you feel comfortable, as a professional guitarist, you’ll play Upside Down for years, I guarantee it!