Standard (EADGBE)

  We love to dance on a Saturday night

  All alone when I can hold her tight

 But she lives on the 20th floor uptown

  The elevator's broken down

Chorus

 So I walk 1, 2 flight, 3 flight, 4

5, 6, 7 flight, 8 flight, more

  By 12th I'm startin' to drag

 15th floor I'm ready to sag

 Get to the top, I'm too tired to rock

Verse 2

Well, she called me up on the telephone

Said, "Come over, honey; I'm all alone"

I said, "Baby, you're mighty sweet

But I'm in bed with a-achin' feet"

This went on for a couple of days

But I couldn't stay away

(chorus)

(instrumental, same pattern as chorus)

Verse 3

Well, they sent it to Chicago for repairs

Till it's fixed I'm usin' the stairs

Gotta get there before it's too late

My baby couldn't bear much to wait

All this climbin's gettin' me down

They'll find my corpse draped over a rail