UPSTATE
As recorded by Nikita Karmen
(2026 release)
Verse 1
[C]
If the Burgundy walls
[F]
Of that spare room could talk
[F]
I’d bet they’d gossip ‘bout
[G]
The rabbit hole I fell into
[C]
Where you pulled out all the tricks
[F]
And hung me with a kiss
[G]
I couldn’t even blame my youth
[G]
When we were through
Pre-Chorus
[Am] [G]
It was clear as day
[F] [G]
I was just another pretty face
[C]
That you could take upstate
Chorus
[C] [F] [G]
And show around that American town
[C] [F]
Drink rum with there in the backseat
[G] [C]
Fresh rain on the concrete
[F] [G] [C]
Just planting flags on the holiest ground
[F]
Playing house with your daddy’s money
[G] [Am]
Would be almost funny
[G] [F]
If the end didn’t carry so much weight
[G]
Much more than I could take
[C] [F] [G]
Upstate
Verse 2
[C]
It was midnight on the coast
[F]
You were stealing the show
[F]
Telling me all about
[G] [C]
The missteps in your formative parts
[C]
I sat there, stars in my eyes
[F]
Like you were the northern lights
[G]
And I was lucky just to be there
[G]
When you showed your scars
Pre-Chorus
[Am] [G] [C]
What a dangerous game
[F] [G]
If I was just another pretty face
[C]
That you could take upstate
Chorus
[C] [F] [G]
And show around that American town
[C] [F]
Drink rum with there in the backseat
[G] [C]
Fresh rain on the concrete
[F] [G] [C]
Just planting flags on the holiest ground
[F]
Playing house with your daddy’s money
[G] [Am]
Would be almost funny
[G] [F]
If the end didn’t carry so much weight
[G]
Much more than I could take
[C] [F] [G]
Upstate
Bridge
[F] [G] [C]
Oh no now honey listen
[F] [G] [C]
Don’t you ever feel what’s missing?
[F]
Or is it only my fate
[C] [F]
Thinking about who you’ll take
[G] [C] [F] [G]
Upstate
Chorus
[C] [F] [G]
And show around that American town
[C] [F]
Drink rum with there in the backseat
[G] [C]
Fresh rain on the concrete
[F] [G] [C]
Just planting flags on the holiest ground
[F]
Playing house with your daddy’s money
[G] [Am]
Would be almost funny
[G] [F]
If the end didn’t carry so much weight
[G]
Much more than I could take
[C]
Upstate
Outro
[F] [G] [C]
Oh no now honey listen
[F] [G] [C]
Don’t you ever feel what’s missing?
[F]
Or is it only my fate
[C] [F]
Thinking about who you’ll take
[G] [C] [F] [G] [C]
Upstate
