Tom: E E A B E A B Once he let me share his dreams E A B E A B But now that they come true it seems E F#m Gm A He doesn't want my love I guess look there goes my happiness E A B They're climbin' up up up the ladder of success E (The ladder of success.) E A B E A B Things are like he said they'd be E A B E A B I thought his plans included me E F#m Gm A He forgot his words of love fame is all he's thinking of E A B E A going up up up up the ladder of success E7 (The ladder of success.) A E I liked him better in his white dungarees A F# B When he was all mine with patches on his knees (With patches on his knees) E A B E A B When his name went up in lights E A B E A B All I got were lonely nights. E F#m He doesn't want my love I guess Gm A Look there goes my happiness E A B A goin' up up up up the ladder of success (Climbin' up whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...)