From the Hips
Cursive
Mama, I'm Swollen (2009)
The tab that was on here was a good start, but not 100%.
So this is my interpretation, using adampts' version as a springboard.
Capo 3
Chords:
Cmaj7 (x32400)
Am (x02210)
F (x33210)
G (320003)
B* (x2044x)
F/A (x03210)
Dm (xx0231)
Intro: Cmaj7
Am F G Cmaj7
I'm at my best when I'm at my worst
Am F G Cmaj7
I'm at my worst when it's not rehearsed
B* F/A
I don't wanna know the goddamn words
G Am
I don't wanna have to spell it out
Dm F
Don't wanna mumble what I'm tryin to say
G Cmaj7
I wanna scream it from my foaming mouth
B* F/A
Shoot out the lights and ride away-E-A-E-A
Cmaj7
Am F G Cmaj7
I'm at my worst when I'm at my best
Am F G Cmaj7
I'm at my best when I'm trying to look and think and talk
B* F/A
And sing and read and write like all the rest
G Am
We're all just trying to play our roles
Dm F
In a play that runs ad nauseum
G Cmaj7
I hate this damned enlightenment
B* F/A
We were better off as animals
Right?!
Cmaj7
Am F G Cmaj7
We're at our best when it's from our hips
Am F G Cmaj7
From our hips we don't give a shit
B* F/A
It just feels good, and that's no sin
G Am
It's the only way to feel alive
Dm F
It's the closest thing to being born again
G Cmaj7
And when baby comes it's job well done
B* F/A
Roll in the hay, or a roll around the sun
Cmaj7
Am F G Cmaj7
We're at our worst when it's from our lips
Am F G Cmaj7
From our lips we caused a rift
B* F/A
And this world is falling in
G Am
From Babylon to barroom brawls
Dm F
Our words have formed a death sentence
G Cmaj7
And I wish that we had never talked
B* F/A
Our hips said it all-A-all-A-all-A-all
Cmaj7
| Am F G Cmaj7 | Am F G Cmaj7 |
| B* F/A | G Am |
| Dm F |
G Cmaj7
And I wish that we had never talked
B* F/A
Our hips said it all-A-all-A-all-A-all
Cmaj7 (ad nauseum)
end on Cmaj7.
