Umbilical Town - Gary Jules
Capo 4
Useful Chords
Em* 020000
Dsus2/F# 200230
A# 113331
Intro (can be tabbed on demand if you can't figure by ear)
C [032013] is used for the intro.
C Em* Am
I hear you've got a pocket full of words
Dsus2/F#
That you keep in the garage
F
Together with the feather and the fireworks
C Em* Am
A surftown hero who's got one foot in the garden
Dsus2/F# F
Where the neon-lighted cocktail glasses bloom
C Em* Am
And they built you a model airplane
Dsus2/F# F
Like the one that brought you back to Lindbergh field
C Em* Am
Now you're counting your change by the streetlights on India
Dsus2/F# F
"Hey, it's me again, I'm faded...could I please come over?"
F C G
G
You can do what you want
F C G
G
In umbilical town
F C G
G
In a waterfront bar
C (strum gently)
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Verse 2
C Em* Am
Old gap-toothed Annie was a friend of mine
Dsus2/F# F
The third time around she was born again
C Em* Am
She must have burned at least a half-a-million dollars
Dsus2/F# F
In the little rooms next door to wash-and-fold
C Em* Am
And there ain't no consolation prize
Dsus2/F# F
There is no backdoor to innocence
C Em* Am
Just the wild-eyed faces and names that you've forgotten
Dsus2/F# F
"Hey, the money's gone, I'm broken, could I please come over?"
F C G
G
You can do what you want
F C G
G
In umbilical town
F C G
G
In a waterfront bar
C (strum gently)
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Bridge
C A# C A#
I've been dreaming we were born together
C A# C A#
I've been thinking about it
C A# C A#
'Been lurking backstreets-kicking down alleyways
C A# F
I've been thinking about it
F
How it's always worse than it appears
E E7
Raskolnikov's out on the stairs
Am Am7 Dsus2/F#
Howling at the man in the moon
F
They said he lost control
E E7
Between the suburbs and the barrio
Am Am7 Dsus2/F#
Tired from too much too soon
F E E7
Now the air is thick with compromises
Am Am7 Dsus2/F#
We're always on the way
F E E7 F C G
So I take comfort in the only life I know
G
Well you can do what you want
F C G
G
In umbilical town
F C G
G
In a waterfront bar
F C G
G
In umbilical town
F C G
G
You can do what you want
F C G
G
You can do what you want
F C G
G
You can do what you want
C
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