Umbilical Town - Gary Jules

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)
e|â€"5â€"3-1â€"3â€"1â€"0â€"3â€"â€"|
B|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"1â€"â€"|
G|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"|
D|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"2â€"â€"|
A|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"3â€"â€"|
E|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"|


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)
e|â€"5â€"3â€"1â€"3â€"1â€"0â€"3â€"â€"|
B|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"1â€"â€"|
G|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"|
D|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"2â€"â€"|
A|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"3â€"â€"|
E|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"|

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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B|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"0â€"â€"|
G|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"0â€"â€"â€"|
D|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"|
A|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"|
E|â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"|