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
That you keep in the [Dsus2/F#]garage
Together with the [F]feather and the fireworks
C Em Am
A surftown hero who's got one foot in the garden
[Dsus2/F#]Where the neon-lighted cocktail glasses [F]bloom
C Em Am
And they built you a model airplane
Like the [Dsus2/F#]one that brought you back to Lindbergh[F] field
C Em Am
Now you're counting your change by the streetlights on India
[Dsus2/F#]"Hey, it's me again, I'm [F]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#]The third time around she was [F]born again
C Em Am
She must have burned at least a half-a-million dollars
[Dsus2/F#]In the little rooms next door to wash-[F]and-fold
C Em Am
And there ain't no consolation prize
[Dsus2/F#]There is no backdoor to [F]innocence
C Em Am
Just the wild-eyed faces and names that you've forgotten
[Dsus2/F#]"Hey, the money's gone, [F]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]I've been [A#]dreaming [C]we were [A#]born together
[C]I've been [A#]thinking [C]about it[A#]
[C]'Been lurking [A#]backstreets-[C]kicking [A#]down alleyways
[C]I've been [A#]thinking a[F]bout it
[F]How it's always worse than it appears
[E]Raskolnikov's out [E7]on the stairs
[Am]Howling at the [Am7]man in the [Dsus2/F#]moon
[F]They said he lost control
[E]Between the suburbs and the [E7]barrio
[Am]Tired from [Am7]too much too [Dsus2/F#]soon
Now the [F]air is thick with [E]compromis[E7]es
[Am]We're always [Am7]on the [Dsus2/F#]way
So I take [F]comfort in the [E]only [E7]life [F]I know[C][G]
[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
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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
That you keep in the [Dsus2/F#]garage
Together with the [F]feather and the fireworks
C Em Am
A surftown hero who's got one foot in the garden
[Dsus2/F#]Where the neon-lighted cocktail glasses [F]bloom
C Em Am
And they built you a model airplane
Like the [Dsus2/F#]one that brought you back to Lindbergh[F] field
C Em Am
Now you're counting your change by the streetlights on India
[Dsus2/F#]"Hey, it's me again, I'm [F]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#]The third time around she was [F]born again
C Em Am
She must have burned at least a half-a-million dollars
[Dsus2/F#]In the little rooms next door to wash-[F]and-fold
C Em Am
And there ain't no consolation prize
[Dsus2/F#]There is no backdoor to [F]innocence
C Em Am
Just the wild-eyed faces and names that you've forgotten
[Dsus2/F#]"Hey, the money's gone, [F]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]I've been [A#]dreaming [C]we were [A#]born together
[C]I've been [A#]thinking [C]about it[A#]
[C]'Been lurking [A#]backstreets-[C]kicking [A#]down alleyways
[C]I've been [A#]thinking a[F]bout it
[F]How it's always worse than it appears
[E]Raskolnikov's out [E7]on the stairs
[Am]Howling at the [Am7]man in the [Dsus2/F#]moon
[F]They said he lost control
[E]Between the suburbs and the [E7]barrio
[Am]Tired from [Am7]too much too [Dsus2/F#]soon
Now the [F]air is thick with [E]compromis[E7]es
[Am]We're always [Am7]on the [Dsus2/F#]way
So I take [F]comfort in the [E]only [E7]life [F]I know[C][G]
[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
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