XTC - Ballet for a rainy day+1000 Umbrellas Chords
Tempo:
76.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
C#
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] Orange [D] and lemon [Em] raincoats [D] roll and [C] tumble together
Just [D#] like fruit tip from [A#] a [D#] [D] tray
[G]
[D] Pineapple wet [Em] heads watch new [Bm] hairdos crumble
[C] As [D#] scenery sunlight [A#] shifts [D#] away
[A] [Bm]
Melee [Am] for a [G] rainy day
[A#] [A] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, [G] there it awakes
[A] [G] [Fm] [G]
[G] [D] Apples and [Em] cherries are varnished in [D] water
[C] Despite [D#] striped awnings, [A#] bright dismay
[D#] [D] [G] I [D] push my [Em] paintbrush to conjure [D] a new world
[C] While this one [D#] is slowly washed [A#] away
[D#] [A] Melee [Bm] for [C] a [G] rainy day
[C#] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, there it [G] awakes
[A] Dancing [D] [C] out past through my window
To [A#] the fact of [D] our snow [G] descending [A] gray
[C] [G] When [A] [G#]
[C#] it rains, [F#] it rains
[B] All the colors in [E] my
[C#] paintbrush
[F#] When [B] [C#m]
[C#] it [F#] rains, it rains
Sticky [B] from the front [C#m] row seats
[A] Up [D] on the rooftop
[G] Orange [Bm] and [Em] lemon [C] raincoats [D] roll and tumble [C] together
[D#] Dropped in diamond [A#]
[Bm] disarray
Melee [Am] for a [G] rainy [A#] day
[A] [Bm] Silent, still not [Am] melting, [G] there it awakes
[A] Dancing [D] out [C] past through my [A#] window
Behind the [D] curtain, [C] silver [Bm] falling
Melee [Am] for a rainy [G] day
[A] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, there [G] it awakes
[A]
[D] Dancing out [C] past through my window
[A#] To the fact of [D] our snow [Dm] descending
[F#] [D]
[D#] [F] One [D#]
[D] [C#] thousand [C] umbrellas upturned
Couldn't [B] catch all the rain that drained out [A#] of my head
When you [E] said we [A] were over and [G#] over
I cried until I floated [G] downstream to a town they [Em] call [D] misery [Em] Ah, misery [D] [Em] [D] Misery Ah, [Em] [F#m] misery
[C#] And one million [C] teacups I bet couldn't [B] hold all the wet that fell [A#] out of my eyes
When you fell [A] out with me
Now I'm crawling [G#] wallpaper that's [G] looking more like a roadmap [Em] to [D] misery
Ah, [Em] [E] misery
[A] How can you smile in forecast [F#m] weather's [Cm] getting better
And you soon forget her if you let [E] the sunshine [A] come through
How can [F#m] you smile [F] in [D#] forecast weather's getting [C] better
If [Cm] you never let [F#] her go, rain all [B] over [C#] [G] you
[F#] [B] And just [C#] when I thought that [G] my vista [F#] was [B] calling him here
[C#] [G] [F#] One [B]
[C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened [F#] to spoil [B] the [C#] view
[G#] One [G] [F] [G] [D#]
[G#] [C#] [G] billion [C] salsies recalled from school at [B] last
Would be [A#] full to the brim, [E] sunny [A] gym, but I'm jumping
How can I [G#] be pleased when I'm [G] handed the keys to a [Em] town they call [D] misery [Em] Ah, [F#m] misery
[C#] So with a mop [C] and a bucket I'll just say [B] forget her and [A#] carry on
Scooping up where [A] I've been weeping
The distance [G#] of creeping to [G] swack down the newly crowned monarch [Em] Of [D] misery Ah, [A] [E] misery
[Dm]
[A] [D] [A] [F]
[B] [D]
[G] [B]
[G#] [Em] [B] [A]
How can you smile in [F#m] forecast weather's [Cm] getting better
And you soon forget her if [E] you let the [A] sunshine come through
How can [F#m] you [A] smile in forecast weather's getting better
If you never [B] let her go, rain all over [C#] [G] you
[F#] [B] And [C#] just when I thought that [G] my skies [F#] were a [B] June, July blur
[C#] [G] [F#] [B] One [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened
[F#] [B] Two [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas [F#] opened
[B]
Ten [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened [F#] to spoil [B] the view
[C#] [C#] [D] [C#] [C]
Just [D#] like fruit tip from [A#] a [D#] [D] tray
[G]
[D] Pineapple wet [Em] heads watch new [Bm] hairdos crumble
[C] As [D#] scenery sunlight [A#] shifts [D#] away
[A] [Bm]
Melee [Am] for a [G] rainy day
[A#] [A] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, [G] there it awakes
[A] [G] [Fm] [G]
[G] [D] Apples and [Em] cherries are varnished in [D] water
[C] Despite [D#] striped awnings, [A#] bright dismay
[D#] [D] [G] I [D] push my [Em] paintbrush to conjure [D] a new world
[C] While this one [D#] is slowly washed [A#] away
[D#] [A] Melee [Bm] for [C] a [G] rainy day
[C#] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, there it [G] awakes
[A] Dancing [D] [C] out past through my window
To [A#] the fact of [D] our snow [G] descending [A] gray
[C] [G] When [A] [G#]
[C#] it rains, [F#] it rains
[B] All the colors in [E] my
[C#] paintbrush
[F#] When [B] [C#m]
[C#] it [F#] rains, it rains
Sticky [B] from the front [C#m] row seats
[A] Up [D] on the rooftop
[G] Orange [Bm] and [Em] lemon [C] raincoats [D] roll and tumble [C] together
[D#] Dropped in diamond [A#]
[Bm] disarray
Melee [Am] for a [G] rainy [A#] day
[A] [Bm] Silent, still not [Am] melting, [G] there it awakes
[A] Dancing [D] out [C] past through my [A#] window
Behind the [D] curtain, [C] silver [Bm] falling
Melee [Am] for a rainy [G] day
[A] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, there [G] it awakes
[A]
[D] Dancing out [C] past through my window
[A#] To the fact of [D] our snow [Dm] descending
[F#] [D]
[D#] [F] One [D#]
[D] [C#] thousand [C] umbrellas upturned
Couldn't [B] catch all the rain that drained out [A#] of my head
When you [E] said we [A] were over and [G#] over
I cried until I floated [G] downstream to a town they [Em] call [D] misery [Em] Ah, misery [D] [Em] [D] Misery Ah, [Em] [F#m] misery
[C#] And one million [C] teacups I bet couldn't [B] hold all the wet that fell [A#] out of my eyes
When you fell [A] out with me
Now I'm crawling [G#] wallpaper that's [G] looking more like a roadmap [Em] to [D] misery
Ah, [Em] [E] misery
[A] How can you smile in forecast [F#m] weather's [Cm] getting better
And you soon forget her if you let [E] the sunshine [A] come through
How can [F#m] you smile [F] in [D#] forecast weather's getting [C] better
If [Cm] you never let [F#] her go, rain all [B] over [C#] [G] you
[F#] [B] And just [C#] when I thought that [G] my vista [F#] was [B] calling him here
[C#] [G] [F#] One [B]
[C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened [F#] to spoil [B] the [C#] view
[G#] One [G] [F] [G] [D#]
[G#] [C#] [G] billion [C] salsies recalled from school at [B] last
Would be [A#] full to the brim, [E] sunny [A] gym, but I'm jumping
How can I [G#] be pleased when I'm [G] handed the keys to a [Em] town they call [D] misery [Em] Ah, [F#m] misery
[C#] So with a mop [C] and a bucket I'll just say [B] forget her and [A#] carry on
Scooping up where [A] I've been weeping
The distance [G#] of creeping to [G] swack down the newly crowned monarch [Em] Of [D] misery Ah, [A] [E] misery
[Dm]
[A] [D] [A] [F]
[B] [D]
[G] [B]
[G#] [Em] [B] [A]
How can you smile in [F#m] forecast weather's [Cm] getting better
And you soon forget her if [E] you let the [A] sunshine come through
How can [F#m] you [A] smile in forecast weather's getting better
If you never [B] let her go, rain all over [C#] [G] you
[F#] [B] And [C#] just when I thought that [G] my skies [F#] were a [B] June, July blur
[C#] [G] [F#] [B] One [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened
[F#] [B] Two [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas [F#] opened
[B]
Ten [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened [F#] to spoil [B] the view
[C#] [C#] [D] [C#] [C]
Key:
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C#
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D
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[G] Orange [D] and lemon [Em] raincoats [D] roll and [C] tumble together
Just [D#] like fruit tip from [A#] a [D#] [D] tray
[G] _
[D] Pineapple wet [Em] heads watch new [Bm] hairdos crumble
[C] As [D#] scenery sunlight [A#] shifts [D#] away
[A] _ [Bm]
Melee [Am] for a [G] rainy day
[A#] [A] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, [G] there it awakes _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] Apples and [Em] cherries are varnished in [D] water
[C] Despite [D#] striped awnings, [A#] bright dismay
[D#] _ [D] _ [G] I [D] push my [Em] paintbrush to conjure [D] a new world
[C] While this one [D#] is slowly washed [A#] away
[D#] [A] Melee [Bm] for [C] a [G] rainy day
[C#] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, there it [G] awakes
[A] Dancing [D] [C] out past through my window
To [A#] the fact of [D] our snow [G] descending [A] gray
[C] [G] When [A] _ [G#] _
[C#] _ it rains, [F#] it rains
[B] All the colors in [E] my _
[C#] paintbrush
[F#] When [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[C#] it [F#] rains, it rains
Sticky [B] from the front [C#m] row seats
[A] Up [D] on the _ rooftop _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Orange [Bm] and [Em] lemon [C] raincoats [D] roll and tumble [C] together
[D#] Dropped in diamond [A#] _
[Bm] _ disarray
Melee [Am] for a [G] rainy [A#] day
[A] [Bm] Silent, still not [Am] melting, [G] there it awakes
[A] Dancing [D] out [C] past through my [A#] window
Behind the [D] curtain, [C] silver [Bm] falling
Melee [Am] for a rainy [G] day
[A] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, there [G] it awakes
_ [A]
[D] Dancing out [C] past through my window
[A#] To the fact of [D] our snow [Dm] descending
_ _ _ [F#] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ [F] One _ _ _ [D#] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] thousand [C] umbrellas upturned
Couldn't [B] catch all the rain that drained out [A#] of my head
When you [E] said we [A] were over and [G#] over
I cried until I floated [G] downstream to a town they [Em] call [D] misery [Em] Ah, misery [D] _ [Em] [D] Misery Ah, [Em] [F#m] misery
[C#] And one million [C] teacups I bet couldn't [B] hold all the wet that fell [A#] out of my eyes
When you fell [A] out with me
Now I'm crawling [G#] wallpaper that's [G] looking more like a roadmap [Em] to [D] misery
Ah, [Em] [E] misery
[A] _ How can you smile in forecast [F#m] weather's [Cm] getting better
And you soon forget her if you let [E] the sunshine [A] come through
How can [F#m] you smile [F] in [D#] forecast weather's getting [C] better
If [Cm] you never let [F#] her go, rain all [B] over [C#] [G] you
_ [F#] [B] And just [C#] when I thought that [G] my vista [F#] was [B] calling him here
[C#] _ [G] [F#] One [B] _
[C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened [F#] to spoil [B] the [C#] view _
[G#] One _ [G] _ [F] _ [G] _ [D#] _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ [G] billion [C] salsies recalled from school at [B] last
Would be [A#] full to the brim, [E] sunny [A] gym, but I'm jumping
How can I [G#] be pleased when I'm [G] handed the keys to a [Em] town they call [D] misery [Em] Ah, [F#m] misery
[C#] So with a mop [C] and a bucket I'll just say [B] forget her and [A#] carry on
Scooping up where [A] I've been weeping
The distance [G#] of creeping to [G] swack down the newly crowned monarch [Em] Of [D] misery Ah, [A] [E] misery
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
How can you smile in [F#m] forecast weather's [Cm] getting better
And you soon forget her if [E] you let the [A] sunshine come through
How can [F#m] you [A] smile in forecast weather's getting better
If you never [B] let her go, rain all over [C#] [G] you
_ [F#] [B] And [C#] just when I thought that [G] my skies [F#] were a [B] June, July blur
[C#] _ [G] _ [F#] _ [B] One [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened
[F#] [B] Two [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas [F#] opened
[B]
Ten [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened [F#] to spoil [B] the view
[C#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ [C] _ _
Just [D#] like fruit tip from [A#] a [D#] [D] tray
[G] _
[D] Pineapple wet [Em] heads watch new [Bm] hairdos crumble
[C] As [D#] scenery sunlight [A#] shifts [D#] away
[A] _ [Bm]
Melee [Am] for a [G] rainy day
[A#] [A] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, [G] there it awakes _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] Apples and [Em] cherries are varnished in [D] water
[C] Despite [D#] striped awnings, [A#] bright dismay
[D#] _ [D] _ [G] I [D] push my [Em] paintbrush to conjure [D] a new world
[C] While this one [D#] is slowly washed [A#] away
[D#] [A] Melee [Bm] for [C] a [G] rainy day
[C#] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, there it [G] awakes
[A] Dancing [D] [C] out past through my window
To [A#] the fact of [D] our snow [G] descending [A] gray
[C] [G] When [A] _ [G#] _
[C#] _ it rains, [F#] it rains
[B] All the colors in [E] my _
[C#] paintbrush
[F#] When [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[C#] it [F#] rains, it rains
Sticky [B] from the front [C#m] row seats
[A] Up [D] on the _ rooftop _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Orange [Bm] and [Em] lemon [C] raincoats [D] roll and tumble [C] together
[D#] Dropped in diamond [A#] _
[Bm] _ disarray
Melee [Am] for a [G] rainy [A#] day
[A] [Bm] Silent, still not [Am] melting, [G] there it awakes
[A] Dancing [D] out [C] past through my [A#] window
Behind the [D] curtain, [C] silver [Bm] falling
Melee [Am] for a rainy [G] day
[A] Silent, [Bm] still not [C] melting, there [G] it awakes
_ [A]
[D] Dancing out [C] past through my window
[A#] To the fact of [D] our snow [Dm] descending
_ _ _ [F#] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ [F] One _ _ _ [D#] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] thousand [C] umbrellas upturned
Couldn't [B] catch all the rain that drained out [A#] of my head
When you [E] said we [A] were over and [G#] over
I cried until I floated [G] downstream to a town they [Em] call [D] misery [Em] Ah, misery [D] _ [Em] [D] Misery Ah, [Em] [F#m] misery
[C#] And one million [C] teacups I bet couldn't [B] hold all the wet that fell [A#] out of my eyes
When you fell [A] out with me
Now I'm crawling [G#] wallpaper that's [G] looking more like a roadmap [Em] to [D] misery
Ah, [Em] [E] misery
[A] _ How can you smile in forecast [F#m] weather's [Cm] getting better
And you soon forget her if you let [E] the sunshine [A] come through
How can [F#m] you smile [F] in [D#] forecast weather's getting [C] better
If [Cm] you never let [F#] her go, rain all [B] over [C#] [G] you
_ [F#] [B] And just [C#] when I thought that [G] my vista [F#] was [B] calling him here
[C#] _ [G] [F#] One [B] _
[C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened [F#] to spoil [B] the [C#] view _
[G#] One _ [G] _ [F] _ [G] _ [D#] _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ [G] billion [C] salsies recalled from school at [B] last
Would be [A#] full to the brim, [E] sunny [A] gym, but I'm jumping
How can I [G#] be pleased when I'm [G] handed the keys to a [Em] town they call [D] misery [Em] Ah, [F#m] misery
[C#] So with a mop [C] and a bucket I'll just say [B] forget her and [A#] carry on
Scooping up where [A] I've been weeping
The distance [G#] of creeping to [G] swack down the newly crowned monarch [Em] Of [D] misery Ah, [A] [E] misery
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
How can you smile in [F#m] forecast weather's [Cm] getting better
And you soon forget her if [E] you let the [A] sunshine come through
How can [F#m] you [A] smile in forecast weather's getting better
If you never [B] let her go, rain all over [C#] [G] you
_ [F#] [B] And [C#] just when I thought that [G] my skies [F#] were a [B] June, July blur
[C#] _ [G] _ [F#] _ [B] One [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened
[F#] [B] Two [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas [F#] opened
[B]
Ten [C#] thousand [G] umbrellas opened [F#] to spoil [B] the view
[C#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ [C] _ _