The Ribs Of A Broken Umbrella Chords

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Intro

C F

CShe was only just a girl in a picture

But he thought 'If I can only make her Fsmile

Then she'd be mine'

CHe'd folded it, refolded it so many times,

He'd already lost some of her to the Fcreases

Precious pieces

CHe wondered how close he'd ever been to her,

In this ebb and flow of the distance beFtween us

Maybe she got the same bus

CAnd he left a trail of string wherever he went

When he was sleeping, he tied it to hisF toe

If she crossed it then he'd know

But he Gknew

That all was unFravelling

And he was bGare

Stripped of hisF skin G

Like the ribs of a broken umbreFlla

Sticking out of a bCin

Do do do do do-do do do do do do-do

FDo do do do do-do do do do do do-do

He'Cd pull his collar up against the wind,

Against those who said that trying was the first step to Ffailing

Oh he was railing C

And filled with new found purpose and pride,

He'd make something of this heady gFlow

Now where would she go?

But what do I Gknow

Cos all is unFravelling

And he was Gbare

Stripped of hisF skin G

Like the ribs of a broken umbreFlla

Sticking out of a bCin

Do do do do do-doAm

G Dm C Dm

GBut he Amknew how to fix it, Dear Liza, Dear Liza

G Dm C Dm

GWith time's great elixir, Dear Liza, Dear Liza

CShe was only just a girl in a picture,

But he thought 'If I could only make her Fsmile,

Then she'd be mine' C

Oh the thought of being faced with her

Gave him the fear and sometimes in the morning a Ftent

Oh lord give him strength

Cos he kGnew

That all was unFravelling

And he was bGare

He was stripped of hisF skin

Yeah he kGnew

That all was unFravelling

And he was bGare

He was stripped of hisF skin G

Like the ribs of a broken umbreFlla

Sticking out of a bCin

Do do do do do-do do do do do doF-do

Do do do do d-do do do do do do-do.

Sticking out of a bCin

FriendlyRanger (and Kelsey).