Everybody Takes a Tumble The Waterboys
Everybody Takes a Tumble ? Mike Scott/Waterboys
This is realy the correct version im 100% sure.
This is the Book of Lightning version 2007. It has an extra verse in it!
Chords used
G |3-2-0-0-0-3
Em|0-2-2-0-0-0
Am|x-0-2-2-1-0
D |x-x-0-2-3-2
This is the Book of Lightning version 2007. It has an extra verse in it!
Intro: G Em Am D x 2
To [G]break your heart into pieces
is [Em]what I?m here to do
[Am]I?ve got nothing but trouble, babe
[D]in store for you
I?ve got [G]one eye on the main chance
[Em]one hand behind your back
and [Am]you just stumbled blind babe
[D]right into my track
Chores:
And that?s when you [G]fell so [Em]low
[Am]Everybody takes a tumble, don?t you [D]know
That?s when you [G]fell so [Em]low
[Am]Pick yourself off the floor, before you [D]go
There?s [G]vengeance in my belly
[Em]slime on both my shoes
and [Am]everything bad that you ever heard
about [D]little old me is true
My [G]trigger finger is itchy
my [Em]humour is black
and [Am]you just stumbled blind babe
[D]right into my track
Chores:
And that?s when you [G]fell so [Em]low
[Am]Everybody takes a tumble, don?t you [D]know
That?s when you [G]fell so [Em]low
[Am]Pick yourself off the floor, before you [D]go
Now the [G]devil drives a hard bargain
[Em]Preacher burns his hands
[Am]Fireman makes gives a sermon
[D]Lord surveys his lands
[G]Huck Finn just went out for sticks
[Em]He ain?t coming back
and [Am]you just stumbled blind babe
[D]right into my track
Chores:
And that?s when you [G]fell so [Em]low
[Am]Everybody takes a tumble, don?t you [D]know
That?s when you [G]fell so [Em]low
[Am]Pick yourself off the floor, before you [D]go
Instrumental: G Em Am D x 2
[G]brushes is back in the ballrooms
[Em]fellows in my aim
[Am]Sinéad O'Connor is the guest of honor
[D]And the blades are little played
Oh [G]Van Morrison is maoning
[Em]Something about a copy cat
And [Am]you just stumbled blind babe
[D]right into my track
Chores:
[G]And that?s when you fell so low
[Am]Everybody takes a tumble, don?t you [D]know
That?s when you [G]fell so [Em]low
[Am]Pick yourself off the floor, before you [D]go
Instrumental: G Em Am D x 2
[G]Faces start a-shining
[Em]flags begin to sway
Would [Am]you believe I came a long distance
Just to [D]be with you today
Your [G]crooked partner
[Em]he just got the sack
and [Am]you just stumbled blind babe
[D]right into my track
Chores:
[G]And that?s when you fell so low
[Am]Everybody takes a tumble, don?t you [D]know
That?s when you [G]fell so [Em]low
[Am]Pick yourself off the floor, before you [D]go
outro: G Em Am D x 4
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alawlor (report)
'brushes in the ballroom' should read 'Brush is in the ballroom'
It's a reference to Brush Sheils, the former lead singer of the Irish rock band Skid Row (not to be confused with the American band of the same name - a court case has been rumoured for some years over ownership of the name!)
Also, I think the Am should be a C