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AIMEE MANN - GUMBY
album version - CHARMER
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Capo on the 3rd fret
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[Chorus]
GGumby CGumbyEm  
You should Fcall your daughter aGgain
Don’t call CmeEm  
FCall your daughter
[VERSE ONE]
EmGumby, I just Amcan’t do anything
FCan’t do anything Cright
Don’t Emask me, if I'll Amhelp when helping you
FJust means someone to Cfight 
It's Emso hard, Cputting on your clothes
GYou don’t even Ammove to cover your skin
GWhy move, moving is how things beEmginC  
The Emfront yard Ctaken by the crows
GBlackguards with their Amshiny pieces of tin
GSo much Cfury you bury it EminC  
[Chorus]
GGumby, we should Amcall your daughter 
Please Fcall your daughter aCgain 
You Emmust see, things are Amgetting harder
FGetting more out of Chand
[VERSE TWO]
EmDude,  you're Cnot even that old
EmHow bad must it Ambe to be bad as this
GAll day Cfilling a bottomless EmpitC  
EmAll those Ctrinkets bought and sold
EmAll tokens you've Amthrown down to the abyss
EmThere’s a Cbottom that you’ll never EmhitC  
[Bridge]
EmI don’t know just Chow you explain Emthis 
To a Ckid with nowhere to live
GTell her that the Cfather she has means Emwell
But Fjust has nothing to gGive
[Chorus]
GGumby CGumbyEm  
You should Fcall your daughter aGgain
Don’t call CmeEm  
FCall your daughter aGgain
GGumby CGumbyEm  
You should Fcall your daughter aGgain
Don’t call CmeEm  
FCall your daughterG  

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Gumby

by Aimee Mann

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

AIMEE MANN - GUMBY

album version - CHARMER

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Capo on the 3rd fret

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[Chorus]

G C Em

Gumby Gumby

F G

You should call your daughter again

C Em

Don’t call me

Call your daughter

[VERSE ONE]

Em Am

Gumby, I just can’t do anything

F C

Can’t do anything right

Em Am

Don’t ask me, if I'll help when helping you

F C

Just means someone to fight

Em C

It's so hard, putting on your clothes

G Am

You don’t even move to cover your skin

G Em C

Why move, moving is how things begin

Em C

The front yard taken by the crows

G Am

Blackguards with their shiny pieces of tin

G C Em C

So much fury you bury it in

[Chorus]

G Am

Gumby, we should call your daughter

F C

Please call your daughter again

Em Am

You must see, things are getting harder

F C

Getting more out of hand

[VERSE TWO]

Em C

Dude, you're not even that old

Em Am

How bad must it be to be bad as this

G C Em C

All day filling a bottomless pit

Em C

All those trinkets bought and sold

Em Am

All tokens you've thrown down to the abyss

Em C Em C

There’s a bottom that you’ll never hit

[Bridge]

Em C Em

I don’t know just how you explain this

To a kid with nowhere to live

G C Em

Tell her that the father she has means well

F G

But just has nothing to give

[Chorus]

G C Em

Gumby Gumby

F G

You should call your daughter again

C Em

Don’t call me

F G

Call your daughter again

G C Em

Gumby Gumby

F G

You should call your daughter again

C Em

Don’t call me

F G

Call your daughter

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