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Dumbo Sun

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Standard Tuning
Most of the song is piano and keyboard so here are the basic guitar chords:
verse played with  sharp barre chords
EAs we play in the dAmumbo sun 
DWe feel the love for eEveryone 
EDays burn down in the Amdumbo sun 
We got off we Dgot off we got off we got off 
EThere was a man in a yAmellow thong 
DHe was doing his yoga and Edoing it wrong 
EDown under the bridge for Amall to see 
He got off hDe got off he got off he got off 
EYeah, A7how I miss those Ddays moGre thaGbn a litGb7tle 
EGrowing yoA7ung in the dumbo sDun G  Gb  Gb7  
EMe and Jo tried to chAmange the world 
DBut the world wasn’t listening to Etwo brooklyn girls 
ESo we started a band and we bAmanged up our knees 
We got off wDe got off we got off we got off 
ELife wouldn’t take us too Amseriously 
DSo we sang on the subway and sanEg out of key 
ETo the isle of manhattan Ampromiscuously 
We got off wDe got off we got off we got off 
EYeah, A7how I miss those Ddays moGre thaGbn a litGb7tle 
EGrowing yoA7ung in the dumbo sDunG  Gb  Gb7  
EYeah, A7how I miss those Ddays moGre thaGbn a litGb7tle 
EGrowing yoA7ung in the dumbo sDun 
CWashington slept here a tree it can grow here anEd I 
Grow smaller and sleepless so Chigh 
Circling circle line Eskies 
EWillowing wondering wAhat if
ATiffany’s breakfast was Bmine? 
CAsk Truman Capote Truman Capote Truman Capote 
And all of my Chomies (?)
EYeah, A7how I miss those Ddays moGre thaGbn a litGb7tle 
EGrowing yoA7ung in the dumbo sDun
EYeah, A7how I miss those Ddays moGre thaGbn a litGb7tle 
EGrowing yoA7ung in the dumbo sDun
EGrowing yoA7ung in the dumbo sDun 
EGrowing yoA7ung in the dumbo sDun

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Dumbo Sun

by Tracy Bonham

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gb7

Standard Tuning

Most of the song is piano and keyboard so here are the basic guitar chords:

verse played with sharp barre chords

E Am

As we play in the dumbo sun

D E

We feel the love for everyone

E Am

Days burn down in the dumbo sun

We got off we got off we got off we got off

E Am

There was a man in a yellow thong

D E

He was doing his yoga and doing it wrong

E Am

Down under the bridge for all to see

He got off he got off he got off he got off

E A7 D G Gb Gb7

Yeah, how I miss those days more than a little

E A7 D G Gb Gb7

Growing young in the dumbo sun

E Am

Me and Jo tried to change the world

D E

But the world wasn’t listening to two brooklyn girls

E Am

So we started a band and we banged up our knees

We got off we got off we got off we got off

E Am

Life wouldn’t take us too seriously

D E

So we sang on the subway and sang out of key

E Am

To the isle of manhattan promiscuously

We got off we got off we got off we got off

E A7 D G Gb Gb7

Yeah, how I miss those days more than a little

E A7 D G Gb Gb7

Growing young in the dumbo sun

E A7 D G Gb Gb7

Yeah, how I miss those days more than a little

E A7 D

Growing young in the dumbo sun

C E

Washington slept here a tree it can grow here and I

Grow smaller and sleepless so high

Circling circle line skies

E A

Willowing wondering what if

A B

Tiffany’s breakfast was mine?

Ask Truman Capote Truman Capote Truman Capote

And all of my homies (?)

E A7 D G Gb Gb7

Yeah, how I miss those days more than a little

E A7 D

Growing young in the dumbo sun

E A7 D G Gb Gb7

Yeah, how I miss those days more than a little

E A7 D

Growing young in the dumbo sun

E A7 D

Growing young in the dumbo sun

E A7 D

Growing young in the dumbo sun

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