Cursive – From The Hips (Ukulele)

Capo 3
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Chords

Mama, I'm Swollen (2009) The tab that was on here was a good start, but not 100%. So this is my interpretation, using adampts' version as a springboard. Chords: Cmaj7 (x32400) Am (x02210) F (x33210) G (320003) B* (x2044x) F/A (x03210) Dm (xx0231) Intro: Cmaj7
Am        F             G     Cmaj7
I'm at my best when I'm at my worst

Am        F               G     Cmaj7
I'm at my worst when it's not rehearsed

        B*                     F/A
I don't wanna know the goddamn words

        G                      Am
I don't wanna have to spell it out

            Dm                       F
Don't wanna mumble what I'm tryin to say

        G                         Cmaj7
I wanna scream it from my foaming mouth
B* F/A Shoot out the lights and ride away-E-A-E-A Cmaj7
Am        F              G     Cmaj7
I'm at my worst when I'm at my best

Am        F             G         Cmaj7
I'm at my best when I'm trying to look and think and talk

             B*                          F/A
And sing and read and write like all the rest

               G                   Am
We're all just trying to play our roles

     Dm                F
In a play that runs ad nauseum

  G                         Cmaj7
I hate this damned enlightenment

        B*             F/A
We were better off as animals
Right?! Cmaj7
Am           F              G        Cmaj7
We're at our best when it's from our hips

Am       F             G      Cmaj7
From our hips we don't give a shit

        B*                        F/A
It just feels good, and that's no sin

         G                Am
It's the only way to feel alive

                 Dm                  F
It's the closest thing to being born again

         G                        Cmaj7
And when baby comes it's job well done

            B*                        F/A
Roll in the hay, or a roll around the sun
Cmaj7
Am           F               G        Cmaj7
We're at our worst when it's from our lips

Am       F         G       Cmaj7
From our lips we caused a rift

         B*               F/A
And this world is falling in

      G                   Am
From Babylon to barroom brawls

    Dm                        F
Our words have formed a death sentence

      G                      Cmaj7
And I wish that we had never talked
B* F/A Our hips said it all-A-all-A-all-A-all Cmaj7 | Am F G Cmaj7 | Am F G Cmaj7 | | B* F/A | G Am | | Dm F |
      G                      Cmaj7
And I wish that we had never talked
B* F/A Our hips said it all-A-all-A-all-A-all Cmaj7 (ad nauseum) end on Cmaj7.