XTC – 1000 Umbrellas (Guitar)

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If you've heard the song, then you know that the chord structure is very unorthodox. xxxxxxx x INTRO x xxxxxxx Dm, D, D/F, D7, D7sus4, D7 xxxxxxx x VERSE x xxxxxxx
C#7                      C7                            B7
One thousand umbrellas upturned couldn't catch all the rain that drained

          A#7                        A7              E/G#        E7/G#
out of my head when you said we were over and over I cried til I floated

    G
downstream to a town they call

Esus4  D     Esus4 D Esus4  D     Esus4  B7
misery oh oh misery, misery oh oh misery
C#7, C7, B7, A#7, A7, E/G#, E7/G#, G ...as before
Esus4  D     Esus4  E7
misery oh oh misery

 xxxxxxxx
x 
CHORUS x xxxxxxxx
A                       A7       F#dim
  how can you smile and forecast weather's getting better, and you'll soon

                          E7            A
forget her if you let the sunshine come through

A7          A6        A+  A    F#dim
how can you smile and forecast weather's getting better if you never let

            D        B   C#7, G, F#
a girl rain all over you

    B           C#7             G         F#        B   C#7, G7, F#7
And just when I thought that my vista was golden in hue

B            C#7       G7        F#7       B    C#      D  C#  C
one thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view 
Bm A G+ F+ G+ F+ B Cdim xxxxxxx x VERSE x xxxxxxx C#7, C7, B7, A#7, A7, E/G#, E7/G#, G Esus4, D, Esus4, B7 C#7, C7, B7, A#7, A7, E/G#, E7/G#, G Esus4, D, Esus4, B7 Do Intro run... then the dubious bit again (with different ending): Bm, A, G+, F+, G+, F+, B Cdim Bsus4 G G#m Bm A G+ F+ G+ F+ B... Cdim... Bsus4... G G#m XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X REPEAT CHORUS X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
            B   C#7, G, F#
...all over you

    B           C#7             G            F#        B   C#7, G7, F#7
and just when I thought that my skies were a June July blue

B            C#7       G7     F#7   B            C#7       G7     F#7
one thousand umbrellas opened,      two thousand umbrellas opened

B            C#7       G7        F#7       B     C#       D   Dmaj7   C
ten thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view...