• Song:

    Humpty Dumpty

  • Artist:

    Aimee Mann

  • Album:

    Humpty Dumpty

An old fan site at www.skepsis.com/Chords/Aimee is no longer active, but used to
have chords for virtually all of Aimee Mann's songs through 2002.  The site is 
dead apparently, but I have the chords available.  I thought I'd post them here 
as a more permanent archive.

All credit to the original author of www.skepsis.com.


Intro:

Am Em Am Em 

Verse 1:
Am (x02210@1)         Em (022000@1)            Am (x02210@1)     EmSay (022000@1)you were split, you were split in fragments
    Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)        Am (x02210@1)    EmAnd (022000@1)none of the pieces will talk to you
Am (x02210@1)         Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)     Em/BWouldn't (012000@1)you want to be who you had been
      F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)       GWell, (320003@1)maybe I want that too

Chorus:
   F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      DmSo (xx0231@1)better take the keys and drive forever
F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)           DmStaying (xx0231@1)won't put these futures back together
F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)       DmAll (xx0231@1)the perfect drugs and superheroes
F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)         /C   BbWouldn't (x1333x@1)be enough to bring me up to zero

Verse 2:
Baby, you're great, you've been more than patient   Am  Em  Am  Em
saying it's not acatastophe (x02210@1)                       Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)Embut (022000@1)I'm not the girl you once put your faith in     Am  Em  C   Em/B
just someone who looks like me                      F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)Chorus:
So better take the keys and drive forever           F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Dmstaying (xx0231@1)won't put these futures back together       F   C   G   Dm
all the perfect drugs and superheroes               F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Dmwouldn't (xx0231@1)be enough to bring me up to zero           F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Dm (xx0231@1) /C  Bb (x1333x@1)Bridge:

Em (022000@1)                 Am (x02210@1)     Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)  ?  C (x32010@1)?
So get out while you can 
Em (022000@1)              AmGet (x02210@1)out while you can
         Em (022000@1)         Ambaby (x02210@1)I'm pouring quicksand
               F (133211@1)            Cand (x32010@1)sinking is all that I had planned
               Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1)/C  Bb (x1333x@1)so better just go

Chorus:
Oh better take the keys and drive forever           F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Dmstaying (xx0231@1)won't put these futures back together       F   C   G   Dm
all the perfect drugs and superheroes               F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Dmwouldn't (xx0231@1)be enough to bring me up to zero           F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Dm (xx0231@1)                                              ||:  F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Dm (xx0231@1):||

Coda:

F(maj7)       C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)           DmAll (xx0231@1)the kings horses and all the kings men
F(maj7)      C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)     DmCouldn't (xx0231@1)put baby together again
F(maj7)       C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)           DmAll (xx0231@1)the kings horses and all the kings men
F(maj7)      C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)   Bb (x1333x@1) CCouldn't (x32010@1)put baby together again


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