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Boomerang

T Bone Burnett
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
  Up  in New York City
  'Neath  the bamboo trees
  She  was eating sushi
  He  was on his knees
  He  tried to say he loved her
  But  he could not win
  She  just fixed her lipstick
  And  kept ignoring him - she was...
 Headed for  a  crash
  And it even hurt  to laugh
  Cause it ended with  a bang
  When it all came back like a boomerang
  When  it all came back like a boomerang
 
  She went to a party
  With thieves and debutants
  All talking italics
  And so much nonchalance
  He was on the outside
  Standing in the rain
  He saw her thru a window
  He couldn't stand the pain - he was...
 
  She went up the staircase
  With a sleazy mideast guest
  Who could not help staring
  Thru her flimsy cocktail dress
  He broke into the bedroom
  They put him on the spot
  He took off his pistol
  They never heard the shots - they were...
  When  it all came back like a boomerang
  - solo over ||:  :|| -
 a note or two:
 in the D-A-E progression at the end of lines 1, 2, 5 & 6 in the
 verses, the D and A are one beat each and before playing the E
 hit the open D string, hammer on the E (second fret) to play the
 open E chord - this sounds harder than it actually is.
 for the E-Esus4-E progression in the chorus just touch that sus4
 for an eighth note. listen to the recording for the changes - it's
 very rhythmic and it's tough to get the feel of it just by reading
 the above. as always...

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Readable chord sheet for Boomerang by T Bone Burnett

[A] [E] [A] [E] [A] [E] [A] [A] [D] [A] [E]

        [E]Up in New York City[D]  [A]    [E]

        [E]'Neath the bamboo trees[D]  [A]    [E]

        [E]She was eating sushi[A]  [E]    [A]

        [A]He was on his knees

        [E]He tried to say he loved her[D]  [A]    [E]

        [E]But he could not win[D]  [A]    [E]

        [E]She just fixed her lipstick[A]  [E]    [A]

        [A]And kept ignoring him - she was...

[D]       [A] Headed for[E] a[Esus4] crash[E]   [Esus4]         [E]

        And it [D]even [A]hurt to laugh[E]  [Esus4]        [E]           [Esus4]                 [E]

        Cause it [D]ended [A]with a bang[E]

        When it all came back like a bo[A]ome[E]ran[A]g  [E]

        [E]When it all came back like a bo[A]ome[E]ran[A]g  [E]

        [A] [E] [A] [A] [D] [A] [E]

        She went to a party
        With thieves and debutants
        All talking italics
        And so much nonchalance
        He was on the outside
        Standing in the rain
        He saw her thru a window
        He couldn't stand the pain - he was...

        [A] [E] [A] [A] [D] [A] [E]

        She went up the staircase
        With a sleazy mideast guest
        Who could not help staring
        Thru her flimsy cocktail dress
        He broke into the bedroom
        They put him on the spot
        He took off his pistol
        They never heard the shots - they were...

        [E]When it all came back like a bo[A]ome[E]ran[A]g  [E]

                - solo over ||: [A] [E] [A] [E] [E] :|| -

a note or two:

in the D-A-E progression at the end of lines 1, 2, 5 & 6 in the
verses, the D and A are one beat each and before playing the E
hit the open D string, hammer on the E (second fret) to play the
open E chord - this sounds harder than it actually is.

for the E-Esus4-E progression in the chorus just touch that sus4
for an eighth note. listen to the recording for the changes - it's
very rhythmic and it's tough to get the feel of it just by reading
the above. as always...

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