Black Umbrella chords by Anna Tivel

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

E|-----2----4----5---|
B|-----2----4----5---|
G|-1---2----4----6---|
D|-2---4----6----7---|
A|-2---4----6----7---|
E|-----2----4----5---|

   E  F#m  G#m   A




🎸 Verse :

E               F#m              G#m            A
Under a black umbrella, you were keeping to yourself
        E                   F#m              G#m               A
And the rain came down like diamonds on the sidewalk where you stood
E              F#m             G#m           A
Another lonely town across the endless bible belt
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Nothing big enough for headlines ever happened here until today

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Looking like a stranger in your older brother’s coat
         E                 F#m            G#m            A
You were watching from the corner, as the day slowly unfolded
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A ringing bell against the door of Frank’s Savings and Loan
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And you saw it all, the teller ducking down, the gun exploding

E                  F#m              G#m             A
Like an old bronze statue, you were frozen there in place
    E                  F#m                G#m            A
One man slumped on the counter while the other filled a pillowcase
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And suddenly your feet were running, rain all in your face
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Across the street, the ringing bell, the door, the engine roaring

E                F#m               G#m              A
Blood was on the floor, the teller reaching out his hand
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You felt his pulse, you called for help, you tried to stop the bleeding
E             F#m          G#m          A
Sirens on the boulevard, a rush of blue motion
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Like a wave came on, their weapons drawn, the teller’s soul just leaving

E               F#m                     G#m               A
Hands over your head they said, and you tried to tell the truth
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The pillowcase, the getaway, the car, the blood and you
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In your older brother’s coat, your stocking hat and worn out shoes
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But to them, you were just some punk kid cracked out and skipping school

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Anger like a freighter pulling punches in your head
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And you tried to push your way past all the uniforms and the dead man
         E                 F#m              G#m                A
But they pulled you to the ground your face pressed on the wet cement
        E             F#m          G#m            A
Like an animal, spreadeagle, the umbrella in your waistband

E               F#m                      G#m                 A
Gun, somebody cried, and you kicked your legs and broke the window
E              F#m               G#m                  A
In a chaos of confusion, raining glass like diamonds loosed and you were
        E              F#m           G#m           A
On your feet again and then a bullet danced right through you
        E                   F#m                  G#m               A
And the ground came up like some great flood and then you were not moving

E               F#m              G#m            A
Under a black umbrella, you were keeping to yourself
        E                   F#m              G#m               A
And the rain came down like diamonds on the sidewalk where you fell
    E               F#m           G#m              A
And nothing in the headlines even mentioned you at all
       E                   F#m                 G#m        A
Just a corner note about a cracked out kid who broke the law