Intro (x2): Gbm D A Gbm D Children, Broadripple is burning A And the girls are gettin' sick Gbm D Of huffin' glue up in the bathroom A While your boyfriends pick up chicks Gbm And darling I'm lost D A I heard you whispering that night in fountain square Gbm D A The trash filled streets made me wish we were heading home. Gbm D And there was love inside the basement A Where that woman used to lie Gbm D In a sleeping bag we shared A Upon the floor almost every night Gbm And darling I'm drunk D A everything that I have loved is turned to stone Gbm D A So pack your bag and come back home. Gbm And I'm wasted D You can taste it A A Gbm Don't look at me that way D Gbm 'cause I'll be hanging from a rope D A Gbm I will haunt you like a ghost. Interlude: Gbm D A Gbm D If my woman was a fire A She'd burn out before I wake Gbm D And be replaced by pints of whiskey A Cigarettes, and outer space Gbm If somebody moves D A everything you thought you had will go to xxxx Gbm D A We've got a lot, don't ever forget that. Gbm D And I wrote this on an airplane A Where the people looked like eggs Gbm D And when a woman that you loved was gone A She was bombing east Japan Gbm And don't xxxxxxx move D A 'cause everything you thought you have will go to xxxx Gbm D A We've got a lot, don't you dare to forget that. Gbm And I'm wasted D You can taste it A A Gbm Don't look at me that way D Gbm 'cause I'll be hanging from a rope D A Gbm I will haunt you like a ghost. Interlude (x4): Gbm D A Gbm And I'm wasted D You can taste it. A A Gbm Don't look at me that way D Gbm 'cause I'll be hanging from a rope D A Gbm I will haunt you like a ghost. This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.
3 ukulele chords used in "Broadripple Is Burning" by Margot & the Nuclear So and So's: A, D and Gbm
For strumming pattern I use DDUUDU, but if you want it to be slower and a more gentle vibe use DDUUD
This song sounds so beautiful on the uke! Thank you xx
does anyone know the strumming pattern?
If this helps anyone, I transpose it to +3 so it’s not so low, and easier to sing for my voice, but still sounds like the song! That would make the chords C F and Am which is even a little easier on the fingers for a beginner player
When you’re playing it on guitar the chords are em-c-g all throughout the song
So, years back when I first wanted to learn this song, I found chords that almost perfectly matched the transposed three half steps up version– the Am F C progression. The only difference was that G was used in the chorus to break it up a little bit, which I find sounds better (particularly/at least if it’s just vocals + uke) and may even more closely resemble the Not Animal! album version(? but maybe not and I’m just saying that to seem more intelligent).
In any case, the chorus looked like this:
Am
And I’m wasted
F
You can taste it
C G Am
Don’t look at me that way
F Am
’cause I’ll be hanging from a rope
C G Am
I will haunt you like a ghost.
Only thing is, I think the non-transposed progression complements my voice, so I’m not sure how to transpose the G back to the Gbm D A progression, if that makes sense. E doesn’t sound too bad to my ear (but I don’t know how reliable that is and I also need new strings).
Also, they may have just added G throughout the song in places, I don’t really remember.