Although it looks like there's a lot of chords this song is quite easy as it's mainly a progression downward
from Db to Eb, then Ab and then it begins again. The verses follow a different structure but it's more
straightforward. Kinda.
[Intro]
Dbadd9 Ab6/C Bbm7 Db/Ab / Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7
Dbadd9 Ab6/C Bbm7 Db/Ab / Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7
[Chorus]
Db Ab/C Bbm7 Db/Ab
You have tamed me
Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7 Ab
Now you must take me
Db Ab/C Bbm7 Db/Ab
How am I supposed to be
Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7 Ab
I don't have my thorns now
Db Ab/C Bbm7 Db/Ab
I feel them sprouting
Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7 Ab
They'll grow right though if I don't watch it
Db Ab/C Bbm7 Db/Ab
They'll grow right through even if I watch it
Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7 Ab
And a sunset couldn't save me now
[Verse]
Gb6 Ab Bbm7
These baobabs and baobabs and baobabs some more
Db Ab6/C Db
But you can't outwait fate
[Chorus]
Db Ab/C Bbm7 Db/Ab
And you have tamed me
Gb
Now you must take me
Gb
Taa-tt-ttaa-ttt-taa-tt-taake
[Verse]
Gb6 Ab Bbm7 Db
And I wouldn't raise my child inside this city anyway
Gb6 Ab Bbm7 Db
They grow up too savvy and they grow up too fast
Gb6 Ab Bbm7 Db
And they know about buying shit and they know about sex
Gb6 Ab Bbm7 Db
And they know about investment banking and also about brokerage firms
Gb6 Ab Bbm7 Db
And they know about the numbers and they know about the words
Gb6 Ab Bbm7 Db
And they know about the bottom line and also about stones
Gb6 Ab Bbm7 Db
And they know about careers and about the real deals
Gb6 Ab Bbm7 Db
And they all grow up and become people's people with people skills
[Chorus]
Db Ab/C Bbm7 Db/Ab
But you have tamed me
Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7 Ab
Now you must take me
Db Ab/C Bbm7 Db/Ab
How am I supposed to be
Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7 Ab
I don't have my thorns now
Db Ab/C Bbm7 Db/Ab
You have tamed me
Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7 Ab
Now you must take me
Db Ab/C Bbm7 Db/Ab
How am I supposed to be
Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7
I don't have my thorns
[Instrumental]
Dbadd9 Ab6/C Bbm7 Db/Ab / Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7
Dbadd9 Ab6/C Bbm7 Db/Ab / Gbadd9 Db/F Ebm7