Uncomfortably Numb

 
              Intro Ab 
 
Verse 1:
Ab 
Sensitivity deprived 
                     Fm 
I can't feel a thing inside 
 
I blamed my father in my youth 
                             Db 
Now as a father, I blame the booze 
Db  Bbm               Eb            Ab 
        I have become uncomfortably numb 
 
( Ab ) 
 
Ab 
Sensitivity deprived 
 
(Who's ugly side is the ugliest) 
                Fm 
All my sympathy prescribed 
 
I used to struggle in my youth 
 
(Who's hands are tied to a contorsionist) 
                               Db 
Now I'm used to struggling for two 
Db  Bbm                Eb            Ab 
I       have become uncomfortably numb 
 
( Ab ) 
 
Ab 
The lessons 
Bbm  Ab 
     (The lessons) 
Ab 
Are so much 
Fm  Eb 
   (Are so much) 
Db 
Less obvious 
Ab 
The further you get from home 
 
Eb 
(The further I get from home) 
Ab 
How will you exist 
Eb 
(How will I exist) 
Db 
Without consequence 
             Ab 
I'll let you know 
 
( Ab ) 
 
Verse 2:
Ab 
We were gentle to begin 
                                      Fm 
Then I pushed you around to break you in 
 
Now whenever I try to be clear with you 
                          Db 
I only end up feeling see-through 
Db                     Bbm 
I've tried, but you've won 
               Eb          Ab 
Comatose, like father like son 
 
( Ab ) 
 
Ab 
The lessons 
Bbm  Ab 
    (The lessons) 
Ab 
Are so much 
Fm   Eb 
    (Are so much) 
Db 
Less obvious 
Ab 
The further you get from home 
Eb 
(The further I get from home) 
Ab 
How will you exist 
Eb 
(How will I exist) 
 
Ab 
I don't want to know 
Db 
Blacked out, protected 
Fm 
I just want you home 
Eb                           Ab 
I'll make new friends in the ambulance 
 
Final Ab