Belle and Sebastian is a band from Glasgow. Led by guitarist/vocalist Stuart Murdoch, the seven-piece band has an intimate, majestic sound that is equal parts folk-rock and '60s pop. Murdoch has a gift not only for whimsy and surrealism, but also for odd, unsettling lyrical detail which keeps the songs grounded in a tangible reality.   Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Belle and Sebastian released their first two albums in 1996: Tigermilk, recorded over three days, and If You're Feeling Sinister, recorded in a week, at the peak of the chamber pop movement.

Belle and Sebastian est un groupe écossais de rock indépendant britannique créé par Stuart Murdoch et Stuart David en janvier 1996 à Glasgow.  Les premières démos Stuart Murdoch, jeune écossais résidant à Glasgow, où il exerce plusieurs petits boulots et pratique son hobbie, la course à pied, pense pour la première fois à se lancer dans la musique en 1995. Il fait la connaissance de Stuart David dans un programme de création d

Belle and Sebastian ist eine schottische Pop-Band. Der Bandname bezieht sich auf das Kinderbuch Belle et Sébastien der französischen Autorin Cécile Aubry über den Jungen Sébastien und seinen Hund Belle. Das Buch wurde 1965 als französische Fernsehserie und 1981 als japanischer Anime verfilmt.  Bandgeschichte Die Band wurde im Januar 1996 von Stuart Murdoch im Rahmen eines Sozialprogramms für Arbeitslose in Glasgow, UK gegründet.

Belle and Sebastian es un grupo escocés de pop formado en Glasgow en enero de 1996 bajo la tutela de un curso de negocio musical y formado apoyándose principalmente en el talento creativo de Stuart Murdoch. Su primer álbum, Tigermilk, fue grabado como parte de dicho curso y lanzado por el sello independiente Electric Honey.  Tras haber firmado con un sello ligeramente más grande --Jeepster Records-- lanzaron el álbum If You're Feeling Sinister en 1996 y una secuencia de sencillos a lo largo de 1997.

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

Slow Graffiti

Am                     D
When I was a boy I was confounded by you

Am                       G
Now I'm still a boy I am indebted to you

Bb                          F
Every song I ever wrote was written for you

        Am
written for you

Am                             D
Now I’m feeling flat you seem mile away
Am                             G
I’m so tired that down on the pavement I’ll lay
Bb                                   F
Till the blossom on the tree comes falling on me
        Am
Fall on me

G            C
La larara Larara Larararara
G            C
La larara Larara Larararara 
A            Dm
La larara Larara Larararara

Am           E

Dog On Wheels

G  Bm7  G  Bm7  G  F#m  Em  D

G                                    Bm7
She lay in bed all night watching the colors change

G                                    Bm7
She lay in bed all night watching the morning change

G                                    F#m
Em             D
She lay in bed all night watching the morning change into green and gold

G                                   Bm7
The doctor told her years ago that she was ill

G                                   Bm7
The doctor told her years ago to take a pill

G                                   F#m                 E
The doctor told her years ago that she'd go blind if she wasn't careful


Bm7              A
They let Lisa go blind

G                                     F#
The world was at her feet and she was looking down

Bm7              A
They let Lisa go blind

G                                    Bm7
But everyone she knew thought she was beautiful

      D
Only slightly mental

Bm7
Beautiful

     D
Only tempermental

A#m7
Beautiful

G                                 Bm7
She thought it would be fun to try photograghy

G                                 Bm7
She thought it would be fun to try pornography

G                                      F#m
She thought it would be fun to try most anything

        E
She was tired of sleeping

Bm7              A                 G                  F#
They let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind

Bm7              A
They let Lisa go blind


She's looking like a queen

           Bm7                        G
But if you knew what's going on in her life

             Em                              A
There'd be a thousand barren mothers there to talk to her

           Bm7                    G
If you knew what's going on in her life

              Em                            A
There'd be two hundred troubled teenagers to sit with her

    A
And talk to her

       D                          C
If you knew what's going on in her life

                      G
What's going on in her life

                B
There would be a documentary on Radio 4


    G                          Bm7
She made herself a pair of orthopaedic shoes

    G                          Bm7
She thought is was the answer to the fashion blues

    G                          F#m
She made herself a pair of orthopaedic shoes

         E
But she walked with a limp

Bm7             A                  G                 F#
They let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind...

Bm7  A  G  F#

Beautiful

C                                    G
There are people going hungry every day
            F                  C
They've got nothing on their plates
            F                C               G                 G 
And you're filling YOUR FAT face with every different kind of cake
                    C            G
And if you ever go lardy, or go lame
        F                 C
I will drop you straight away
            F                 C 
That's the price you have to pay
            G              G
For every stupid thing you say

                        C                    G 
There are people going lonely, and they'll stay
        F            C
Lonely fay into the year
                F               C
Because you're making blinkers fashionable
     G                  G
And fashionably you'll say
                  C               
"All is equal in love and war" and
      G              F                  C
"I'm sorry, but I've got some things to do"
          F                C                 G               G  
And you pretend to read a book you'll never finish till the day

Am
That the author dedicates it
F
To A Century Of Fakers
C                                                       G
They took your mould and they burned it on the fire in history today
                  Am
Yeah, the author dedicates it
         F
To A Century Of Fakers
           C                                   G                
He was an anarchist, he tried his best but it wasn't good enough


Did I say I would see you soon?
Well I'm sorry, but i just came off my bike
And my face is scarred
And chance has barred me seeing you tonight
I was over the other side of the city
And if the truth be known I'd say
That you look great from there before you shaved your golden hair today

             Am
Everybody's trying to make us
             F
Another century of fakers
               C                                  G    
They took you mould and burned it on the fire of history today
             Am          
Everybody's trying to make us
                F              C  F
Another cool decade of fakers
              C
Everybody's trying to make us
             F
Another century of fakers

A Century Of Fakers

G                                      D
Sebastian you're in a mess
                                                    Am
You had a dream, they called you king of all the hipsters,
      Em                D
is it true or are you still the queen?
G                                                 D
   Like getting blood out of a stone
                                          Am
The city left you lost and gone
                                                     Em
D
You came to dance, but there's no poignancy when they all leave you...
Cmaj7               Gmaj7
standing alone
Cmaj7                Gmaj7
   standing alone
Cmaj7                 Gmaj7
Cmaj7                 D#  D

G                                  D
The wider issues of the day
                                               Am
just pass you by, you're gonna pay
                                            Em              D
for looking at the floor when people talk to you.
G                                           D
You wrote a book about yourself
                                     Am
The people left it on the shelf

You'll write another one
 Em                     D                        Cmaj7            Gmaj7

 Now you've got a story that's worth talking about.
Cmaj7           Gmaj7
talking about
Cmaj7           Gmaj7
talking about
Cmaj7             D#    D
(trumpet solo):
Am Em  Am Em   Bm F#m Bm F#m
Bm Am Bm Am Cmaj7
             Gmaj7                       Cmaj7
Are you happy with yourself?
             Gmaj7                    Cmaj7
Are you talking to yourself?
             Gmaj7                     Cmaj7
Are you happy with yourself?
             Gmaj7
Put the book back on the shelf
G                                       D
I've seen the company you keep
                                        Am
You're on the sofa hidden deep
                                            Em                 D
While on the telly Sid James speaks you like God
G                                         D
You're always looking for a sign
                                        Am
But boy you blow it every time
                                        Em
You hear a voice begin to speak
          D                    Cmaj7            Gmaj7
You ignore it and go softly to sleep
Cmaj7               Gmaj7
softly to sleep
Cmaj7              Gmaj7
softly to sleep
Cmaj7              Gmaj7
Cmaj7
             Gmaj7                        Cmaj7
Are you happy with yourself?
             Gmaj7                       Cmaj7
Are you happy with yourself?
             Gmaj7                       Cmaj7
Are you happy with yourself?

Put The Book Back On The Shelf

D        C            G            C       D    C
I was surprised, I was happy for a day in 1975
Bm            Am          G                 C         D   C
I was puzzled by a dream, stayed with me all day in 1995
Bm        Am             G
My brother had confessed he was gay
    C                D             C
It took the heat off me for a while
Bm                 Am
He stood up with a sailor friend
G              C               D          C (Bm - Am - D)
Made it known upon my sisters wedding day
D              C            G               C
I got married in a rush to save a kid from being deported
      D           C
Now she's in love
Bm           Am         G                  C   
I was so touched, I was moved to kick the crutches
         D              C
From my crippled friend
Bm            Am              G               C
She was not impressed that I cured her on the Sabbath
      D             C
So I went to confess
G                G/E          G/B              G/C     
When she saw the funny side, we introduced my child bride
    D            C
To whisky and gin

The priest in the booth had a photographic memory
For all he had heard
He took all of my sins and he wrote a pocket novel called
"The State I Am In"
So I gave myself to God
There was a pregnant pause before he said ok
Now I spend my day turning tables round In Marks & Spencer's
They don't seem to mind

G
I gave myself to sin
    Bm                      
I gave myself to Providence
     F
And I've been there and back again
    Am
The state that I am in

Oh love of mine, would you condescend to help me
I am stupid and blind
Desperation is the Devil's work, it is the folly of a boys empty mind
Now I'm feeling dangerous, riding on city buses for a hobby is sad
Lead me to a living end
I promised that I'd entertain my crippled friend
My crippled friend

The State I Am In

The Jeepster Singles Collection

Intro
D	A	G	D	X2

Verse1:

D					   A
When the half light makes for a clearer view
Bm	         G
Sleep a little more if you want to
E		         A     G	  D
But restlessness has seized me now, it's true

D					     A
I could watch the dreams flicker in your eyes
Bm	      G
Lying here asleep on a sunbeam
E		A	  G -  A		G	A
I wonder if you realise you fascinate me so


[Solo] Verse chords over this x 1

Verse 2: (chords as verse 1 except the last line)
D				A
Think about a new destination
Bm	         G
If you think you need inspiration
E		         A     G     D
Roll out the map and mark it with a pin
D				A
I will follow every direction
Bm	         G				E		A
Just lace up your shoes while I'm fetching a sleeping bag, a tent...

Chorus:
A
Another summer's passing by
G                   E      A  - G                    F# 
All I need is somewhere I feel the grass beneath my feet
	      G		       E
A walk on sand, a fire I can warm my hands
G		       D
My joy will be complete


[Intro chords] x 2


[solo over verse chords]  x 1



Verse 3: [As verses above]
I thought about a new destination
I'm never short of new inspiration
Roll out the map and mark it with a gin
Made my plans to conquer the country
I'm waiting for you to get out of your situation 
With your job and with your life


G                   E       A  -         G            F#         
All I need is somewhere I feel the grass beneath my feet
	      G		         E
A walk on sand, a fire I can warm my hands
G		       D
My joy will be complete


A
Another summer's passing by
G                   E                A  - G                                 F#          
All I need is somewhere I feel the grass beneath my feet
	      G		         E
A walk on sand, a fire I can warm my hands
G		       D
My joy will be complete


[Intro to end]

Asleep On A Sunbeam

G                                     C              G
Elope with me Miss Private and we?ll sail around the world
Am                            Em
I will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl
     Am                          D
How many nights of talking in hotel rooms can you take?
     Am                             D
How many nights of limping round on pagan holidays?
      C                               Em
Oh elope with me in private and we?ll set something ablaze
   Am            D         Em
A trail for the devil to erase

G                               C                    G
San Francisco?s calling us, the Giants and Mets will play
Am                                Em
Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay?
   Am                            D
We hung about the stadium, we?ve got no place to stay
   Am                            D
We hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell
          C                              Em
About the saddest book you ever read, it always makes you cry
    Am              D               Em
The statue?s crying too and well he may

  G                                C            G
I love you I?ve a drowning grip on your adoring face
  Am                      Em
I love you my responsibility has found a place 
  Am                                  D
Beside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words
     Am                          D
Come wave upon me from the wider family net absurd
             C                                Em
?eYou?ll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job?
Am         D              Em
Maybe, but not what she deserves

  G                                  C               G
Elope with me Miss Private and we?ll drink ourselves awake
      Am                            Em
We?ll taste the coffee houses and award certificates
  Am                             D
A privy seal to keep the feel of 1960 style
      Am                             D
We?ll comment on the decor and we?ll help the passer by
       C                               Em
And at dusk when work is over we?ll continue the debate
     Am               D             Em
In a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare

    G                         C             G
The catcher hits for .318 and catches every day
    Am                              Em
The pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays
   Am                            D
He goes into cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor
   Am                                     D
He knows the drink affects his speed he?s praying for 
a doorway 
       C                                Em
Back into the life he wants and the confession of the bench
Am               D            Em
Life outside the diamond is a wrench

  G                                  C             G
I wish that you were here with me to pass the dull weekend
  Am                                Em
I know it wouldn?t come to love, my heroine pretend
  Am                              D
A lady stepping from the songs we love until this day
      Am                          D
You?d settle for an epitaph like ?eWalk Away, Renee?
          C                               Em
The sun upon the roof in winter will draw you out like 
a flower

Am              D            Em
Meet you at the statue in an hour
Am              D            Em
Meet you at the statue in an hour

Piazza, New York Catcher

In order to make this tune work you need to tune the C string 
down 1/2 a step to a B which means you have to play the chords
as follows:

  F# B A#m G#m C# C#sus4 D#m
A|-1-2--1---2--4-----4----1-|
E|-2-2--1---4--1-----2----2-|
B|-2-4--2---4--2-----2----4-|
G|-3-4--3---1--1-----1----3-|

Intro:
A|-4-4-4-2-1-4-4-4-2-1-|-------------------|-----------------|
E|---------------------|-6-6-6-4-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-6-6-6-4-2-----|
B|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|

A|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-4-1-1-1-1-2-|-------------------|---------3-5-7---|
B|---------------------|-4-4-4-2-0-2-2-2---|-0-2-2-2---------|
G|---------------------|-----------------3-|-----------------|

F#
I'm glad to see you
B
I had a funny dream
	A#m	   G#m
You were wearing funny shoes
	A#m	   G#m
You were going to a dance
	A#m				B	A#m 	C#   C#sus4  C#
You were dressed like a punk but you were too young to remember


F#
Glad to see you
B
I'm outside the house
	A#m	      G#m
I'm not thinking right today
     A#m	      G#m
I've got no energy
	A#m	   B          A#m
I'm glad that you were waiting with me
C#
Tell me all about your day


D#m		C#
Breaking off is misery
	B	     F#
I see a wilderness for you and me
     B		A#m
Punctuated by philosophy
       C#	                          B
I?m wondering how things could've been


F#
I'm happy for you
B
You've made it hard for me
	A#m	     G#m
I counted on your company
	A#m		G#m
You were staying with your friends tonight
	A#m	   B
I'm feeling sorry for myself
          A#m	C#
I keep taking everything to be to be a sign


F#
I'm happy for you
B
Now I know this hurt is poison
A#m	      G#m
Too sharp to be bled
A#m		G#m
I'm sitting on my empty bed
	A#m
On my empty bed
   B	   A#m	C#
At night the fever grows it's pounding pounding


D#m	       C#
I'd rather be in Tokyo
	B	   F#
Id rather listen to Thin Lizzy-oh
	B		A#m
Watch the Sunday gang in Harajuku
	C#		B		F#
There's something wrong with me, I'm a cuckoo

Intro x 2


F#	     B
Scary moment, lovin' every moment
     A#m			G#m
I was high from playing shows
	A#m		G#m
We lost a singer to her clothes
    A#m			G#m
My trouble raised its ugly head
	A#m
I was revealed
	B
And I was home in bed
A#m	C#
I was a kid again


F#		B
Jesus told me, go after every coin
	A#m		 G#m
Like it was the last in the world
	A#m		G#m
And protect the wayward child
	A#m
But I'm a little lost sheep
	B
I need my Bo peep
  		A#m		C#
I know I need my Shepherd here tonight


D#m		C#
Breaking off is misery
	B	     F#
I see a wilderness for you and me
     B		A#m
Punctuated by philosophy
	C#		B	   F#
And a wondering how things could've been


Middle 8:  B  G#  C#  A#  D#m__ G# 
C#


F#
I?d like to see you
B
But really I should stay away
   A#m		G#m
And let you settle down
	A#m		G#m
I've got no claims to your crown
	A#m
I was the boss of you
	B
And I loved you
        A#m
You know I loved you
C#
It's all over now


F#		B
I was there for you
When you were lonely
	A#m		G#m
I was there when you were sad
	A#m		G#m
I was there when you were bad
	A#m
Now it's my time of need
	   B		A#m	C#
I?m thinking, do I have to plead to get you by my side?


D#m	        C#
I'd rather be in Tokyo
	B	   F#
Id rather listen to Thin Lizzy-oh
	B		A#m
Watch the Sunday gang in Harajuku
	C#		B
There's something wrong with me, I'm a cuckoo

I'm A Cuckoo

Verse:
          C                   G
I wrote a letter on a nothing day
            C                       G
I asked somebody "Could you send my letter away?"
             C                        G             C       G
"You are too young to put all of your hopes in just one envelope"

I said goodbye to someone that I love
It's not just me, I tell you it's the both of us
And it was hard like coming off the pills that you take to stay happy

Someone above has seen me do alright
Someone above is looking with a tender eye
Upon her face, you may think you're alone but you may think again


(Chorus)
                   C                                G
If I could do just one near perfect thing I'd be happy
                      C                                 G
They'd write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes
                       Am                       C
On second thoughts I'd rather hang about and be there with my best
friend
               (intro riff)
If she wants me


And far away somebody read the letter
He condescends to read the words I wrote about him
And if he smiles, it's no more than a genius deserves
For all your curious nerve and your passion

I'm going deaf, you're growing melancholy
Things fall apart, I don't know why we bother at all
But life is good and "It's always worth living at least for a while"

(Chorus)

If you think to yourself "What should I do now?"
Then take the baton, girl, you better run with it
There is no point in standing in the past cause it's over and done with

I took a book and went into the forest
I climbed the hill, I wanted to look down on you
But all I saw was twenty miles of wilderness so I went home

If She Wants Me

Dear Catastrophe Waitress

Intro:
------
D Dsus2 (alternate)

Verse 1:
--------
D
Y' know my wandering days are over
	  A	                F#m
Does that mean that I'm getting boring?
	 G
You tell me

I'm tired of listening to myself, yeah
                                               D
I'm tired of fixing things for Michael and the rest of them


Verse 2:
--------
           D
Y' know my bip-bopping days are over
          A                   F#m                  G
I hung my boots up and then retired from the disco floor

The centre of my so called being is
                                                 D
The space between your bed and wardrobe with the louvre doors
          A
(With the louvre doors)


Verse 3:
--------
D
Y' know my celibate days are over
           A                     F#m                   G
You put me straight on the finer points of my speech rehearsed

In the mirror of my steamy bathroom
                                        D
Where the lino tells a sorry story in a monologue
       A
 (In a monologue)


Chorus:
-------
D                  G
Six months on, the winter's gone
    D            G
The disenchanted pony
D                      G
Left the town with the circus boy
    C              G
The circus boy got lonely
     D                G
It's summer, and it's sister song's
     D               G
Been written for the lonely
    C                          G
The circus boy is feeling melancholy

Bridge:
-------

D    A    F#m    G    D    A  (x2)

Verse 4:
--------
     D
It's got to be fate that's doing it
         A               F#m                    G
A spooky witch in a sexy dress has been bugging me

With the story of the way it should be
                                          D
With the story of Sebastian and Belle the singer, yeah


Verse 5:
--------
           D
Y' know my one man band is over
          A                  F#m               G
I hit the drum for the final time and I walked away

I saw you in Japanese restaurant
                      Gm                  D
You were doing it for business men on the piano, Belle
                  A
You said it was a living Hell
                    G
You said you were in Hell


Chorus 2:
---------
D                  G
Six months on, the winter's gone
    D            G
The disenchanted pony
D                      G
Left the town with the circus boy
    C              G
The circus boy got lonely
     D                G
It's summer, and it's sister song's
     D               G
Been written for the lonely
    C                          G
The circus boy is feeling melancholy

Chorus 3:
---------
D                  G
Six months on, the winter's gone
    D            G
The disenchanted pony
D                      G
Left the town with the circus boy
    D              G
The circus boy got lonely
     A                F
It's summer, and it's sister song's
     A               F
Been written for the lonely
    A             F            G       F
The circus boy is feeling melancholy


G     F  repeated to fade out.

My Wandering Days Are Over

F#                     Bm                               F#
Monday morning wake up knowing that you've got to go to school

                      Bm                                      F#
Tell your mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue

                       Bm                                   F#
Do you went to work in Debenham's, because that's what they expect

                       Bm                      G D A G
Start in Lingerie, and Doris is your supervisor

F#                         Bm                                 F#
And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start

                        Bm                             F#
For careers you say you want to be remembered for your art

                        Bm                                    F#
Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange

                        Bm                               G   D
Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay

F#                          Bm                                F#
In the queue for lunch they take the piss, you've got no appetite

                      Bm                             F#
And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight

                       Bm                             F#
So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk

                           Bm                                 G D
While your cleaning up the mess the teacher's looking up your skirt

A                G
Hey, you've been used,

D       A            G
Are you calm? Settle down

D       A               G
Write a song, I'll sing along

                        F#
Soon you will know that you are sane

                           G
You're on top of the world again

D A G

Expectations

Intro: C
C                       Em
On a beech tree, rudely carved
  Am      Em
"NC loved me"
            F
Why did she do it?
        C
Was she scared?
        G
Was she bored?

     C                  Em
On a beech tree, rudely carved
  Am      Em
"NC loved me"
            F
why did she do it?
        C
Was she scared?
        G
Was she pushed?

             C                Em
Do something pretty while you can
      Am    Em
Don't fall asleep
          F            C      G
Skating a pirouette on ice is cool

             C                Em
Do something pretty while you can
      Am   Em
Don't be a fool
            F             C       G
Reading the Gospel to yourself is fine

Instrumental: C G Am Em F C 
C F C F G

     C               Em
On a bus stop in the town
    Am       Em
"We Rule The School"
               F      C           G
Written for anyone to read and to see

     C               Em
On a bus stop in the town
    Am       Em
"We Rule The School"
               F        C             G
Written for anyone with eyes in their heads

             C                Em
Do something pretty while you can
      Am    Em
Don't fall asleep
            F        C        G
Riding from California to New York

Instrumental: C Em Am Em F C 
C Em Am Em F C G

          C              Em
Call me a prophet if you like
     Am   Em
It's no secret
             F                  C
You know the world was made for men
             F                  C
You know the world was made for men
             F                  C
You know the world was made for men
    C
Not us

We Rule The School

Tigermilk

G  Bm  C  D      x2

G                           Bm
Picture a scene in your mind
                C                A                        D
Look at all the people and take note of the setting behind
C         Bm        Am            D
Listen, watch, and wait, a plot begins to take shape
G                      Bm                 C
There's a story and then, characters will come to you
A                     D
Relating events as they choose to
    C         Bm        Am             D              G
But all their words and actions come entirely from you

Am  D
             G              Bm                       C         D#
If you're a storyteller you might think you're without responsibility
            G                    Bm               C            D#
And you can lead your characters anywhere you want, you have immunity

G  Bm  C  D      x2

G                         Bm
Have you considered the way
               C              A                           D
People might react to all the things that your characters say?
              C         Bm      Am               D
And are their actions hand in hand with what you want to portray?
        G                         Bm
Are you sick? Are you crippled? Insane?
  C              A                            D
Expressing the desires that daren't speak their name?
C    Bm      Am       D
Are you the one to be blamed?

              G              Bm                       C         D#
Now you're a storyteller you might think you're without responsibility
         G                     Bm                     C             D#
But in directions, actions and words, cause and effect, you need consistency

G  Bm  C  D      x3
G

G                         Bm
How can you finish the tale?
                 C
Lives which have played a part
    A                   D
Are summarized from the very start
    C      Bm       Am           D
And episodes left out to make it all go your way
G                 Bm
"It's a might big world
C                A
Some of it I've seen
            D
But mostly I've only heard
     C        Bm      Am               D         G
And stories are all fiction from their moment of birth"

Am  D
	       G                     Bm              C         D#
You're just a storyteller, you're not trying to escape responsibility
        G                        Bm                   C               D#
If we believe you then you're successful but you don't make claims of verity


G  Bm  C  D      x4
G

Storytelling

INTRO off-beat (chords are short, sharp)
G G C G / C C G C / G G C G / C G C G 

         G          C       Am7
Well my heart has fallen down
             G       C      Am7
Thought I'd talked myself around
       D                               F      Am       D
But to be myself completely I've just got to let you down

        G        C     Am7
Well I knew I'd say goodbye
            G       C      Am7
Though it's not my time to cry
      D                            F            D
And forever and for no one I will let it all go by
       D                               F      Am       D
And to be myself completely I've just got to say goodbye
 C                                    
Z-list star in a hundred grand garrett
 Am
The ladies say 'Hey baby, you've earned it!'
 G
I'm not so sure, I toured the land
 D
You could call it work if you count the band
 C
Still your voice calls out to me
 Am
Escort me to the harmony
 C7
I'm not sure what I will be
 B7                        E
Find me in a bitter sweet hello

(same chords as first verse)
Well my heart has fallen down
Thought I'd talked myself around
Though we say goodbye and wonder
What's to know and who's to blame
But to be myself completly i will love you just the same

To Be Myself Completely

Verse:
 
Em                      A
Honey loving you is the greatest thing
         D               A
I get to be myself and I get to sing 
  Em                A
I get to play being irresponsible 
   D                   A
I come home late and I love your soul
  Em               A
I never forget you in my prayers 
   F#m                    B
I never have a bad day to report


Chorus: 
          Bm
You're my picture on the wall 
          Gb
You're my vision in the hall
           D
You're the one I'm talking to
           Em
When I get in from my work
           G                       D
You are my girl and you don't even know it
     G                        D
I am living out the life of a poet
         G                     D
I am the jester in the ancient court
               G                       D        B
And you're the funny little frog in my throat
 

Verse 2:
   Em                  A
My eyesights fading my hearings dim
        D                   A
I can't get insured for the state I'm in
      Em                          A
I'm a danger to myself I've been starting fights
     D                      A
At a party at the club on a saturday night
      Em                     A
But I don't get disapproving from my girl
    F#m                     B
She gets all the highlights wrapped in pearls


Chorus


Verse 3:
  Em                      A
I had a conversation with you last night
      F#m                  B
Its a little one-sided but that's alright
  G                       D
I tell you in the kitchen about my day
    G                     D
You sit on the bed in the dark changing places
         Em                          A
With the ghost that was there before you came
       F#m              B
You've come to save my life again

 
        Bm
I don't dare to touch your hand
        Gb
I don't dare to think of you
       D
In the physical way 
      Em
And I don't know how you smell 
            G               D
You are the cover of my magazine
         G                        D
You're a fashion tip, a living museum
           G                  D
I'd pay to visit you on rainy sundays
 
           G                     D
I'll maybe tell you all about it someday

Funny Little Frog

The Life Pursuit

G
A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time
            				          C
The odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by
C
When you've been inside
G
Day upon day of this wandering gets you down
					  C
Nobody gives you a chance or a dollar in this old town
G
Hovering silence from you is a giveaway
G
Squalor and smoke's not your style

"I don't like this place"
C
We better go
G
Then I compare notes with your older sister
G					 C
I am a lazy gett, she is as pure as the cold driven snow

F#..i think..tell me what it is if you know it
G
What did you learn from your time in the solitary
G
Cell of your mind?
G				C
There was noises, distractions from anything good
C
And the old prison food
G
Colour my life with the chaos of trouble
G
Cause anything's better than posh isolation
C
1 missed the bus
C
You were laid on your back
			F
With the boy from the arab strap
			G
With the boy from the arab strap
It's something to speak of the way you are feeling
To crowds there assembled
Do you ever feel you have gone too far?
Everyone suffers in silence a burden
The man who drives minicabs down in Old Compton
The Asian man
With his love hate affair
With his racist clientele
A central location for you is a must as you stagger about making free with your lewd and lascivious boasts
We know you are soft cause we've all seen you dancing
We know you are hard cause we all saw you drinking from noon
Until noon again
You're the boy with the filthy laugh
You're the boy with the arab strap
Strapped to the table with suits from the shelter shop
Comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches
And sets off the smoke alarm
What do you make of the cool set in London?
You're constantly updating your hit parade of your ten biggest wanks
She's a waitress and she's got style
Sunday bathtime could take a while

Courtesy of Matt Shaw

Boy With The Arab Strap

G
G C
A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time, the odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by
G C
Day upon day of this wandering gets you down, nobody gives you a chance or a dollar in this old town
G
Hovering silence from you is a giveaway, squalor and smoke's not your style,
C
I don't like this place, We better go
G C
Then I compare notes with your older sister, I am a lazy get, she is as pure as the cold driven snow
D
G
G
What did you learn from your time in the solitary cell of your mind?
C
There was noises to distract you from anything good and the old prison food
G
Colour my life with the chaos of trouble
G
Cause anything's better than posh isolation I missed the bus You were laid on your back
D
W ith the boy with the arab strap
G
With the boy from the Arab Strap
G C
G C
D C G
G
It's something to speak of the way you are feeling to crowds there assembled
C
Do you ever feel you have gone too far?
G
Everyone suffers in silence a burden the man who drives minicabs down in Old Compton
C D
The Asian man with his love hate affair with his racist clientele
G C
A central location for you is a must as you stagger about making free with your le d and lascivious boasts
G
We all know you are soft cause we've all seen you dancing
C
We know you are hard cause we all saw you drinking from noon until noon again
D
You're the boy with the filthy laugh
G
You're the boy with the arab strap
G C
G C
G
Strapped to the table with suits from the shelter shop
C
Comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches and sets off the smoke alarm
G
What do you make of the cool set in London?
C
You're constantly updating your hitparade of your ten biggest wanks
D
She's a waitress and she's got style
G
Sunday bath time could take a while

The Boy With The Arab Strap

E
Summer in winter
E
Winter in springtime
E
You heard the birds sing
E
Everything will be fine

F#m         B 
I spent the summer wasting
F#m          B              A
The time was passed so easily
F#m        B
But if the summer's wasted
F#m           B            A
How come that I could feel so free
F#m         B
I spent the summer wasting
F#m         B            A
The sky was blue beyond compare
F#m    B
A photograph of myself
F#m      B
Is all I have to show for 

E              A
Seven years of river walkways
E              A              F#m
Seven weeks of staying up all night

F#m         B
I spent the summer wasting
F#m          B                 A
The time was passed so pleasantly
F#m       B            
Say cheerio to books now
F#m      B                    A
The only things I'll read are faces
F#m         B
I spent the summer wasting
F#m     B
Under a canopy of

E              A
Seven weeks of reading papers
E             A
Seven weeks of river walkways
E              A
Seven weeks of feeling guilty
E              A              F#m
Seven weeks of staying up all night 

E
Summer in winter
E
Winter is springtime
E
You heard the bird say
E     
Everything will be fine

A Summer Wasting

C    F  (x4)

C                F                       C                      F
I'm lucky, I can open the door and I can walk down the street
C                 F                       Am       
Unlucky, I've got no place to go and so I follow my feet

Chorus 1:
Am         F             C               G
A choice is facing you, a healthy dose of pain
Am         F                 C                 G
A choice is facing you as you stare through the rain
Am         F              C             G           C
A choice is facing you but I choose to refrain for today
         Em              F
Tomorrow we'll be back in trouble again

C                    F                         C            F
Dream one, you had a whole lot of fun with a comedian
C                   F                           Am       
Stop short of going all the way, you'll have to make it someday

Am         F            C                 G
Why is this happening to you, you're not a child?
Am         F                 C                G
Why is this happening? You've too much on your mind
Am          F              C              G
Things creep up on you when you are fast asleep
        C                 Em
You are dreaming, you are sleepy
        F
You are stuck to the sheets


C    F  (x3)  Am

(Am       F         C          G)      (x3)
“In a town so small there's no escaping you
In a town so small there's no escape from view
In a town so small there's nothing left to do”

C    Em        F


C                      F                     C                    F
Dream two you couldn't see her face, but you saw everything else 
C                    F               Am       
Dream two was pretty special, easily beats loving yourself
Am       F             C              G
Could you put a name to someone else's sigh?
Am       F             C              G
Could you put a face to someone else's eyes?
Am   F                  C          G
Is it someone that you'd maybe recognise?
       C              Em              F
But it all fades into morning when you open your eyes

Dirty Dream Number Two

Intro
E B C#m A

        E
And the moment will come when composure returns

      B
Put a face on the world, turn your back to the wall

        C#m
And you walk twenty yards with your head in the air

         A
Down the Liberty Hill, where the fashion brigade

          E
Look with curious eyes on your raggedy way

        B
And for once in your life you've got nothing to say

          C#m
And could this be the time when somebody will come

         A
To say, "Look at yourself, you're not much use to anyone"

E B C#m A

       E
Take a walk in the park, take a valium pill

         B
Read the letter you got from the memory girl

       C#m
But it takes more than this to make sense of the day

         A
Yeah, it takes more than milk to get rid of the taste

        E
And you trusted to this, and you trusted to that

             B
And when you saw it all come, it was waving the flag

       C#m
Of the United States of Calamity, hey!

      A
After all that you've done, boy, I know you're going to pay 

E B C#m A x2

       E
In the morning you come to the ladies salon

       B
To get all fitted out for The Paperback Throne

        C#m
But the people are living far away from the place

          A
Where you wanted to help, it's a bit of a waste

        E
And the puzzle will last until somebody will say

           B
"There's a lot to be done while your head is still young"

       C#m
If you put down your pen, leave your worries behind

         A
Then the moment will come, and the memory will shine

E B C#m A x4

        E
Now the trouble is over, everybody got paid

     B
Everybody is happy, they are glad that they came

         C#m
Then you go to the place where you've finally found

        A
You can look at yourself, sleep the clock around 

Outro
E B C#m A

Sleep The Clock Around

Intro: F#

F#         C#                D#m
Oh get me away from here I'm dying
          A#m            B
Play me a song to set me free
       F#                    B
Nobody writes them like they used to
      C#                F#
So it may as well be me
           C#            D#m
Here on my own now after hours
           A#m          B
Here on my own now on a bus
             F#
Think of it this way
          G#        B                C#
You could either be successful or be us
         B                  C#
With our winning smiles and us
         B                C#
With our catchy tunes and words
          B
Now we're photogenic
D#m      A#m              B      F# - B - F# - B (etc.)
You know we don't stand a chance

Oh I'll settle down with some old story
About a boy who's just like me
Thought there was love in everything and everyone
You're so naive
They always reach a sorry ending
They always get it in the end
Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly and then
With a winning smile the poor boy
With naivety succeeds
At the final moment I cried
I always cry at endings

Oh that wasn't what I meant to say at all
From where I'm sitting rain
Falling against the lonely tenement
Has set my mind to wander
Into the windows of my lovers
They never know unless I write
"This is no declaration, I just thought I'd let you know goodbye"
Said the hero in the story
"It is mightier than swords
I could kill you sure
    D#m          A#m               B           F#
But I could only make you cry with these words
         B          F#
Cry with these words
Cry with these words
Cry with these words"
B    F#              B
Oh...get me away I'm dying
F#              B
Get me away I'm dying
Get me away I'm dying
F#              B     F#
Get me away I'm dying
       B     F#
Oh I'm dying
       B     F#
Oh I'm dying yeah
Oh I'm dying yeah

Oh...get me away I'm dying
Get me away I'm dying
Get me away I'm dying
Get me away I'm dying
Oh I'm dying
Oh I'm dying

Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying

Intro: F


F           C                 Dm
Oh! Get me away from here I'm dying
          Am             Bb
Play me a song to set me free
       F                     Bb
Nobody writes them like they used to
      C              F
So it may as well be me

           C             Dm
Here on my own now after hours
           Am           Bb
Here on my own now on a bus
            F
Think of it this way
          G            Bb            C
You could either be successful or be us
         Bb                  C
With our winning smiles, and us
         Bb               C
With our catchy tunes, oh us
          Bb
Now we're photogenic
Dm        Am               Bb      F                Bb
You know, we don't stand a chance (we don't stand a chance)

F              C                  Dm
Oh I'll settle down with some old story
        Am                  Bb
About a boy who's just like me
                  F            Bb             C
Thought there was love in everything and everyone
            F
You're so naive!

            C             Dm
They always tell a sorry ending
            Am            Bb
They always get it in the end
             F             G                 Bb           C
Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly, and then
       Bb                C
With a winning smile the boy
       Bb       C
With naivety succeeds
       Bb             Dm
At the final moment, I cried
  Am            Bb
I always cry at endings

F               C               Dm
Oh, that wasn't what I meant to say at all
     Am                 Bb
From where I'm sitting, rain
        F                  Bb            
Falling against the lonely tenement
    C              F
Has set my mind to wander
 
         C             Dm
Into the windows of my lovers
           Am            Bb
They never know unless I write
            F            G                  Bb               C
"This is no declaration, I just thought I'd let you know goodbye"
         Bb           C
Said the hero in the story,
        Bb           C
"It is mightier than swords
        Bb
I could kill you sure
    Dm           Am                Bb
But I could only make you cry with these words"
F        Bb
Cry with these words
F        Bb
Cry with these words
F    Bb              F
Ooh! Get me away I'm dying
Bb              F
Get me away I'm dying

Bb and F to end

Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying

# Capo on 1

# Intro:	

C  C  C  C 

# (You can vary with a C/A for the first chord to mimic the bass line.) 

C                 G
Fox in the snow, where do you go
           Am
to find something you can eat?
           F                                 G
Cause the word out on the street is you are starving
                          C
don't let yourself grow hungry now
E                       Am
don't let yourself grow cold
     F 		 C	
Fox in the snow
 
F	C

C                  G
Girl in the snow, where do you go
          Am
To find someone who will do?
          F                             G
To tell someone all the truth before it kills you
                      C
they listen to your crazy laugh
E                Am
before you hang a right
               F 	   C		F
and disappear from sight
                  C
What do they know anyway?
                     F
You'll read it in a book
                   C
What do they know anyway?
                     Em          D     
You'll read it in a book tonight

F	F	F	F

C                G
Boy on the bike, what are you like
        Am
as you cycle round the town?
             F
You're going up, you're going down
              G
You're going nowhere
                       C
It's not as if they're paying you
E                  Am
It's not as if it's fun
               F         C
At least not anymore
F                  C
When your legs are black and blue
                     F
It's time to take a break
                    C
When your legs are black and blue
		     C
It's time to take a holiday  

# (Chords played under solo)

Am	F	C	C
Am	F	
C	A# 
# (two beats only on A#)	
Am	Am
F	C	F	C
F	C	F	C

C                G
Kid in the snow, way to go
          Am
It only happens once a year
          F
It only happens once a lifetime
          G
Make the most of it
                C
Second just to being born
E               Am
Second to dying too
            F            C
What else would you do?
            F            C
What else would you do?
            F            C
What else would you do?
            F            C
What else would you do?
     F                                       C       
Fox in the snow  (When your legs are looking black and blue)
     F                                   C
Fox in the snow  (It's not as if they're paying you)
     F                                       C
Fox in the snow  (When your legs are looking black and blue)
     F                                   C
Fox in the snow  (It's not as if they're paying you)
     F           C
Fox in the snow
     F           C
Fox in the snow

Repeat FC x 4

Em	D	F

Fox In The Snow

If You’re Feeling Sinister

INTRO:  F# B (x7)

F#    B          F#    B
   I don't love anyone
F#        B            F#     B
   I And you're not listening
E          B            E        B
   You're playing with something
F#         B       F#           B
   You're playing with yourself

I don't love anyone
You're not listening even now
You're playing with something
You're playing with someone else

               C#                                   B
And if there's one thing that I learned when I was still a child
                F#          B
It's to take a hiding, yeah

I don't love anything
Not even Christmas
Especially not that
I don't love anything

And I don't love anyone
Well maybe my sister
And maybe my baby brother too, yeah
I don't love anyone

If there's one thing that I learned when I was still a child
It's to take a hiding

           C#                                   B
If there's one thing that I learned when I was still a child
             F#  B
It's to be alone

# INSTRUMENTAL: (as verse)

Out in the street today
The kids are playing, having fun
I pass them by I'm not a kid, no
I don't love anyone

I met a man today
He told me something pretty strange
There's always somebody saying something
               F#          B       C#
He said, "the world is as soft as lace."

                  B
But I don't love anyone
                 E
I don't love anyone
                C#m
I don't love anyone
                C# (with F in bass)
I don't love anyone
 (x2)

           C#                                   B
If there's one thing that I learned when I was still a child
                F#
It's to take a hiding

I Don't Love Anyone

Em                          A
   I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me

      C                             B	
To go looking for the enemy, and it wasnt very long

Em                           A	
   Before I would stand with another boy in front of me
						
       C                                      B
And a corpse that just fell into me, with the bullets flying round...


1st chorus:

       G                               Am
And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on

      C                                        B
And I bet youre making shells back home for a steady boy to wear

           G                                 Am
Round his neck, well it wont hurt to think of you as if youre waiting for

      C                           B
This letter to arrive because Ill be here quite a while


2nd verse:

Em                          A
   I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me

       C                             B	
To go looking for the enemy, and it wasnt very long

Em                              A	
   Before I found out that the sickness there ahead of me

       C                              B		
Went beyond the bedsit infamy of the decade gone before


2nd chorus:	

        G                              Am	
And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on

      C                                        B 	
And I bet youre making shells back home for a steady man to wear

           G                                 Am
Round his neck, well it wont hurt to think of you as if youre waiting for

      C                            B		
This letter to arrive because Ill be here quite a while


3rd Verse:

Em                           A	
   I fought in a war, and I didn't know where it would end

      C                               B
It stretched before me infinitely, I couldn't really think

Em                                  A	
   Of the day beyond now, keep your head down pal

                      C
There's trouble plenty in this hour, this day

           B
I can see hope I can see light


3rd Chorus

        G                              Am				
And I reminded myself of the looks you gave when we were getting on

      C                                        B
And I bet youre making shells back home for a steady man to wear

           G                                 Am	
Round his neck, well it wont hurt to think of you as if youre waiting for

      C                            B
This letter to arrive because Ill be here quite a while

I Fought In A War

Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like a Peasant

C
Working the village shop
E
Putting a poster up
Am
Dreaming of anything
C              Am               Em               Dm
Dreaming of the time when you're free from all the trouble you're in

C
In the mud, on your knees
E
Trying hard not to please
Am
Anyone, all the time
C              Am
Being a rebel's fine
           Em            C
But you go all the way to being brutal

Chorus:
G
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
F
On the first bus out of town
On the first bus out of town

Let's see your kit for games
All the girls look the same
You are challenging style for running miles
You're running miles in some boy's jumper

Boo to the business world!
You know a girl who's tax free on her back and making
Plenty cash
While you are working for the joy of giving

Chorus:
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
And you hope that she will see
And you hope that she will see

You are in two minds
Tossing a coin to decide whether you should tell your mum
About a dose of thrush you got while licking railings

But you read in a book
That you got free from Boots
There are lotions, there are potions
You can take to hide your shame from all those prying eyes

Lazy Jane, all the time
Painting lines
You sleeping at bus stops
Wondering how you got your name
And what you're going to do about it.

Chorus

Lazy Line Painter Jane

Push Barman To Open Old Wounds

F
Everybody's making plans for tomorrow
The sun could turn to sand but I just
                   C
Ought to take you back in time
               Gm      Am
I'll draw the line
                       Dm
And I would write a different story
  Gm             Am
a new final act
                  Dm                      F              C
I don't need the drama but I would never write you out


F
Everyone's a thread we're woven together
Pleated in to tears and fraying edges
          C
Read the book of you
            Gm    Am
The book of me
                     Dm
We're fading in to memory
      Gm                Am
But something is left
             Dm
a gesture a phrase or a photograph
     F
To open with


#[CHORUS]

F                            Gm
We're always walking in the rain
                                 Am
And you're just trouble, so I claim
Pretend the world can see
     Gm7
That I'm the one for you
                C7
And you're the one for me


F
Father tell if you could change with the weather
Faith would just evaporate
               C
Untethered in a fresh disguise
                Gm    Am
I'll catch your eye
                    Dm
And see behind the mask and find you
Gm                Am
Never with fault
                    Dm
But that's not the last time I've thought about
     F
The way we are


#[CHORUS x3]

F                            Gm
We're always walking in the rain
                                 Am
And you're just trouble, so I claim
Pretend the world can see
     Gm7
That I'm the one for you
                C7
And you're the one for me

Book Of You

C
Sitting at the old kitchen table
                      Am
Peace and health and dreams

Stretching out in the darkness
                C
Mother's up the stairs with her aging new boyfriend
                Dm
Cathy's staying in to make sure nothing happens
                G
All aboard the freak parade
                F
I cover up my head and pray
                     C
I'm praying for the light


C
Down amongst the old city chambers
                Am
Men in frocks debate all the policy changes
          C
Everybody bet on the boom and got busted
          Dm
Everybody bet and in the government trusted
              G
Grubby little red MP
                F
Yellow flapping hopelessly


Chorus:
              Am
Tory like the cat with the cream
               E
Tory like the cat with the cream
                  Am
I studied you in history
                  C
I studied in the library
           Dm                     F
In days of old when knights were bold
                        Am                      C
They'd settle it with swords and shields
           Dm                     F
In days of old when knights were bold
                     C
It's settled by the king



C
Praying for a friend is contagious
                   Am
Especially when it comes at the old kitchen table
                   C
Listening for the swoosh of his quickening paces
                  Dm
Watching for the smile on the bravest of faces
                  G
How I wish you'd read to me
                F
Verses rich in swallows and trees
                      C
To get me though the night



C
Waiting at the old kitchen table
                  Am
Listening for my code, listening for my instructions
                C
Surely now I'm here, I am destined for greatness
                  Dm
I want to be the Queen pulling kids out of rivers
                G
All aboard the freak parade
                F
I cover up my head and pray

The Cat With The Cream

Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

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A Century Of Fakers	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
Beautiful	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
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