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If Youre Feeling Sinister Chords

(ver. 1)
Belle And Sebastian
B               F#           A
Make a new cult every day to suit your affairs
B                F#             E
Kissing girls in english at the back of the stairs
G                                  B
you're a honey with a following of innocent boys
           E
they never know it
                  B
because you never show it
                   F#
you always get your way
B         E
you never know it
                   B
Because you never show it
                    F#
you always get your way
B                  F#                  A
Have you and her been taking pictures of your obsessions?
B          F#                         E
Because I met a kid who went through one of your sessions
G
In his blue velour and silk
B
You liberated
               E
A boy I never rated
                      B
And now he's throwing discuss
                   F#
For Liverpool and Widnes
B
You liberated
               E
A boy I never rated
                    F#
And now he's doing business

F#
The stars of track and field you are
                                 F#m
The stars of track and field you are
                                 E
The stars of track and field are beautiful people

B               F#                 A
Could I write a piece about you now that you've made it?
B                F#               E
About the hours spent, the emptiness in your training
G                       B
You only did it so that you could wear
          E
Your terry underwear
              B
And feel the city air
              F#
Run past your body
B                F#           A
Could I write a requiem for you when you're dead?
B                      F#                E
"She had the moves, she had the speed, it went to her head"
G                 B                    E
She never needed anything to get her round the track
            B
But when she's on her back
             F#
She had the knowledge
To get her into college
E                 B
But when she's on her back
F#
She had the knowledge
To get her into college

CHORUS X 4

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Seeing Other People
by Belle & Sebastian
tabbed by Thelonius

Intro:
C# B E C#
B  E G#
F#   E
C# B C#


C#            B
We lay on the bed there
C#               Bbm
Kissing just for practice
         B
Could we please be objective?
          F#                        C#
Cause the other boys are queuing up behind us
            B
A hand over my mouth
  Bbm
A hand over the window
         B                    F#
Well, if I remain passive and you just want a cuddle
        C#                   G#
Then we should be ok, and we won't get in a muddle
B
Seeing other people
   F#                              G#
At least that's what we say we are doing


C#          B
How are you feeling?
C#                       Bbm
I don't think you can be dealing
         B              F#
With the situation very well
                       C#                    G#
You take a lover for a dirty weekend, that's ok

But when it's over
        B                      F#                         G#
You are looking at the working week through the eyes of a gigolo

C# B E C#
B  E G#
F#   E
C# B C#

C#                  B
You're kissing your elbow
C#                  Bbm
You're kissing your reflection
        B                            F#
And you can't understand why all the other boys are going for the
C#                  B
New, tall, elegant, rich kids
Bbm
You can bet it is a b**ch, kid
       B                          F#
But if they don't see the quality then it is apparent that
       C#
You're going to have to change
          G#                       B
Or you're going to have to go with girls
                    F#
You might be better off
                                G#
At least they know what they're doing

C#            B
We lay on the bed there
C#               Bbm
Kissing just for practice
         B
Could we please be objective?
          F#                       C#
Cause the other boys are queuing up behind us
            B
A hand over my mouth
  Bbm
A hand over the window
         B                    F#
Well, if I remain passive and you just want a cuddle
        C#                   G#
Then we should be ok, and we won't get in a muddle
B
Seeing other people
   F#                              G#
At least that's what we say we are doing
B
Seeing other people
   F#                              G#
At least that's what we say we are doing
B
Seeing other people
   F#                              G#
At least that's what we say we are doing

B F# G# x8 to end

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Me and the Major
by Belle & Sebastian
tabbed by Thelonius

Intro: (fast) with the harmonica going
duh D-D-duh D-D-duh D-D-duh on F#

F# - B

Verse 1:
F#         B             F#          B
Me and the Major could become close friends cause we
F#          B                F#        B
Get on the same train and he wants to talk to me
F#         B             F#           B
Me and the Major could become close friends cause we
F#         B                 F#       B
Get on the same train and he wants to talk
             G#m                      B                      F#
But there is too much history and too much biography between us

Verse 2:
F#           B             F#     B
Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a
F#           B                  F#      B
Number of things, he'll take a guy like me, and then
F#          B              F#       B
Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a
F#         B        F#        B
Number of things, he'll take a guy like me
G#m
And put in the army
         B                           F#
Cause the Queen's own army makes a man of you

Chorus:
       G#m
But he doesn't understand and he doesn't try
   B
He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I
          Ebm
We're the younger generation, we grew up fast
        C#
All the others did drugs
                         G#m
They're taking it out on us
                         B
They're taking it out on us
                         F#
They're taking it out on us

Verse 3:
F#         B           F#            B
Me and the Major are from different worlds but if
F#        B       F#                B
I get stuck in a lift it's always with a toff
F#           B         F#            B
Me and the Major are from different worlds but if
F#       B         F#              B
I get stuck in a lift it's always with a man
G#m                      B                    F#
Of noble standing who looks down on me like I was never born
F#         B               F#      B
I think the Major's going quite insane he goes
F#          B              F#        B
Along the pavement and comes back again, oh yeah
F#         B               F#       B
I think the Major's going quite insane he goes
F#          B              F#         B
Along the pavement and comes back again
G#m                             B
Like he is on parade, and he is on parade
            F#
At least he thinks so

Chorus:
F#          G#m                     B
Now he is swapping his tent for a sheltered home
He doesn't have a family and he is living alone
Ebm
He remembers all the punks and the hippies too
C#
And he remembers Roxy Music in '72
              G#m                  B
But he doesn't understand and he doesn't try
He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I
Ebm
We're the younger generation, we grew up fast
C#
All the others did drugs
                        G#m
They're taking it out on us
                         B
They're taking it out on us
                         F#
They're taking it out on us
F#          B             F#        B
I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so I
F#          B         F#        B
Forget the Major and go off to town
Because the snow is falling
F#          B            F#         B
I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so I
F#          B          F#        B
Forget the Major and go off to town
            G#m
Because the snow is falling
    B
The snow is falling
Falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling.

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Like Dylan in the Movies
by Belle & Sebastian
tabbed by Thelonius

Bass on verse:
  E           A
A-7-7-7-7-----------------|
E---------9-7-5-5-5-5-7-9-|

E              A                    E
Lisa's kissing men like a long walk home
               A
When the music stops
E               A                       E
Take a tip from me don't go through the park
                    A                     C#m
When you're on your own, it's a long walk home


        G#m
If they follow you
           F#m
Don't look back
                  A
Like Dylan in the movies
        C#m
On your own
        G#m
If they follow you
              F#m                                A
It's not your money that they're after boy it's you
E                  A           E
Pure easy listening, settle down
                A
On the pillow soft when they've all gone home
E               A                   E
You can concentrate on the ones you love
                 A                     C#m
You can concentrate, hey, now they've gone
           G#m
If they follow you
            F#m
Don't look back
                  A
Like Dylan in the movies
          C#m
On your own
            G#m
If they follow you
                  F#m                            A
It's not your money that they're after boy it's you

Solo: Verse pattern then chorus
E                  A                             E
Yeah you're worth the trouble and you're worth the pain
                       A
And you're worth the worry, I would do the same
C#m            G#m             A
If we all went back to another time

I will love you over
E
I will love you over
C#m
I will love you
               C#m
If they follow you
            G#m
Don't look back
                   A
Like Dylan in the movies
        C#m
On your own
              G#m
If they follow you
                    F#m                   A
Tenderly you turn the light out in your room

               C#m
If they follow you
            G#m
Don't look back
                   A
Like Dylan in the movies
        C#m
On your own
              G#m
If they follow you

Then miss out that last line and straight to:

C#m B G#m and repeat to end

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Fox in the Snow
by Belle & Sebastian
tabbed by 

Capo on 1 (If you want to match the recorded version.)

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

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Get Me Away From Here I am Dying
by Belle & Sebastian
tabbed by samdel13

Capo on 1

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 story
            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

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If You're Feeling Sinister
by Belle & Sebastian
tabbed by 


Capo 2

Amaj7 - x02120
Emaj7 - 021100

Intro: Amaj7 - Emaj7 (etc.)

Amaj7                                                               Emaj7
Anthony walked to his death because he thought he'd never feel this way again
Amaj7                                                                    Emaj7
If he goes back to the house then things would go from bad to worse what could he do?
Amaj7                                                       Emaj7
He wants to remember things exactly as he left them on that funny day
Amaj7
And if there is something else beyond, he isn't scared because
     F#m                                 (G#m)
It's bound to be less boring than today
A                              Amaj7
Bound to be less boring than tomorrow
Amaj7                                                      Emaj7
Hilary went to her death because she couldn't think of anything to say
Amaj7                                                        Emaj7
Everybody thought that she was boring so they never listened anyway
Amaj7                                              Emaj7
Nobody was really saying anything of interest she fell asleep
Amaj7
She was into S&M and bible studies
                 Emaj7
Not everyone's cup of tea she would admit to me
A                                   
A cup of tea she would admit to no one
F#m                                 (G#m)
A cup of tea she would admit to me
A                                       Amaj7
A cup of tea she would admit to no one

Amaj7                                                    Emaj7
Hilary went to the Catholic Church because she wanted information
Amaj7                                                      Emaj7
The vicar or whatever took her to one side and gave her confirmation
Amaj7                                                            Emaj7
Saint Theresa's calling her the church up on the hill is looking lovely
Amaj7
But it didn't interest the only things she wants to know is
F#m
How and why and when and where to go
Amaj7
How and why and when and where to follow
F#m
How and why and when and where to go
A
How and why and when and where to follow
       C#m
But if you are feeling sinister
   B
Go off and see a minister
      A                                                          E     A - E - A (etc.)
He'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever

E                                                     A
When she got back her spirituality was thrown into confusion
E                                                         A
So she got a special deal on renting from the man at Rediffusion
E                                                              A
Look at me I'm on TV It makes up for the shortcomings of being poor
E
Now I'm in a million pieces picked up for deliberation
F#m                             (G#m)
By the people listening at home
A
By the people watching on the telly
F#m
By the people listening at home
A
By the people watching on the telly

        C#m
But if you are feeling sinister
    B
Go off and see a minister
A                                                                     E
He'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever
         A                E
La la la la la la la...
         A
La la la la la la la
        C#m
But if you are feelin sinister
    B
Go off and see a minister
    A
The chances are you'll probably feel better
If you stay and play with yourself

End on E


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Mayfly
by Belle & Sebastian
tabbed by Thelonius

G#  C#

G#            C#         G#
Lovesick on a sunny afternoon
        C#                G#
You are tired of stopping in
        C#              G#
You are waiting for the time
G#            C#               G#
Mayfly, woken up when skys are clear
        C#              G#
I don't mind you coming near
        C#           Bb
Keep me company till she comes again
         G#               Eb/G
You are the one who's making do
         C#              Eb
I am the one who's privy to
            Bbm            Cm
Because you saw him in the park
            C#               G#             C#            Bb
Because you saw him at the bridges with the people in the park

G#          C#                   G#
Cana was the start of something big
G#          C#                 G#
You were there in there in the beginning
G#           C#             G#
You were there to see him play
              C#                 G#
Mayfly, woken up when sky's are blue
          C#               G#
I don't mind the sight of you
          C#                    Bb
Keep me company till she comes again
            G#               Eb/G
You are the one who's making do
          C#                Eb
I am the one who's privy to
                 Bbm                        Cm
Because you saw him at the celebrations standing at the side
G#          C#                 G#
He had the moves to make the day
            C#              G#
But you would love him anyway

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The Boy Done Wrong Again
by Belle & Sebastian
tabbed by Thelonius

D
The boy done wrong again
          A                 G             D
Hang your head in shame and cry your life away
D
The boy done wrong again
          A                 G             F#m
Hang your head in shame and cry your life away
         A       D
Are you ok now?
D
On Saturday I was a angel shining fair
A
You shone louder, longer
G
You put my shine to shame
D
Put me to shame now
D                        A
What is it I must do to pay for all my crime
G
What is it I must do?
F#m
I would do it all the time

G          Bm            F#m              Em
All that I wanted was to sing the saddest songs
       F#m            Em              G
And if you would sing along I will be happy now
D                                   A
The woodland spring will put the darkness from your thinking
G
If this town's your sinking ship
                      D
Then you know where to jump
D                                      A
Talking dirty, for a hobby that's all right
                        G
So pour another glass of wine
                          F#m
I'll think of England this time

G          Bm            F#m              Em
All that I wanted was to sing the saddest songs
       F#m            Em
And if you would sing along
       F#m            Em
And if you would sing along

             F#m       Em
And if you'd only sing along
           D/F#
I will be happier

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Judy and the Dream of Horses
by Belle & Sebastian
tabbed by Jucko

Amaj7 - x02120
Dmaj7 - x5767x
E5    - x799xx
D5    - x577xx
D     - xx0232
E     - 022100
 
Intro: Amaj7   Dmaj7   x2
 
Amaj7 
Judy wrote the saddest song
         Dmaj7                        Amaj7
She showed it to a boy in school today
Amaj7 
Judy, where did you go wrong?
      Dmaj7                              Amaj7
You used to make me smile when I was down
Amaj7 (2)
Judy was a teenage rebel
       Dmaj7                        Amaj7
She did it with a boy when she was young
        Amaj7 
She gave herself to books and learning
         Dmaj7                    Amaj7
She gave herself to being number one
  E5 (hold)                    D5 (hold)                   Amaj7 
Judy, I don't know you if you're gonna show me everything
  E5 (hold)                    D5 (hold                    Amaj7 
Judy, I don't know you if you're gonna show me everything
 
Amaj7  
Judy got a book at school
        Dmaj7                        Amaj7
She went under the covers with her torch
Amaj7
Fell asleep 'til it was morning
         Dmaj7                            Amaj7
She dreamt about the girl who stole a horse
  E5 (hold)                    D5 (hold)              Amaj7  
Judy never felt so good except when she was sleeping
  E5 (hold)                    D5 (hold)              Amaj7  
Judy never felt so good except when she was sleeping
 
Instrumental:
A D
A E     x 2

A  
Judy, let's go for a walk
  D                            A
We can kiss and whatever you want
A
But you will be disappointed
  D                                A
You will fall asleep with ants in your pants
  E5 (hold)                          D5 (hold)                                    A
Judy, you're just trying to find and keep the dream of horses
  E5 (hold)                               D5 (hold)            
And the song she wrote was 'Judy and the Dream of
 A  D
Horses'
                A  D
Dream of Horses
                 A  D
Dream of Horses
                 A
Dream of Horses
 
        A
The best-looking boys are taken
         D                             A
The best-looking girls are staying inside
A
So Judy, where does that leave you?
  D                                  A
Walking the street from morning to night
             E                                 D                                           A  
With a star upon your shoulder lighting up the path that you walk
             E                                  D                                         A  
With a parrot on your shoulder, saying everything when you talk
E5 (hold)                     D5 (hold)
If you're ever feeling blue, then write another
 A                                D
song about your dream of horses
             A                           D
Write a song about your dream of horses
            A                            D
Call it 'Judy And The Dream Of Horses'
            A                            D
Call it 'Judy And The Dream Of Horses'
                     A   D
You dream of horses
                     A   D
You dream of horses
                     A   D
You dream of horses
                     A (hold)
You dream of horses 

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