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Artist: Belle & Sebastian
Album: If You're Feeling Sinister
Year: 1996
Tuning: Standard
The Stars of Track and Field
by Belle & Sebastian
tabbed by galateastilston
BMake a new cult F#every day to Asuit your affairs
BKissing girls in F#english at the Eback of the stairs
Gyou're a honey with a following of Binnocent boys
they never Eknow it
because you never Bshow it
you always get yourF# way
Byou never Eknow it
Because you never sBhow it
you always get your F#way
BHave you and her beF#en taking pictures oAf your obsessions?
BBecause I mF#et a kid who went through oEne of your sessions
GIn his blue velour and silk
BYou liberated
A boy I never rEated
And now he's throwing Bdiscuss
For Liverpool and WF#idnes
BYou liberated
A boy I never rEated
And now he's doing bF#usiness
F#The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field you F#mare
The stars of track and field are Ebeautiful people
BCould I write a F#piece about you nowA that you've made it?
BAbout the hours sF#pent, the emptineEss in your training
GYou only did it so that Byou could wear
Your terryE underwear
And feel the cBity air
Run past your F#body
BCould I write a rF#equiem for yoAu when you're dead?
B"She had the moves, sheF# had the speed, itE went to her head"
GShe never needed aBnything to get her roEund the track
But when sheB's on her back
She had the kF#nowledge
To get her into college
EBut when she's on Bher 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#We lay on the Bbed there
C#Kissing just for Bbmpractice
Could we Bplease be objective?
Cause the F#other boys are queuing up C#behind us
A hand over Bmy mouth
A Bbmhand over the window
Well, if BI remain passive and F#you just want a cuddle
Then we C#should be ok, and we G#won't get in a muddle
BSeeing other people
At F#least that's what we say we are G#doing
C#How are you Bfeeling?
C#I don't think you can be Bbmdealing
With the Bsituation very F#well
You take a lover for a C#dirty weekend, that's G#ok
But when it's over
You are Blooking at the working F#week through the eyes of a G#gigolo
C# B E C#
B E G#
F# E
C# B C#
C#You're kissing your Belbow
C#You're kissing your Bbmreflection
And you Bcan't understand why all the F#other boys are going for the
C#New, tall, elegant, Brich kids
BbmYou can bet it is a bitch, kid
But if Bthey don't see the quality F#then it is apparent that
You're C#going to have to change
Or you're G#going to have to go with Bgirls
You might be better F#off
At least they know what they're G#doing
C#We lay on the Bbed there
C#Kissing just for Bbmpractice
Could we Bplease be objective?
Cause the F#other boys are queuing upC# behind us
A hand over Bmy mouth
A Bbmhand over the window
Well, if BI remain passive and F#you just want a cuddle
Then we C#should be ok, and we G#won't get in a muddle
BSeeing other people
At F#least that's what we say we are G#doing
BSeeing other people
At F#least that's what we say we are G#doing
BSeeing other people
At F#least that's what we say we are G#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#Me and the BMajor could beF#come close fBriends cause we
F#Get on the sBame train and he F#wants to tBalk to me
F#Me and the BMajor could beF#come close frBiends cause we
F#Get on the Bsame train and he F#wants to Btalk
But there is G#mtoo much history and too Bmuch biography between F#us
Verse 2:
F#Me and the MaBjor don't see F#eye to Beye on a
F#Number of thiBngs, he'll take a gF#uy like Bme, and then
F#Me and the MBajor don't see F#eye to eyBe on a
F#Number of tBhings, heF#'ll take aB guy like me
G#mAnd put in the army
Cause theB Queen's own army makes a maF#n of you
Chorus:
But he G#mdoesn't understand and he doesn't try
He Bknows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I
We're the Ebmyounger generation, we grew up fast
All the C#others did drugs
They're taking it out on G#mus
They're taking it out on Bus
They're taking it out on F#us
Verse 3:
F#Me and the BMajor are frF#om different wBorlds but if
F#I get stucBk in a lF#ift it's always wiBth a toff
F#Me and the MaBjor are frF#om different wBorlds but if
F#I get stuBck in a liF#ft it's always wBith a man
G#mOf noble standing who looBks down on me like I F#was never born
F#I think theB Major's going qF#uite insBane he goes
F#Along the paBvement and comeF#s back agaBin, oh yeah
F#I think theB Major's going qF#uite insaBne he goes
F#Along the paBvement and comeF#s back agaiBn
G#mLike he is on parade, and he is Bon parade
At least he F#thinks so
Chorus:
F#Now he is swG#mapping his tent for a shBeltered home
He doesn't have a family and he is living alone
EbmHe remembers all the punks and the hippies too
C#And he remembers Roxy Music in '72
But he doesn'tG#m understand and he doBesn't try
He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I
EbmWe're the younger generation, we grew up fast
C#All the others did drugs
They're taking it out onG#m us
They're taking it out on Bus
They're taking it out on F#us
F#I want a danBce, I want a dF#rink of whBisky so I
F#Forget the MBajor and gF#o off to tBown
Because the snow is falling
F#I want a danBce, I want a F#drink of whBisky so I
F#Forget the MBajor and goF# off to toBwn
Because the G#msnow is falling
The Bsnow 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-|
ELisa's kissing Amen like a long walk Ehome
When the music Astops
ETake a tip from Ame don't go through the Epark
When you're on your Aown, it's a long walk C#mhome
If they G#mfollow you
Don't look F#mback
Like Dylan in the Amovies
On your C#mown
If they G#mfollow you
It's not your F#mmoney that they're after boy it's yAou
EPure easy listeningA, settle dowEn
On the pillow soAft when they've all gone home
EYou can concentrAate on the ones you Elove
You can concentraAte, hey, now they've gC#mone
If they folG#mlow you
Don't look bF#mack
Like Dylan in the Amovies
On your owC#mn
If they follG#mow you
It's not your moneF#my that they're after boy it's yAou
Solo: Verse pattern then chorus
EYeah you're worth tAhe trouble and you're worth thEe pain
And you're worth the woArry, I would do the same
C#mIf we all went G#mback to another Atime
I will love you over
EI will love you over
C#mI will love you
If they follow C#myou
Don't look bG#mack
Like Dylan in the mAovies
On your C#mown
If they followG#m you
Tenderly you turn thF#me light out in your roAom
If they follow C#myou
Don't look bG#mack
Like Dylan in the mAovies
On your C#mown
If they followG#m 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.]
CFox in the snow, wGhere do you go
to find somAmething you can eat?
Cause the wFord out on the street is you are sGtarving
don’t let yourself grow huCngry now
Edon’t let yourself grow Amcold
Fox iFn the snow C
F C
CGirl in the snow, wGhere do you go
To find soAmmeone who will do?
To tell soFmeone all the truth before it Gkills you
they listen to your crCazy laugh
Ebefore you hang aAm right
and disappear fFrom sight C F
What do they know Canyway?
You'll read it in a bFook
What do they know aCnyway?
You'll read it in a bEmook tonight D
F F F F
CBoy on the bike, Gwhat are you like
as you cAmycle round the town?
You're going Fup, you're going down
You're going nGowhere
It's not as if they're Cpaying you
EIt's not as if it'sAm fun
At least not anFymore C
FWhen your legs are Cblack and blue
It's time to take a bFreak
When your legs are bClack and blue
It's time to take a hColiday
[Chords played under solo]
Am F C C
AmC FA# [two beats only on A#]
Am Am
F C F C
F C F C
CKid in the snow, Gway to go
It only haAmppens once a year
It only haFppens once a lifetime
Make the mGost of it
Second just to bCeing born
ESecond to dying Amtoo
What else woFuld you do? C
What else woFuld you do? C
What else woFuld you do? C
What else woFuld you do? C
Fox iFn the snow [When your legs are looking Cblack and blue]
Fox iFn the snow [It's not as if they're Cpaying you]
Fox iFn the snow [When your legs are looking Cblack and blue]
Fox iFn the snow [It's not as if they're Cpaying you]
Fox iFn the snow C
Fox iFn the snow C
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
FOh! Get me aCway from here I'm Dmdying
Play me a Amsong to set me Bbfree
Nobody Fwrites them like they Bbused to
So it Cmay as well be Fme
Here on my Cown now after Dmhours
Here on my Amown now on a Bbbus
Think of it Fthis way
You could Geither be sucBbcessful or be Cus
With our Bbwinning smiles, and Cus
With our Bbcatchy tunes, oh Cus
Now we're Bbphotogenic
DmYou know, Amwe don't stand a Bbchance [Fwe don't stand a Bbchance]
FOh I'll settle Cdown with some old Dmstory
About a Amboy who's just like Bbme
Thought there was Flove in everyBbthing and everyCone
You're so naFive!
They always Ctell a sorry sDmtory
They always Amget it in the Bbend
Still it was Fworth it as I Gturned the pages sBbolemnly, and Cthen
With a Bbwinning smile the Cboy
With naBbivety sucCceeds
At the Bbfinal moment, IDm cried
I Amalways cry at Bbendings
FOh, that wasn't Cwhat I meant to Dmsay at all
From Amwhere I'm sitting, Bbrain
Falling Fagainst the lonely Bbtenement
Has Cset my mind to Fwander
Into the Cwindows of my Dmlovers
They never Amknow unless I Bbwrite
"This is no Fdeclaration, GI just thought I'd Bblet you know goodCbye"
Said the Bbhero in the sCtory,
"It is mBbightier than Cswords
I could Bbkill you sure
But DmI could only Ammake you cry with Bbthese words"
FCry with Bbthese words
FCry with Bbthese words
FOoh! BbGet me away I'm Fdying
BbGet me away I'm Fdying
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.]
Amaj7Anthony walked to his death because he thought he'd never feel this Emaj7way again
Amaj7If he goes back to the house then things would go from bad to worse what Emaj7could he do?
Amaj7He wants to remember things exactly as he left them on that Emaj7funny day
Amaj7And if there is something else beyond, he isn't scared because
F#m [G#m]
It's bound to be less boring than today
ABound to be less boring than toAmaj7morrow
Amaj7Hilary went to her death because she couldn't think of anytEmaj7hing to say
Amaj7Everybody thought that she was boring so they never listened Emaj7anyway
Amaj7Nobody was really saying anything of interest she fEmaj7ell asleep
Amaj7She was into S&M and bible studies
Not everyone's cuEmaj7p of tea she would admit to me
AA cup of tea she would admit to no one
F#m [G#m]
A cup of tea she would admit to me
AA cup of tea she would admit to no one Amaj7
Amaj7Hilary went to the Catholic Church because she wanted infEmaj7ormation
Amaj7The vicar or whatever took her to one side and gave her conEmaj7firmation
Amaj7Saint Theresa's calling her the church up on the hill is looking Emaj7lovely
Amaj7But it didn't interest the only things she wants to know is
F#mHow and why and when and where to go
Amaj7How and why and when and where to follow
F#mHow and why and when and where to go
AHow and why and when and where to follow
But if C#myou are feeling sinister
Go Boff 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
EWhen she got back her spirituality was thrown into conAfusion
ESo she got a special deal on renting from the man at RedifAfusion
ELook at me I'm on TV It makes up for the shortcomings of being Apoor
ENow I'm in a million pieces picked up for deliberation
F#m [G#m]
By the people listening at home
ABy the people watching on the telly
F#mBy the people listening at home
ABy the people watching on the telly
But if yC#mou are feeling sinister
Go oBff and see a minister
AHe'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbelieverE
La la la Ala la la la... E
La la la Ala la la la
But if yC#mou are feelin sinister
Go oBff and see a minister
The Achances 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#Lovesick on a C#sunny afterG#noon
You are C#tired of stopping G#in
You are C#waiting for the G#time
G#Mayfly, woken C#up when skys are G#clear
I don't C#mind you coming G#near
Keep me C#company till Bbshe comes again
You are tG#he one who's makiEb/Gng do
I am the C#one who's privy Ebto
Because you Bbmsaw him in the Cmpark
Because you C#saw him at the brG#idges with the C#people in the Bbpark
G#Cana was theC# start of something bG#ig
G#You were theC#re in there in the G#beginning
G#You were therC#e to see him plG#ay
Mayfly, woken C#up when sky's are bG#lue
I don't miC#nd the sight of yG#ou
Keep me coC#mpany till she comes aBbgain
You are the G#one who's making Eb/Gdo
I am the oC#ne who's privy to Eb
Because you saw hBbmim at the celebrations stanCmding at the side
G#He had the mC#oves to make the daG#y
But you woulC#d love him anywaG#y
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The Boy Done Wrong Again
by Belle & Sebastian
tabbed by Thelonius
DThe boy done wrong again
Hang your Ahead in shame and Gcry your life Daway
DThe boy done wrong again
Hang your Ahead in shame and Gcry your life F#maway
Are you oAk now? D
DOn Saturday I was a angel shining fair
AYou shone louder, longer
GYou put my shine to shame
DPut me to shame now
DWhat is it I must do to pAay for all my crime
GWhat is it I must do?
F#mI would do it all the time
GAll that I Bmwanted was to F#msing the saddest Emsongs
And if F#myou would sing Emalong I will be Ghappy now
DThe woodland spring will put the darAkness from your thinking
GIf this town's your sinking ship
Then you know where toD jump
DTalking dirty, for a hobby that's all rAight
So pour another glass ofG wine
I'll think of England thisF#m time
GAll that I Bmwanted was to F#msing the saddest Emsongs
And if F#myou would sing Emalong
And if F#myou would sing Emalong
And if you'd F#monly sing Emalong
I will be hD/F#appier
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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
Amaj7Judy wrote the saddest song
She showeDmaj7d it to a boy in school todayAmaj7
Amaj7Judy, where did you go wrong?
You usDmaj7ed to make me smile when I was downAmaj7
Amaj7 [2]
Judy was a teenage rebel
She didDmaj7 it with a boy when she was yAmaj7oung
She gaveAmaj7 herself to books and learning
She gave Dmaj7herself to being number oAmaj7ne
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
Amaj7Judy got a book at school
She wentDmaj7 under the covers with her toAmaj7rch
Amaj7Fell asleep ‘til it was morning
She dreamDmaj7t about the girl who stole a horsAmaj7e
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
AJudy, let's go for a walk
WeD can kiss and whatever you waAnt
ABut you will be disappointed
YoDu will fall asleep with ants in yAour 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
HAorsDes”
Dream of Horses A D
Dream of Horses A D
Dream of Horses A
The bestA-looking boys are taken
The best-Dlooking girls are staying insiAde
ASo Judy, where does that leave you?
WaDlking the street from morning to niAght
With a star uEpon your shoulder lighting up the Dpath that you walk A
With a parrotE on your shoulder, saying everythinDg when you talk A
E5 [hold] D5 [hold]
If you're ever feeling blue, then write another
sAong about your dream of horses D
Write a song Aabout your dream of horses D
Call it “JudAy And The Dream Of Horses” D
Call it “JudAy And The Dream Of Horses” D
You dream of horses A D
You dream of horses A D
You dream of horses A D
A [hold]
You dream of horses
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