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All tabs written out separately by denoted contributors, some songs may be a bit off. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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