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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:22:30 +0100 From: Fred Felix <felix@ic.ac.uk> Subject: b/belle_and_sebastian/me_and_the_major.crd ME AND THE MAJOR By Belle & Sebastian >From the album 'If You're Feeling Sinister' Transcribed by Ben Ufton Submitted 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: Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a Number of things, he'll take a guy like me, and then Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a Number of things, he'll take a guy like me And put in the army Cause the Queen's own army makes a man 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: Me and the Major are from different worlds but if I get stuck in a lift it's always with a toff Me and the Major are from different worlds but if I get stuck in a lift it's always with a man Of noble standing who looks down on me like I was never born I think the Major's going quite insane he goes Along the pavement and comes back again, oh yeah I think the Major's going quite insane he goes Along the pavement and comes back again Like he is on parade, and he is on parade At least he thinks so Chorus: Now he is swapping his tent for a sheltered home He doesn't have a family and he is living alone He remembers all the punks and the hippies too And he remembers Roxy Music in '72 But he doesn't understand and he doesn't try He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I We're the younger generation, we grew up fast All the others did drugs They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so I Forget the Major and go off to town Because the snow is falling I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so I Forget the Major and go off to town
Because the G#msnow is falling The Bsnow is falling Falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling.
Belle & Sebastian fans would be well advised to browse Paul Mitchell's appealing site 'Sinister' at www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~mitchell/sinister/