Belle & Sebastian - The state i am in
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This is the actual key of the song, which is F#. If you want to play the song with
open chords, tune down half a step to Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb tuning, and then transpose
the song up a half step.
C#I was surBprised
I was F#happy for a dBay
In 19C#75 B
A#mI was puzzled G#mby a dream
F#Stayed with me all daBy
In 19C#95 B
A#mMy brother G#mhad confessed
F#He was gay it Btook the heat off
C#Me for a while B
He A#mstood up with a G#msailor friend
F#Made it known uBpon my sister’s
C#Wedding day B A#m G#m C#
C#Got married Bin a rush
To F#save a kid from Bbeing deported
C#Now she's in love B
OoA#moh, I was so G#mtouched
I was F#moved to kick the Bcrutches
From my C#crippled friend B
C#She was not iBmpressed
Cause I F#cured her on the BSabbath
I C#went to confessB
F#When she saw the G#mfunny side
We A#mintroduced my Bchild bride
To C#whisky and ginB
To A#mwhisky and gin B C#
C#The priest in the Bbooth
Had a F#photographic Bmemory
For aC#ll he had heard B
He A#mtook all of my G#msins
And he F#wrote a pocket Bnovel
Called "C#;The State That I??B?m In"
And C#so I gave mByself to God
There F#was a pregnant Bpause
Before he C#said OK B
F#Now I spend my G#mdays
Turning A#mtables round in BMarks & Spencer
C#They don't seem to Bmind A#m B
F#I gave myself to sin
I A#mgave myself to Providence
And EI've been there and back again
The G#mstate that I am in
F#I gave myself to sin
I A#mgave myself to Providence
And EI've been there and back again
The G#mstate that I am in C#
C#Oh love of Bmine
Would you F#condescend to Bhelp me
Cause I’C#m stupid and Bblind
Oh and deA#msperation G#mis the Devil's
F#Work, it is the Bfolly
Of a C#boy’s emptBy mind
Oh and A#mnow I'm feelin??G#m? dangerous
F#Riding on city Bbuses
For a C#hobby is sad B
Why don’t yoF#u leave me to G#ma living end
I A#mpromise that I'd Bentertain
My C#crippled friendB
My A#mcrippled friend B
F#I gave myself to sin
I A#mgave myself to Providence
And EI've been there and back again
The G#mstate that I am in
F#I gave myself to sin
I A#mgave myself to Providence
And EI've been there and back again
The G#mstate that I am in
F#I gave myself to sin
I A#mgave myself to Providence
And EI've been there and back again
The G#mstate that I am in
F#I gave myself to sin
I A#mgave myself to Providence
And D#mI've been there and back again
The C#state that I am in
BI gave myself to sin
And F#I’ve been there and back again
Oh C#yeah