The Stars Of Track And Field [Capo on second fret?] 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 the rest is the same, except for this bit: 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seeing Other People 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 queing 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 bitch, kid B F# But if they don't see the quality then it is apparant 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 queing 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Me And The Major - Belle And Sebastian 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: 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: 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: Me and the Major are from different worlds but if I get stick in a lift it's always with a toff Me and the Major are from different worlds but if I get stick 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 G#m Because the snow is falling B The snow is falling Falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Dylan In The Movies - Belle And Sebastian 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# A It's not your money that they're after boy it's you Pure easy listening, settle down On the pillow soft when they've all gone home You can concentrate on the ones you love You can concentrate, hey, now they've gone If they follow you Don't look back Like Dylan in the movies On your own If they follow you It's not your money that they're after boy it's you Solo: Verse pattern then chorus Yeah you're worth the trouble and you're worth the pain 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 If they follow you Don't look back Like Dylan in the movies On your own If they follow you Tenderly you turn the light out in your room If they follow you Don't look back Like Dylan in the movies On your own If they follow you Then miss out that last line and straight to: C#m B G#m and repeat to end ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox In The Snow - Belle And Sebastian Best played with capo on 1st Fret C# G# Fox in the snow, where do you go Bbm To find something you can eat? F# G# Because the word out on the street is you are starving C# F Don't let yourself go hungry now Bbm Don't let yourself grow cold F# C# F# C# Fox in the snow Girl in the snow, where will you go To find someone that will do? To tell someone all the truth before it kills you They listen to your crazy laugh Before you hang a right F# C# And disappear from sight F# C# What do they know anyway? F# You'll read it in a book C# What do they know anyway? Fm Eb F# You'll read it in a book tonight Boy on the bike, what are you like As you cycle round the town? You're going up, you're going down You're going nowhere It's not as if they're paying you It's not as if it's fun At least not anymore When your legs are black and blue It's time to take a break When your legs are black and blue It's time to take a holiday Break: C# Bbm F# C# x2 C# Fm Bbm F# C# x4 Kid in the snow, way to go It only happens once a year It only happens once a lifetime Make the most of it Second just to being born Second to dying too What else could you do? What else would you do? F# C# to end Fm Eb F# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying - Belle & Sebastian Intro: F# Verse 1: F# C# Ebm Ooh! Get me away from here I'm dying Bbm B Play me a song to set me free F# B Nobody writes them like they used to C# F# So it may as well be me C# Ebm Here on my own now after hours Bbm B Here on my own now on a bus F# Think of it this way G# B C# You could either be successful or be us Chorus: B C# With our winning smiles, and us B Now we're photogenic Ebm Bbm B You know we don't stand a chance (we don't stand a chance) B - F# a few times < Same pattern as first verse > Verse 2: Oh I'll settle down with some old story About a boy who's just like me Thought there was love in everything and everyone You're so nave! After a while they always get it They always reach a sorry end Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly, and then With a winning smile the boy With naivety succeeds At the final moment, I cried I always cry at endings B - F# again a few times Verse 3: Oh, that wasn't what I meant to say at all >From where I'm sitting, rain Washing against the lonely tenement Has set my mind to wander Into the windows of my lovers They never know unless I write "This is no declaration, I just I'd let you know goodbye" Said the hero in the story "It is mightier than swords I could kill you sure But I could only make you cry with these words" Cry with these words Ooh! Get me away I'm dying B - F# to end ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian Intro: B -F# Verse 1: B Anthony walked to his death F# Because he'd thought he'd never feel this way again B If he goes back to the house F# Then things would go from bad to worse what could he do? He wants to remember things exactly as he left them on that Wednesday And if there is something else beyond, he isn't scared because Ebm It's bound to be less boring than today B F# It's bound to be less boring than tomorrow F# B B Hilary walked to her death because she couldn't think of anything to say Everybody thought that she was boring, so they never listened anyway Nobody was really saying anything of interest, she fell asleep She was into S&M and bible studies Ebm Not everyone's cup of tea she would admit to me B Her cup of tea she would admit to no-one Ebm Her cup of tea she would admit to me B F# Her cup of tea she would admit to no-one Hilary went to the catholic church because she wanted information The vicar or whatever took her to one side and gave her confirmation Saint Teresa's calling her, the church up on the hill is looking lovely But it doesn't interest, the only thing she wants to know is How and why and where to go How and why and where to follow How and why and where to go How and why and where to follow Ebm But if you are feeling sinister C# Go off and see a minister B F# He'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mayfly - Belle And Sebastian Capo fret 1 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 Cana was the start of something big You were there in there in the beginning You were there to see him play Mayfly, woken up when sky's are blue I don't mind the sight of you Keep me company till she comes again You are the one who's making do I am the one who's privy to Because you saw him at the celebrations standing at the side He had the moves to make the day But you would love him anyway ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Boy Done Wrong Again - Belle And Sebastian 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? On Saturday I was a angel shining fair You shone louder, longer You put my shine to shame Put me to shame now What is it I must do to pay for all my crime What is it I must do? 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 The woodland spring will put the darkness from your thinking If this town's your sinking ship Then you know where to jump Talking dirty, for a hobby that's alright So pour another glass of wine 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judy And the Dream Of Horses Very simple. Intro: A D x2 Verse 1: A Judy wrote the saddest song D A She showed to a boy in school today A Judy where did you go wrong D A You used to make me smile when I was down Then the bits that go: E D A Judy, I don't know you if you're gonna show me everything ----------------------------------------------------------------------------