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It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career ? Belle and Sebastian
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Belle and Sebastian
It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career (1998)
From: "The Boy With the Arab Strap"
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A [E]stroke at the age of [A]24
It could have [A]been a brilliant ca[E]reer
Painting [C#m]lines in a [B]school that was [A]too well known
Painting [C#m]lines with a [B/D#]friend that had g[A/E]one before
[ch]F#/E[/ch] B
She challenged everyone to a fight
But the [A]prefects [E/G#]all backed [B]down
And they r[A]an her [E/G#]out of [B]town
Cause she d[A]rank and [E/G#]swore and [B]spoke
Out of t[A]urn, she [E/G#]was the vil[F#]lage joke
She had a [E]stroke at the age of [A]24
It could have [A]been a brilliant ca[E]reer
Getting [C#m]clients to [B]finance her [A]strategies
Filling [C#m]time in on [B/D#]Safeways on [A/E]Saturday
[ch]F#/E[/ch] B
She wears the clothes of an emperor
But her [A]paintings [E/G#]are a [B]sham
And they're [A]going [E/G#]for a [B]grand
When the [A]dealers [E/G#]come to [B]view
A E/G# [F#]
Do they ever see the real you?
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He had a [E]stroke at the age of [F#m]24
It could have [A]been a brilliant ca[E]reer
Selling [C#m]lies to the [B]boys with the [A]old Dansettes
Pulling the [C#m]wool, playing the [B/D#]fool, it's no [A/E]wonder that
[ch]F#/E[/ch] B
He is dribbling spit tonight
And the [A]one he [E/G#]sent a[B]way
Was the [A]only [E/G#]one who [B]stayed
With a s[A]poon and a [E/G#]decent [B]book
And you can [A]tell by the [E/G#]way she [B]looks
He is [A]sorry [E/G#]and re[B]signed
As he [A]wets him[E/G#]self for the [F#]final time
