Belle and Sebastian – A Politicians Silence (Guitar)

C#m                   G#
  The cherry tree is broken

                  C#m
The maple leaf is brown

                   G#
The wind is in the north east

                         C#m
It's blowing through the town

               E
Morning is the mother

                     B
She pulls you out of bed

                 E
Noon is like the sister

                   C#m
No hiding from the threat

                 G#
I want you for a lover

                  C#m
I want you in the dusk

                          G#
Your thoughts are deep, unspoken

               E
Buried in your past

                   B
The cherry tree is broken

               E
The maple is a lie

                       B
The north east wind is building

                C#m
The people go inside

                  F#m
I want to stay in this place

                            E
Where thoughts are warm and bright

                       F#m
I want to stay by your side

                   G#m
And listen to your words

               F#m
The chaos is unbroken

                G#m
All the news is grim

                  F#m
Feeds into the conscience

F#m
Chase away the dream

C#m                  G#
  The cherry tree is broken

                    C#m
The maple has blown down

                G#
The water it is rising

                   E
The power has gone out

                    B
I want to find some respite

                   E
From ignorance and lies

                   B
I run from passing strangers

                C#m
I run from evil eyes

                    G#
I need to take some shelter

                  C#m
I look for you in storms

                  G#
I know you have a foxhole

                     E
I know it's dark and warm

                 B
I see you in the kitchen

                 E
I see you by the fire

                       B
Absorbing life's great stories

B
Drinking from your eyes

C#m                G#
  Drinking wine in goblets

                    C#m
Knees tucked to the chin

             G#
Sitting in a straw chair

                 E
Hair like golden sun

                B
Love you in the firelight

                E
Love you in the dark

                          B
I Think one day I'll tell you

                   C#m
That accidents can spark

                     F#m
A trail of life's destruction

               E
A fissure of intent

                  F#m
A comfort blanket hanging

                 G#m
For every crisis spent

                          F#m
I Think one day I'll tell you

                      G#m
I'll catch you from behind

                    F#m
Cover eyes to trick you

F#m
Guessing will decide

                   F#m
The ash is like my brother

                 G#m
He took the lazy path

                       F#m
To summer and the good life

F#m
The last leaf in the park

C#m                  G#
  A wise old head on shoulders

              C#m
On boards of adamant

                     G#
He watched us by the river

                     E
He watched us in the dusk

                       B
Ribbons fell from your hair

                        E
They came down from the war

                       B
The drunks fell out of houses

                       C#m
The food of love would flow

                          F#m
And just then for the one day

                    E
Beneath the tree of joy

                     F#m
We were equal in our beauty

                        G#m
To the sunset girls and boys

                   F#m
You're too cool to rush in

                     G#m
Which lover could it be

               F#m*
A politician's silence