Belle and Sebastian – It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career (Guitar)
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Track #1 on The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998)
Belle & Sebastian
C/G F He had a stroke at the age of 24 F C/G It could have been a brilliant career Am Em F Painting lines in a school that was too well known Am Em F Painting lines with a friend that had gone before F D/F# G She challenged everyone to a fight F C G But the people all backed down F C G And they ran her out of town F C G Because she drank and swore and spoke F C D Out of turn, she was the village joke C/G F She had a stroke at the age of 24 F C/G It could have been a brilliant career Am Em F Getting clients to finance her strategies Am Em F She's filling time in on Safeways on Saturday F D/F# G She wears the clothes of an emperor F C G But her paintings are a sham F C G And they're going for a grand F C G When the dealers come to view F C D Do they ever see the real you? C/G F He had a stroke at the age of 24 F C/G It could have been a brilliant career Am Em F Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes Am Em F Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that F D/F# G He is dribbling spit tonight F C G And the one he sent away F C G Was the only one who stayed F C G With a spoon and a decent book F C G And you can tell by the way she looks F C G He is sorry and resigned F C D As he wets himself for the final time