Belle and Sebastian – Stay Loose (Guitar)

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[Intro] Ab Gb Ebm Db Ab Gb Ebm Db Dbm B A Ab [Verse 1]
Cm                 Bb
I was choking on a cornflake

          Gm                  Ab
You said “Have some toast instead”

Cm                   Bb
I was sleeping maybe three hours

          Gm                  Ab
You said “You should get to bed”

Cm                   Bb 
I was waiting at the church door

        Gm            Ab
For the minister to show

Cm                   Bb 
I was looking at the new year

          Gm                Ab  Gm  Fm
You said “Walk before you crawl”
[Verse 2]
Cm                   Bb
I was feeling like a loser

          Gm                      Ab
You said “Hey, you’ve still got me” 

Cm                   Bb
I was feeling pretty lonely 

              Gm             Ab
You said “You wanted to be free”

Cm                  Bb
I was looking for a good time

          Gm                   Ab
You said “Let the good times start”

Cm                    Bb
With a quiver of your eyelid

          Gm                 Ab
You took on someone else’s part
[Chorus]
          Bb   Eb
But what about me

Ab          Bb  Eb
I don’t really see

Ab              Bb Eb
How things will improve

           Ab         Bb
If all you want is to stay
[Verse 3]
Cm                 Bb
Maybe I’m a little greedy

          Gm                 Ab
You said “Think before you speak”

Cm                     Bb
Sometimes I’m a little seedy

          Gm          Ab
You said “Everyone is weak”

Cm                  Bb
Now I feel a little better

         Gm                Ab
Is there something I can do?

Cm                    Bb
But I never heard the answer

  Gm            Ab
I never had a clue
[Chorus]
          Bb   Eb
But what about me

Ab          Bb Eb
I don’t really see

Ab              Bb Eb
How things will improve

           Ab         Bb
If all you want is to stay
[Bridge]
    Fm
The lights are out

       Gm
In the house tonight

      Ab
And I creep around

        Eb               Bb
And I’m creeping to your head

        Ab
All you want is to stay loose
[Solo] Cm F Ab Eb Ab Cm F Ab Bb Dm Cm F Ab Eb Ab Cm F Ab Bb Dm [Verse 4]
Cm                    Bb
There’s a little echo calling

       Gm                Ab
Like a miner trapped inside

Cm                    Bb
If I tell her of this moment

         Gm                Ab
She will in me doubts confide

Cm                     Bb
And she’s on me like a blanket

       Gm                 Ab
Like a stalk of wilting grass

Cm                     Bb
I’m not sure about her motives

        Gm               Ab  Gm  Fm
I’m not sure about her past
[Verse 5]
Cm                     Bb
But my faith is like a bullet

     Gm               Ab
My belief is like a bolt

Cm                          Bb
The only thing that lets me sleep at night

         Gm                Ab
A little carriage of the soul

Cm                    Bb
If it starts a little bleaker

         Gm                Ab
Then the year may yet be gold

Cm                   Bb
Happiness is not for keeping

     Gm               Ab
Happiness is not my goal
[Chorus]
         Bb   Eb
So what about me

Ab          Bb Eb
I don’t really see

Ab              Bb Eb
How things will improve

           Ab         Bb   Eb
If all you want is to stay loose

Ab        Bb   Eb
But what about them

Ab         Bb   Eb
You play mother hen

     Ab             Bb  Eb
To a gaggle of gangling youth

           Ab
If all you want is to stay
[Bridge]
    Fm
The lights are out

       Gm
In the house tonight

      Ab
And I creep around

        Eb               Bb
And I’m creeping to your head

        Ab                   
All you wanted to stay
[Verse 6]
Cm                       Gm
I was living through the seconds

      Ab           Eb
My composure was a mess

      Fm               Cm
I was miles from tenderness

       Ab                           Gm        Bb
It was dark outside, the day it was broken in pieces

Cm                     Gm
Everything is flat and dreary

           Ab                 Eb
I couldn’t care what’s in the news

    Fm            Cm
Television is the blues

    Ab                   Gm          Bb
Television is hysterical laughter of people
[Outro]
      Ab               Bb
And I know it could be me

                      Cm    Bb    Ab    Gm
I’m always asking for more, more, more, more

       Ab               Eb
I keep running round in circles

       Ab            Eb
I keep looking for a doorway

             Ab
I’m going to need two lives

   Ab         Gm              Bb
To follow the paths I’ve been taking
[Solo] Cm F Ab Eb Ab Cm F Ab Bb Dm Cm F Ab Eb Ab Cm F Ab Bb Dm Cm F Ab Eb Ab Cm F Ab Bb Dm