Belle and Sebastian – Stop Look And Listen (Guitar)

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A7 x02223
* always strum once
[Intro] A G A A A A [Verse 1]
  A                               A
I finally gave myself the time to - see you

  A                               A
I finally gave myself the time to - see you

  A                               A                D   D7  D  D7
I finally gave myself the time to - see you for a while

 A*                             G*                           A
If only we could see past the veneer, we'd see another side of you
[Verse 2]
  A                                   A
Simone said she would think about not - seeing me

  A                                   A
Simone said she would think about not - seeing me

  A                                   A                  D   D7  D  D7
Simone said she would think about not - seeing me for a while

  A*                             G*                              A
I hung around with her for forty days and forty nights, it was a wilderness
[Verse 3]
 A                                A
If only you would stop, look, and - listen

 A                                A
If only you would stop, look, and - listen

 A                                A                 D   D7  D  D7
If only you would stop, look, and - listen you'd be fine

    A*                              G*                            A        A7  A  A7
But being deaf and being blind just seems to be the way you spend your time
[Chorus]
        G                D              A
(Being alone) it's not a problem when I think of you

        G                D              A
(Being alone) it's not a problem when I think of you

        G                D              A
(Being alone) it's not a problem when I think of you

                          D           E
(Your words are true) and all I do is drea-e-eam
[Verse 4]
      A                        A
Spent summer in the city of my - childhood

      A                        A
Spent summer in the city of my - childhood

      A                        A                   D    D7  D  D7
Spent summer in the city of my - childhood for old times

    A*                                G*                           A         A7  A  A7
But there's no going back for me, the faces had all changed, I was a stranger
[Chorus]
        G                D              A
(Being alone) it's not a problem when I think of you

        G                D              A
(Being alone) it's not a problem when I think of you

        G                D              A
(Being alone) it's not a problem when I think of you

                          D           E
(Your words are true) and all I do is drea-e-eam

 A*                             G*                           A    A7  A  A7
If only we could see past the veneer, we'd see another side of you
[Instrumental] A A A A D D7 D D7 A G A A5 [Verse 5] - palm muted
  A5                             A5
I live alone the silence, it can - take you

  A5                             A5
I live alone the silence, it can - make you

  A5                             A5                  D5
I live alone the silence, it can - break you after a while

          A5                    G5                               A5
Not long ago I made a deal, the ghosts around the house all seem to like me
[Verse 6]
   A                             A
My life is falling down, I am sur-rounded

   A                             A
My life is falling down, I am con-founded

   A                              A                D   D7  D  D7
My life is falling down, I am dumb-founded, what a mess

  A*                           G*                          A         A7  A  A7
I lay back silent as a cat and let you work your mysteries of healing
[Chorus]
        G                D              A
(Being alone) it's not a problem when I think of you

        G                D              A
(Being alone) it's not a problem when I think of you

        G                D              A
(Being alone) it's not a problem when I think of you

                          D
(Your words are true) and all I do

   A
(I think of you) your words are true

     D            A
(And all I do) is think of you

                          D           E
(Your words are true) and all I do is drea-e-eam
[Outro]
 A*                             G*
If only we could see past the veneer, we'd see another side of you