Belle and Sebastian – The Girl Doesnt Get It (Guitar)

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Chords

note: the duplicated chords (when there's no lyrics) mean they are played for two compasses [intro] C F C G F F C C F F C C [verse 1]
C
  Well, the girl doesn't get it

Dm
  And you can't ever tell her

A#                         Gm    F    Gm F
  She will go with whoever wants her

C
  It's a myth that they're selling

Dm
  That there's one perfect fella

A#                               Gm  F   Gm F
  Take the pick of the cherries, go slow

C
  There's a world through the front door

Dm
  There are people who need more

A#                          Gm  F   Gm F
  There is love in the supermarket
[bridge]
C
  I got hopes for the future

D
  And it doesn't need money

Bm                              E
  And it doesn't need two-faced liars

A
  One face is smiling

Bm
  Telling us to be afraid

C#m                   E
  Painting a world of darkness

A
  But the other face is hidden

Bm
  And the eyes are looking back in time

C#m                      E
  Gazing out on a fading empire
[verse 2]
C
  You're alone in the dark night

Dm
  Sitting down with your worries

A#                               Gm     F   Gm F
  'Cause your glorious youth got fucked up

C
  You're a train in the siding

Dm
  You're a car in a pileup

A#                                    Gm  F  Gm F
  You should dance till your heart is joyful
[bridge 2]
C
  I don't want to be aloof

D
  Wear the glasses of untruth

Bm                        E
  I just want to become immortal

A
  They'll take profits over people

Bm
  They will make the country great again

C#m                              E
  Just as long as it's white and ugly

A
  Fear the immigrant workforce

Bm
  Fear the kids raised on the internet

C#m                                 E        Em
  They are scared if they can't control you
[solo] D D D D | A A G G | F F G# G# [intro] C F C G | F F C C [verse 3]
C
  Are you living or waiting

Dm
  For the time to get better?

A#                            Gm      F   Gm F
  Between sorrow and nothing, choose pain

C
  If compassion was honoured

Dm
  All our dumb human problems

A#                             Gm   F  Gm F
  Would belong in a bin marked history

C
  We will shake hands politely

Dm
  Feel the pull of attraction

A#                        Gm  F  Gm F
  'Cause love is our consolation
[outro] C C D D | Bm Bm E E (repeat till fade out)