Belle and Sebastian – The State I Am In (Guitar)

C#       B
I was surprised

      F#           B
I was happy for a day

     C#   B
In 1975

A#m           G#m
I was puzzled by a dream

F#                   B
Stayed with me all day

     C#  B
In 1995

A#m        G#m
My brother had confessed

F#            B
He was gay it took the heat off

C#             B
Me for a while

   A#m             G#m
He stood up with a sailor friend

F#             B
Made it known upon my sister’s

C#          B  A#m  G#m  C#
Wedding day

C#          B
Got married in a rush

   F#              B
To save a kid from being deported

C#                B
Now she's in love

  A#m          G#m
Oooh, I was so touched

      F#                B
I was moved to kick the crutches

        C#              B
From my crippled friend

C#           B
She was not impressed

        F#               B
Cause I cured her on the Sabbath

  C#             B
I went to confess

F#               G#m
When she saw the funny side

   A#m           B
We introduced my child bride

   C#            B
To whisky and gin

   A#m            B  C#
To whisky and gin

C#                B
The priest in the booth

      F#           B
Had a photographic memory

     C#              B
For all he had heard

   A#m            G#m
He took all of my sins

       F#             B
And he wrote a pocket novel

            C#                 B
Called "The State That I’m In"

    C#         B
And so I gave myself to God

      F#             B
There was a pregnant pause

          C#      B
Before he said OK

F#             G#m
Now I spend my days

        A#m             B
Turning tables round in Marks & Spencer

C#                 B     A#m   B
They don't seem to mind

F#
I gave myself to sin

  A#m
I gave myself to Providence

    E
And I've been there and back again

    G#m
The state that I am in

F#
I gave myself to sin

  A#m
I gave myself to Providence

    E
And I've been there and back again

    G#m                 C#
The state that I am in

C#         B
Oh love of mine

          F#            B
Would you condescend to help me

          C#           B
Cause I’m stupid and blind

         A#m       G#m
Oh and desperation is the Devil's

F#              B
Work, it is the folly

     C#          B
Of a boy’s empty mind

       A#m             G#m
Oh and now I'm feelin’ dangerous

F#             B
Riding on city buses

      C#           B
For a hobby is sad

              F#            G#m
Why don’t you leave me to a living end

  A#m              B
I promise that I'd entertain

   C#             B
My crippled friend

   A#m             B
My crippled friend

F#
I gave myself to sin

  A#m
I gave myself to Providence

    E
And I've been there and back again

    G#m
The state that I am in

F#
I gave myself to sin

  A#m
I gave myself to Providence

    E
And I've been there and back again

    G#m
The state that I am in

F#
I gave myself to sin

  A#m
I gave myself to Providence

    E
And I've been there and back again

    G#m
The state that I am in

F#
I gave myself to sin

  A#m
I gave myself to Providence

    E
And I've been there and back again

    C#
The state that I am in

B
I gave myself to sin

    F#
And I’ve been there and back again

   C#
Oh yeah