Belle and Sebastian – Write About Love (Guitar)

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Ebsus4 etc           Dbsus4 etc         Bsus4   Bbsus4
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9--8-8--9--8-8--8---7--6-6--7--6-6-6---5--4-4--4--3-3-----|
G|-8--8-8--8--8-10-8---6--6-6--6--6-8-6---4--4-4--3--3-3-----|
D|-8--8-8--8--8-8--8---6--6-6--6--6-6-6---4--4-4--3--3-3-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

[Intro] Ebsus4 Eb Ebsus4 Eb Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4 Db Bsus4 B Bbsus4 Bb Ab F [Verse 1]

         Gm    F    Gm                        C    Bb   F
I know a spell            That would you make well

F#dim       Gm             F         Eb                                      
Write about love, it could be in any tense, 

       D         Gm    F   Gm
but it must make sense

[Verse 2]

         Gm    F    Gm                      C    Bb   F
I know a trick          Forget that you are sick

F#dim       Gm             F         Eb                                      
Write about love, it could be in any form, 

        D            Gm      F    Gm
Hand it to me in the morning

[Chorus]

  Bb                               Ab
I hate my job, I'm working way too much 

               F
(every day I'm stuck in an office)

   Bb                                     Db              F
At one o'clock, I take my lunch up on the roof (up on the roof)

Eb            Db                 Ab     Eb     F
   The city's spread below, I'll write about a man

          Ab      Eb       F                
He's intellectual and he's hot, but he understands

[Intro] Ebsus4 Eb Ebsus4 Eb Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4 Db Bsus4 B Bbsus4 Bb Ab F [Verse 3]

                 Gm         F         Gm
The seconds move on (if you watch the clock)

                  C               Bb      F
And the sky grows dark (if you're looking up)

F#dim   Gm              F         Eb        
But the girls move from thrill to thrill 

       D         Gm           F         Gm
on the tightrope walk (on the tightrope walk)

[Instrumental] Gm F Gm C Bb F F#dim Gm F Eb D Gm F Gm [Chorus]

  Bb                               Ab
I hate my job, I'm working way too much 

               F
(every day I'm stuck in an office)

   Bb                                     Db              F
At one o'clock, I take my lunch up on the roof (up on the roof)

Eb            Db                 Ab     Eb     F
   The city's spread below, I'll write about a man

          Ab      Eb       F                
He's intellectual and he's hot, but he understands

[Instrumental] Gm F Gm Gm F Gm [Verse 4]

         Gm          F        Gm
I know a way (so you know the way)

                             C           Bb    F
Get on your skinny knees and pray (Maybe not today)

       F#dim          Gm                F               Eb   
You've got to see the dream through the windows and the trees 

        D      Gm            F      Gm   
of your living room (of your living room)

       F#dim          Gm                F               Eb   
You've got to see the dream through the windows and the trees 

        D      Gm     F  Gm
of your living room