The Beautiful South – Bell-Bottomed Tear (Guitar)

            E
This is the dinner prepared

            Emaj7
This is the dress that I made

             E7
This is the child I brought up

C#7               F#m
  And this is the woman you laid

A               E
  This is the woman you laid

            E
This is the perfume I wore

            Emaj7
This is the hotel we stayed

            E7
This is the way that I lay

C#7               F#m
  And this is the woman you laid

A              E
  This is the woman you laid

B                                             G#m      C
  We promised ourselves this is no one-night stand

B                                                G#m      C
  Let us draw all the curtains and strike up the band

B                                                G#m      C
  And I'm thrilled by the gentlest touch of your hand

      B7      F#m     G#m      F#m 
We pretend

          E               Emaj7
There's a tear, there's a tear

E7                            C#7    F#m         Am     E
Not through confusion through fe. . .ar, through fe. . .ar

             E
This is the smile that I wore

            Emaj7
This is the song that we played

            E7
This is the way that I lay

C#7               F#m
  And this is the woman you laid

A              E
  This is the woman you laid

B                                             G#m      C
   Next morning our eyes filled with sleepy regret

B                                     G#m      C
   A kiss and good-bye and a long cigarette

B                                           G#m      C
   But the pillow I lay on is cold and it's wet

         B7      F#m     G#m      F#m 
Can't pretend

       E            Emaj7
It's a tear, it's a tear

E7                            C#7    F#m         Am     E
Not through confusion through fe. . .ar, through fe. . .ar

Bm                                       E      G
  And knowing at least that love came so ne. . .ar

Bm                                              A      E
  Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed te. . .ar

B                                         G#m     C
  Roll out the red carpets and unplug the phone

B                                    G#m     C
  Root out the photos you've already shown

B                                     G#m     C
 'Cos this one night you won't sleep alone

    B7   F#m      G#m    F#m
Just one ni. . . . . . . ight

       E            Emaj7
It's a tear, it's a tear

E7                            C#7    F#m         Am     E
Not through confusion through fe. . .ar, through fe. . .ar

Bm                                       E       G
  And knowing at least that love came so near

Bm                                              A      E
  Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed te. . .ar

          Emaj7             E7
There's a tear, there's a tear

C#7                           F#m
Not through confusion through fear

Am                            E
Not through confusion through fear.