Belle And Sebastian - Act Of The Apostle Ii

artist : belle & sebastian
album : the life pursuit
song : act of the apostle ii

originally by : j . dekter ( garagedoorsafetyisimportant [ at ] hotmail [ dot ] com )
edited by : fatboy023456

A G# G#7
i’m bored out of my mind / too sick to even care
C#m7 C#m7 Cm7 Bm7
i’ll take a little walk / nobody’s going – – – – to – – – – know
Bm7 C#m7 D
i’m in senior year / it gives you a little free time
E
i’ll just use it all at once!

A G# G#7
took the fence and the lane / the bus then the train
C#m7 C#m7 Cm7 Bm7
bought an independent to make me look like i – – – – – – got – – – brains
Bm7 C#m7 D
i made a story up in my head if anybody would ask
E
i’m going to a seminar!

D Dm
i’m a genius / i’m a prodigy
A
a demon at maths and science
A G# G F#7
i’m up – – – for – – – A – – – prize
C Bm
if you gotta grow up sometime
A ( A G# G F# ) F#7
you’ve to do it on your own
C Bm
i don’t think i could stand to be stuck
A ( E F# G G# A )
that’s the way that things were going

A G# G#7
the bible’s my tool / there’s no mention of school!
C#m7 C#m7 Cm7 Bm7
my damascan road’s my transistor rad – – io
Bm7 C#m7 D
i tune in at night when my mum and my dad start to fight
E
i put on my headphones

D Dm
and i tune out / i Am devout
A
the girls are singing about my life
F#
but they’re not here , they’ve got the wild life
C Bm
if you want to find out , find out
A ( A G# G F# ) F#7
you got to look them in the eye
C Bm
that’s why my only choice
A
is find the face behind the voice . . .

. . . . A Dm
she asked the man if the service was open
G D/F#
“not today , just the choir from the radio”
A Dm
“couldn’t i sit in? i’ve come all this way”
G D/F#
“will you bugger off , i’ve got work to do!”
B D A
the city was losing its appeal
B D A
god was asleep / he was back in her village , in the fields

C F
oh , if i could make sense of it all!
C F
i wish that i could sing / i’d stay in a melody ( i would float along in my everlasting song )
C E
what would i do to believe??