Belle And Sebastian - It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career

it could have been a brilliant career

artist : belle & sebastian
album : the boy with the arab strap
transcription : thor chr . jacobsen
submission : shel

C – x32010
G – 320033
F – 133211
Am – x02210
F/C – x33211

C G
he had a stroke at the age of 24
F Am
it could have been a brilliant career
C G F
painting lines in a school that was too well known
C G F
painting lines with a friend who had gone before
C
she challenged everyone to a fight
F/C C G
but the people all backed down
F/C C G
and they ran her out of town
F/C C G
cause she drank and swore and spoke
F/C C G
out of turn she was the village joke

C G
she had a stroke at the age of 24
F Am
it could have been a brilliant career
C G F
getting clients to finance her strategies
C G F
filling time in on safeways on saturday
C
she wears the clothes of an emperor
F/C C G
but her paintings are a sham
F/C C G
and they’re going for a grand
F/C C G
when the dealers come to view
F/C C G
do they ever see the real you?

C G
he had a stroke at the age of 24
F Am
it could have been a brilliant career
C G F
selling lies to the boys with the old dansettes
C G F
pulling the wool , playing the fool , it’s no wonder that
C
he is dribbling spit tonight
F/C C G
and the one he sent away
F/C C G
was the only one who stayed
F/C C G
with a spoon and a decent book
F/C C G
you can tell by the way she looks
F/C C G
she is sorry and resignes
F/C C G
as he wets himself for the final time