Belle And Sebastian - Your Covers Blown

this song is off of the “books” ep . it has a lot of instruments playing a lot of
different things , but here are the main chords , and the bass tabs can be found on this site
too . enjoy!

F#m
say what you want and leave your shyness home ,
do what you want and write a little poem .
leave it for her and live another day ,
and you should * leave * it for her the girl around the way .

F#m
write down a list of things you want to do ,
leave it in work because you want to live a little ,
pick up the girl in someone’s borrowed mini ,
take her to dinner , use her boyfriend’s money .

A C#
hey lady , put the phone down ,
F#m
cancel all operations ,
D
tell your friends to cool it
A C#
your cover’s blown i want to see you alone
F#m
cancel all operations
D
tell your friends to cool it ,
A C#
your cover’s blown

F#m
planning a break is such a tricky thing
because you move to the country , she comes back again
and then you move to the city but she goes abroad
is she telling you something , is she getting bored?

F#m
i’ll make a rough plan to sleep around ,
i’m in a rut i need a change ,
i’m a lazy rat if i Am honest
my bold change of tack will fade out with the summer i’ve got no appetite and all the
girls are bummers

Em G
my baby doesn’t look at me
A
the way i want her to look
G F#m A
she doesn’t comprend
Em G
my baby’s got it going on
A G F#m
she’s got a friend hid in every street in this town
G C B Am G#m
Am
i want to go out but there’s nobody home i’ll go on my own
Am
thus starts the lonely walking
Dm E Am
there’s always too much talking i should have stayed home
Am
she starts her cool caressing
Dm
the kid , she starts undressing
E Am G F E
i should’ve stayed home
Am
the dj’s picking up speed
Dm
that’s something i just don’t need
E Am
i should’ve stayed home
Am
the gossip’s bearing down on me ,
Dm E
the kids are pairing off in front of me .
Am G F E
i should’ve stayed home
E Am G F E
i should’ve stayed home
Am
i think i’ll go home

Am Em G D

Em
listen lady , put your phone down
C
cancel all operations

tell your friends to cool it .
G B
your cover’s blown i need to see you alone
Em
cancel all operations
C
tell your friends to cool it
G B
listen lady , leave your phone down
Em
cancel all operations
C
tell your friends to cool it
G B
your cover’s blown i need to see you alone
Em
cancel all operations
C
tell your friends to cool it

( continues with G , B , Em , and C until the last verse )

hey lady , meet my mum and dad
you’re a strange aberration
in this land of potted plants and boxlike houses
where the girls like mouses
breathe a long sigh of resignation
you resign your self to keep on growing
like the seeds you’re sowing
you’re a strange apparition in this land of grammar schools and gala days
the ladies set in their ways
you had a long conversation with a kid next door
he’s a little slow
but in your favour , it shows
cancel all operations
tell your friends to move out to the sticks .

Em B
listen lady , leave the boy home
C
cancel all operations
B Em
tell your friends there’s more to you than this .

bam , it’s a lot of fun on a piano . for any other tricky b&s i would hit up this site :

it didn’t have this song , and a few others , but it’s got the majority . if you would
like to request another b&s song you can’t figure out , i’d be happy to help!
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