It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career chords by Belle & Sebastian
Verse 1
D
G
He had a stroke at the age of 24
D
It could have been a brilliant career
Bm
A
Painting lines in a school that
G
was too well known
Bm
F#m
Painting lines with a friend
C#
G
that had gone before
Verse 2
G
D
A
She challenged everyone to a fight
G
D
A
But the prefects all backed down
G
D
A
And they ran her out of town
G
A
Cause she drank and swore and spoke
G
Out of turn,
New- Play with audio & scroll
Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.
Verse 3
D
E
she was the village joke
D
G
She had a stroke at the age of 24
D
It could have been a brilliant career
Bm
Getting clients to finance
F#m
her strategies
G
Verse 4
Bm
F#m
Filling time in on
G
Safeways on Saturday
E
A
She wears the clothes of an emperor
G
D
A
But her paintings are a sham
G
A
And they're going for a grand
G
When the dealers
Verse 5
A
come to view
G
D
E
A
E
A
E
Do they ever see the real you?
D
Em
He had a stroke at the age of 24
G
D
It could have been a brilliant career
Verse 6
Bm
A
Selling lies to the boys with
G
the old Dansettes
Bm
Pulling the wool, playing the fool,
F#m
C#
G
it's no wonder that
D
E
A
He is dribbling spit tonight
G
D
A
And the one he sent away
G
Was the only
Verse 7
A
one who stayed
G
D
A
With a spoon and a decent book
G
D
And you can tell by the way she
A
G
A
looks he is sorry and resigned
G
D
E
As he wets himself for the final time
It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career
Belle & Sebastian
Speed: 1.0x
RestartPlay SpaceEnable loopDisable audioMore songs by Belle and Sebastian
Discover chords for more songs to play
5.0
Related songs
Discover chords for more songs to play
