Model chords by Belle and Sebastian

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
I will confess  (D major) to you
A 
Because you  (A major) made me think
G 
about the times  (G major) 
D 
You turn the picture  (D major) on to
Bm 
me and I'll turn over  (B minor) 
E 
The vision was a masterpiece  (E major) 
A 
of comic  (A major) timing

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Verse 2

But you wouldn't laugh at all

And I wonder what the boy was thinking

The picture was an old

collage of something classical

The model with a tragic air

Verse 3
Em 
Because without  (E minor) a doubt
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D 
 (A major) he'd given  (D major) up the fight
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 (G major) The ghost of some (A major) body at his side  (D major) 
I will confess to you
A 
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Because I  (A major) didn't think about the message  (G major) 

Verse 4
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As I walked down the  (D major) alleyway
Bm 
it was a Sunday  (B minor) 
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E 
And all my  (D major) friends deserted  (E major) me
A 
because you  (A major) painted me
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As the fraud  (G major) I really was  (D major) 
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And if you think you see with just  (A major) your
Bm 
eyes you're mad  (B minor) 

Verse 5
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'Cause Lisa learned a lot  (E major) from
A 
putting on a blind (A major) fold
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When she  (G major) knew she had been bad  (D major) 
Em 
She met an (E minor) other blind
D 
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kid at  (D major) a fancy dress  (G major) 
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It was the be (A major) st sex she ever had
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 6
I'll send a dress to you
A 
G 
Because it's  (A major) needing badly taken  (G major) in
A 
But I was so em (A major) barrassed
D 
G 
when  (D major) I missed your  (G major) party
E 
A 
It was me that  (E major) paid for it eventually  (A major) 

Verse 7
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D 
Because you  (G major) know how much I wanted  (D major) 
To meet your friend the star
A 
Bm 
of stage  (A major) and local press  (B minor) 
E 
The dream of all the  (E major) bowlie boys
A 
that hang around  (A major) here
G 
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And I'm no  (G major) different from the rest  (D major) 

Verse 8
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I'm not too  (E minor) proud to say
D 
that I'm  (D major) okay with
G 
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The girl  (G major) next door who's fam (A major) ous
D 
for showing her  (D major) breasts
You're not impressed by me
A 
G 
But it's a funny  (A major) way for you to tell  (G major) me

Verse 9
D 
A whisper in a  (D major) choir stall
Bm 
The man was talking  (B minor) about
E 
you simul (E major) taneously
A 
G 
Frankly,  (A major) I let my  (G major) heavy
D 
eyelids flut (D major) ter
Because I have been sleeping
A 
Bm 
badly  (A major) lately  (B minor) 

Verse 10
E 
I know you were his (E major) torical from
A 
all the  (A major) books I've read
G 
D 
But I thought  (G major) you could be bluff (D major) ing
And with this chance I've
missed I feel remiss
G 
A 
It's  (G major) days and months before  (A major) I see you again

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