Model chords by
Belle And Sebastian 
Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I will confess to you
A
Because you made me think
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about the times
D
You turn the picture on to
Bm
me and I'll turn over
E
The vision was a masterpiece
A
of com_ ic timing
Verse 2
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D
But you wouldn't laugh at all
A
And I wonder what the boy was thinking
Bm
E
The picture was an old
A
collage of something classical
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D
The model with a tragic air
Verse 3
Em
Because without a doubt
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D
he'd given up the fight
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A
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The ghost of some_ body at his side
I will confess to you
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G
Because I didn't think about the message
Verse 4
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As I walked down the alleyway
Bm
it was a Sunday
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E
And all my friends deserted me
A
because you painted me
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D
As the fraud I really was
A
And if you think you see with just your
Bm
eyes you're mad
Verse 5
E
'Cause Lisa learned a lot from
A
putting on a blind_ fold
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D
When she knew she had been bad
Em
She met an_ other blind
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kid at a fancy dress
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It was the be_ st sex she ever had
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Verse 6
I'll send a dress to you
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Because it's needing badly taken in
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But I was so em_ barrassed
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G
when I missed your party
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A
It was me that paid for it even_ tually
Verse 7
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D
Because you know how much I wanted
To meet your friend the star
A
Bm
of stage and local press
E
The dream of all the bowlie boys
A
that hang around here
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And I'm no different from the rest
Verse 8
Em
I'm not too proud to say
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that I'm okay with
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A
The girl next door who's fam_ ous
D
for showing her breasts
You're not impressed by me
A
G
But it's a funny way for you to tell me
Verse 9
D
A whisper in a choir stall
Bm
The man was talk_ ing about
E
you simul_ taneously
A
G
Frankly, I let my heavy
D
eyelids flut_ ter
Because I have been sleeping
A
Bm
badly lately
Verse 10
E
I know you were his_ torical from
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all the books I've read
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D
But I thought you could be bluff_ ing
And with this chance I've
missed I feel remiss
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A
It's days and months before I see you again
Outro 1
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