Sleep the Clock Around chords by 
Belle And Sebastian 
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
B
And
C#m
A
E
B
C#m
A
E
B
C#m
A
the
E
mo_ ment will come when composure returns
B
Put a face on the world,
turn your back to the wall
C#m
And you walk twenty yards
with your head in the air
A
Down the Liberty Hill,
where the fashion brigade
Verse 2
E
Look with curious eyes on
your raggedy way
B
And for once in your life you
have nothing to say
C#m
And could this be the time when
somebody will come
A
To say, "Look at yourself,
Interlude 1
you're not much use to any_ one"
E
B
C#m
A
Verse 3
E
Take a walk in the park, take a valium pill
B
Read the letter you got
from the memory girl
C#m
But it takes more than this to
make sense of the day
A
Yeah it takes more than milk
to get rid of the taste
Verse 4
E
And you trusted to this,
and you trusted to that
B
And when you saw it all come,
it was waving the flag
C#m
Of the United States of Calamity, hey!
A
After all that you've done boy,
Interlude 2
I'm sure you're going to pay
E
B
C#m
A
E
B
C#m
A
Verse 5
E
In the morning you come to the ladies salon
B
To get all fitted out for
The Paperback Throne
C#m
But the people are living far
away from the place
A
Where you wanted to help,
it's a bit of a waste
Verse 6
E
And the puzzle will last
till somebody will say
B
"There's a lot to be done while
your head is still young"
C#m
If you put down your pen,
leave your worries behind
A
Then the mo_ ment will come,
Interlude 3
and the memory will shine
E
B
C#m
A
E
B
C#m
A
E
B
C#m
A
E
B
C#m
A
Verse 7
E
Now the trouble is over,
everybody got paid
B
Every_ body is happy,
they are glad that they came
C#m
Then you go to the place where
you've finally found
A
You can look at yourself sleep the clock around
Outro 1
E
B
C#m
A
E
B
C#m
A
E
B
C#m
A
E
B
A
C#m
A
E
B
C#m
A
E
B
C#m
A
A
E
B
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