The Boy With The Arab Strap chords by Belle and Sebastian
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
A (G major) mile and a half on a bus takes a long time
The odor of old prison food
takes a long time to pass (C major) you by
(G major) Day upon day of this wandering
gets you down
Nobody gives you a chance or a dollar
in this (C major) old town
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Verse 2
(G major) Hovering silence from you is a giveaway
Squalor and smoke's not your style
"I don't like this place"
(C major) We better go
(G major) Then I compare notes with your older sister
I am a lazy get,
she is as pure as the cold (C major) driven snow
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
(G major) What did you learn from your time
in the solitary
Cell of your mind?
There was noises,
the distractions from (C major) anything good
And the old prison food
(G major) Colour my life with the chaos of trouble
'Cause anything's better than posh isolation
(C major) I missed the bus
You were laid on your back
With the boy with the Arab strap (D major)
With the boy from the Arab (G major) strap
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
It's (G major) something to speak
of the way you are feeling
To crowds there assembled
Do you ever feel you have gone (C major) too far?
(G major) Everyone suffers in silence a burden
The man who drives minicabs
down in old Compton
The (C major) Asian man
With his love hate affair
With his racist clientele (D major)
Verse 5
A (G major) central location for you is a must
As you stagger about
making free with your lewd
and las (C major) civious boasts
We (G major) all know you are soft
'cause we've all seen you dancing
We all know you're hard
'cause we've all seen you drinking
from (C major) noon until noon again
You're the boy with the filthy laugh (D major)
You're the boy with the Arab (G major) strap
Interlude 3
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Verse 6
(G major) Strapped to the table
with suits from the shelter shop
Comic celebrity takes a back seat
as the cig (C major) arette catches
And sets off the smoke alarm
(G major) What do you make of the cool set in London?
You're constantly updating your hit parade
of your ten (C major) biggest wanks
She's a waitress and she's got (D major) style
The Boy With The Arab Strap
Belle And Sebastian
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