The Boy With The Arab Strap

The Boy With The Arab Strap easy guitar chords by Belle And Sebastian

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  • Intro 1
    [Keyboards] 



    Verse 1
    mile 
    and 
    half 
    on 
    bus 
    takes 
    long 
    time 

    The 
    odor 
    of 
    old 
    prison 
    food 

    takes 
    long 
    time 
    to 
    pass 
    you 
    by 

    Day 
    upon 
    day 
    of 
    this 
    wandering 

    gets 
    you 
    down 

    Nobody 
    gives 
    you 
    chance 
    or 
    dollar 

    in 
    this 
    old 
    town 

    Verse 2
    Hovering 
    silence 
    from 
    you 
    is 
    giveaway 

    Squalor 
    and 
    smoke's 
    not 
    your 
    style 

    "I 
    don't 
    like 
    this 
    place" 

    We 
    better 
    go 

    Then 
    compare 
    notes 
    with 
    your 
    older 
    sister 

    am 
    lazy 
    get, 

    she 
    is 
    as 
    pure 
    as 
    the 
    cold 
    driven 
    snow 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 3
    What 
    did 
    you 
    learn 
    from 
    your 
    time 

    in 
    the 
    solitary 

    Cell 
    of 
    your 
    mind? 

    There 
    was 
    noises, 

    the 
    distractions 
    from 
    anything 
    good 

    And 
    the 
    old 
    prison 
    food 

    Colour 
    my 
    life 
    with 
    the 
    chaos 
    of 
    trouble 

    'Cause 
    anything's 
    better 
    than 
    posh 
    isolation 

    missed 
    the 
    bus 

    You 
    were 
    laid 
    on 
    your 
    back 

    With 
    the 
    boy 
    with 
    the 
    Arab 
    strap 

    With 
    the 
    boy 
    from 
    the 
    Arab 
    strap 

    Interlude 2







    Verse 4
    It's 
    something 
    to 
    speak 

    of 
    the 
    way 
    you 
    are 
    feeling 

    To 
    crowds 
    there 
    assembled 

    Do 
    you 
    ever 
    feel 
    you 
    have 
    gone 
    too 
    far? 

    Everyone 
    suffers 
    in 
    silence 
    burden 

    The 
    man 
    who 
    drives 
    minicabs 

    down 
    in 
    old 
    Compton 

    The 
    Asian 
    man 

    With 
    his 
    love 
    hate 
    affair 

    With 
    his 
    racist 
    clien
    tele 

    Verse 5
    central 
    location 
    for 
    you 
    is 
    must 

    As 
    you 
    stagger 
    about 

    making 
    free 
    with 
    your 
    lewd 

    and 
    las
    civious 
    boasts 

    We 
    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 
    noon 
    until 
    noon 
    again 

    You're 
    the 
    boy 
    with 
    the 
    filthy 
    laugh 

    You're 
    the 
    boy 
    with 
    the 
    Arab 
    strap 

    Interlude 3





    Verse 6
    Strapped 
    to 
    the 
    table 

    with 
    suits 
    from 
    the 
    shelter 
    shop 

    Comic 
    celebrity 
    takes 
    back 
    seat 

    as 
    the 
    cig
    arette 
    catches 

    And 
    sets 
    off 
    the 
    smoke 
    alarm 

    What 
    do 
    you 
    make 
    of 
    the 
    cool 
    set 
    in 
    London? 

    You're 
    constantly 
    updating 
    your 
    hit 
    parade 

    of 
    your 
    ten 
    biggest 
    wanks 

    She's 
    waitress 
    and 
    she's 
    got 
    style 

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