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

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Key: G major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time
The odor of old prison food
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takes a long time to pass     you by
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Day upon day of this wandering
gets you down
Nobody gives you a chance or a dollar
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in this     old town

Verse 2
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Hovering silence from you is a giveaway
Squalor and smoke's not your style
"I don't like this place"
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We       better go
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Then I compare notes with your older sister
I am a lazy get,
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she is as pure as the cold     driven snow

Interlude 1

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Verse 3
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What did you learn from your time
in the solitary
Cell of your mind?
There was noises,
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the distractions from anything good
And the old prison food
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Colour my life with the chaos of trouble
'Cause anything's better than posh isolation
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I        missed the bus
You were laid on your back
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With the boy with the Arab strap
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With the boy from the Arab strap

Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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It's something to speak
of the way you are feeling
To crowds there assembled
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Do you ever feel you have gone     too far?
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Everyone suffers in silence a burden
The man who drives minicabs
down in old Compton
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The Asian    man
With his love hate affair
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With his racist clientele

Verse 5
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A central location for you is a must
As you stagger about
making free with your lewd
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and lascivious  boasts
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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
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from noon     until noon again
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You're the boy with the filthy laugh
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You're the boy with the Arab strap

Interlude 3
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Verse 6
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Strapped to the table
with suits from the shelter shop
Comic celebrity takes a back seat
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as the cigarette   catches
And sets off the smoke alarm
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What do you make of the cool set in London?
You're constantly updating your hit parade
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of your ten      biggest wanks
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She's a waitress and she's got style

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