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

1998•Alternative•830 views•

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 clien_ tele

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 las_ civious 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 cig_ arette 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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Chords

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