The State I Am in chords by 
Belle & Sebastian 
Key: F# major•
Verse 1
C#
B
I was sur_ prised
F#
B
C#
B
I was happy for a day in 1975
F#
G#m
I was puzzled by a dream
F#
B
C#
B
F#
It stayed with me all day in 1995
G#m
F#
My brother had confessed he was gay
B
C#
B
It took the heat off me for a while
F#
G#m
He stood up with a sail_ or friend
F#
B
C#
Made it known upon my sister's wedding
Interlude 1
day.
B
F#
A#m
F#
G#m
C#
Verse 2
B
F#
Got married in a rush to save a
B
kid from be_ ing deported
C#
B
F#
Now she's in love
I was so touched,
G#m
F#
B
I was moved to kick the crutches
C#
B
From my crippled friend
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C#
G#m
She was not impressed
B
F#
Cause I cured her on the Sabbath
B
C#
B
I went to confess
F#
G#m
When she saw the funny side,
B
F#
B
we introduced my child bride
C#
B
To whis_ key and gin
A#m
To whis_ key and gin.
Interlude 2
G#m
C#
Verse 3
B
The priest in the booth had
F#
B
a pho_ tographic memory
C#
For all he had heard
B
A#m
G#m
He took all of my sin_ s and
F#
B
he wro_ te a pocket nov_ el
C#
B
Called The State That I'm In
C#
G#m
So I gave myself to God
B
F#
B
There was a pregnant pause
C#
B
before he said okay
F#
G#m
B
G#m
B
Now I spend my days turn_ ing tables
F#
B
round in Mark_ s & Spencer
C#
B
They don't seem to mind.
A#m
C#
G#m
B
Verse 4
F#
A#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
F#
E
Myself to providence and I've
Been there and back again
G#m
F#
The state that I am in.
Verse 5
F#
A#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
F#
E
Myself to providence and I've
Been there and back again
G#m
The state that I am in.
Interlude 3
G#m
C#
Verse 6
B
Oh love of mine,
F#
B
would you con_ descend to help me?
C#
B
Cause I am stupid and blind
A#m
G#m
Des_ peration is the Devil's work,
F#
B
C#
B
it is the folly Of a boy's empty mind
A#m
Oh and now I'm feeling
C#
G#m
dan_ gerous
F#
B
C#
Riding on city buses for a hobby is sad
B
F#
G#m
Why don't you lead me to a living end
B
F#
B
I prom_ ised that I'd entertain
C#
B
my crippled friend,
A#m
C#
My crippled friend.
G#m
Verse 7
F#
A#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
F#
E
Myself to providence and I've
Been there and back again
G#m
The state that I am in.
Verse 8
G#m
F#
A#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
F#
E
Myself to providence and I've
Been there and back again
G#m
The state that I am in.
Verse 9
F#
A#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
F#
E
Myself to providence an_ d I've
Been there and back again
G#m
F#
The state that I am in.
Verse 10
F#
A#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
D#m
Myself to providence and I've
Been there and back again
C#
B
The state that I am in.
Verse 11
I gave myself to sin
F#
And I've been there and back again
F#
C#
Oh yeah
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