Your Cover's Blown chords by Belle and Sebastian

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Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) "So how do we know each other?
And how do you have
Bm 
Em 
my number?  (B minor)  (E minor) 
Well why don't you guide me
You be the driver"

Verse 2
Em 
A 
Em 
Say  (E minor) what you  (A major) want and  (E minor) leave
your shyness home
A 
And you should do what you  (A major) want
Em 
and write a  (E minor) little poem
A 
Em 
Leave it for  (A major) her and live  (E minor) another day
A 
And you should leave it for  (A major) her,
Em 
the  (E minor) girl around the way

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Interlude 1

Verse 3
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor) Write down a list  (A major) of  (E minor) things you wanna do
A 
Em 
 (A major) And then you  (E minor) leave it in work
A 
because you wanna live a little  (A major) 
Em 
Bm 
Pick  (E minor) up  the girl in someone's  (B minor) 
B 
Em 
A 
 (B major) borrowed  (E minor) Min (A major) i
Em 
 (E minor) Take her to dinner,
A 
G 
use her boyfriend's money  (A major)  (G major) 

Verse 4
B 
Hey lady, put the  (B major) phone down
Em 
Cancel  (E minor) all operations,
C 
tell your  (C major) friends to cool it
G 
Your cover's  (G major) blown,
B 
I wanna see  (B major) you alone
Em 
Cancel  (E minor) all operations,
C 
tell your  (C major) friends to cool it
G 
B 
A 
Your  (G major) cover's blown  (B major)  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 

Verse 5
Em 
A 
Bm 
B 
 (E minor) Planning a freak  (A major) is  (B minor) such a  (B major) 
Em 
trick (E minor) y   thing
A 
Because you move  (A major) through the country,
D 
Em 
she comes  (D major) back  (E minor) again
A 
Em 
A 
And  (A major) then you  (E minor) move through the city,  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) but she goes abroad
A 
Is she telling you something,  (A major) 
Bb 
D 
Em 
 (B flat major) is she  (D major) getting  (E minor) bored?
A 
Em 
A 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 

Verse 6
Em 
 (E minor) 
A 
I make a rough plan to sleep  (A major) 
Em 
around a min (E minor) aret
I need a change,
A 
Em 
I'm a lazy  (A major) rat if  (E minor) I   am honest
A 
But my bold change of  (A major) tact will fade
Em 
out  (E minor) with the summer
A 
I've got no appet (A major) ite and all
Em 
the girls  (E minor) are bummers

Verse 7
Dm 
 (D minor) 
Gm 
F 
My baby  (G minor) doesn't look  (F major) at me
Dm 
G 
the  (D minor) way I  (G major) want her to look
A 
Em 
G 
Dm 
She doesn't  (A major) com (E minor) prehend  (G major)  (D minor) 
F 
My baby's got it  (F major) going on
G 
She's got a  (G major) friend in every
Dm 
Em 
street in  (D minor) this  (E minor) town
F 
 (F major) I want

Verse 8

to go out but there's

nobody home-

I'll go on my own

Interlude 2

Verse 9
Gm 
Cm 
Thus starts the lonely  (G minor) walking  (C minor) 
There's always too much talking
D 
Gm 
 (D major) I, I, I should have stayed  (G minor) home
Cm 
She starts her cold caressing  (C minor) 
C 
The kid she starts undressing  (C major) 
D 
Gm 
D 
Gm 
 (D major) I, I, I should have stayed  (G minor) home  (D major)  (G minor) 
G 
Gm 
Cm 
The  (G major) DJ's picking  (G minor) up  speed  (C minor) 
That's something I just don't need
D 
Gm 
 (D major) I, I, I should have stayed  (G minor) home
G 
Cm 
The gossip's bearing down  (G major) on  (C minor) me
D 
The kids are pairing up in  (D major) front of me
Gm 
D 
I should have stayed  (G minor) home  (D major) 
Gm 
D 
I should have stayed  (G minor) home  (D major) 
Gm 
I think I'll go  (G minor) home

Interlude 3

Verse 10
Dm 
Listen lady, put your  (D minor) phone down
Bb 
Cancel  (B flat major) all operations,
tell your friends to cool it
F 
Your  (F major) cover's blown,
A 
I need to see  (A major) you alone
Dm 
Cancel  (D minor) all operations,
Bb 
tell your  (B flat major) friends to cool it

Verse 11
F 
A 
 (F major) Listen lady, leave your  (A major) phone down
Dm 
Cancel  (D minor) all operations,
Bb 
tell your  (B flat major) friends to cool it
F 
Your  (F major) cover's blown,
A 
I need to see  (A major) you alone
Dm 
Cancel  (D minor) all operations,
Bb 
F 
tell your  (B flat major) friends to cool it  (F major) 
C 
F 
 (C major) Hey  (F major) lady, meet my

Verse 12
A 
 (A major) mom and dad
Dm 
You're a strange  (D minor) operation in
Bb 
this  (B flat major) land of potted plants
F 
C 
F 
A 
 (F major) And  (C major) funslide (F major) houses  (A major) where
the girls like mouses
Dm 
Breathe a  (D minor) long sigh of resignation
Bb 
F 
 (B flat major) You resign yourself to  (F major) keep on growing
A 
Like the seed (A major) s you're sowing
Dm 
Bb 
For a strange  (D minor) operation in this  (B flat major) 
land of grammar schools
Gm 
F 
 (G minor) And  (F major) galloped days,
A 
the lady's  (A major) set in her way
Dm 
Behind a long  (D minor) conversation
Bb 
from a  (B flat major) kid named Stole
F 
He's a  (F major) little slow but in
A 
your  (A major) favour it shows
Dm 
Cancel  (D minor) all operations,
Bb 
tell your  (B flat major) friends to move out to the sticks
Dm 
 (D minor) 