• Song:

    Slow Graffiti

  • Artist:

    Belle And Sebastian

  • Album:

    BBC Sessions 96-97

This is from Belle and Sebastian's 'This Is Just a Modern Rock Song' EP.
Having a very limited vocal range means I usually start getting complaints
from the neighbours about the 3rd or 4th lines...

Anyway, to make it easier you can play this with the capo on the first fret-
just play all the # chords as normal ones (C instead of C#, Am istead of 
A#m, etc), and play the B as A#. It means you have to do less bar chords, 
which if you're a beginner (or just a bad guitar player like me) you may 
find helpful- it's probably not the way B&S play it though...



          C#There's (x43121@1)a portrait
     G#In (xx1114@1)a back room
           F#Which (244322@1)I'll keep for days upon
          C#Which (x43121@1)I relent 
              BAnd (x2444x@1)gaze for hours on
    A#m (x13321@1)                F#The (244322@1)muscle, skin and bone
         G#Of (xx1114@1)some imaginary friend

F# G# F#

        C#So (x43121@1)how about it 
        G#Show (xx1114@1)me please 
           F#How (244322@1)I will look in twenty years
           C#And (x43121@1)let me please 
          BInterpret (x2444x@1)history 
       A#m (x13321@1)      F#In (244322@1)every line and scar 
               G# (xx1114@1)                
That's painted there in front of me

F# G# F# G# F# G#

           C#It (x43121@1)doesn't matter
         G#What (xx1114@1)I'm thinking
       F#What (244322@1)I tell myself to do
         C# (x43121@1)    F#I (244322@1)end up calling

       C#I (x43121@1)stay in to
                   G#Defrost (xx1114@1)the fridge
        F#Now (244322@1)the kid has gone to bed
             C#A (x43121@1)feeling of dread
              B (x2444x@1)       
At least when she's around
    A#mThe (x13321@1)trouble's there
     F# (244322@1)                      G#It's (xx1114@1)worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# G# F# G# F# G#

       C#Listen (x43121@1)Johnny
              F#You're (244322@1)like a mother
       C# (x43121@1)                   F#To (244322@1)the girl you've fallen for
                 C#And (x43121@1)you're still falling

       C#Listen (x43121@1)Johnny
              G#You're (xx1114@1)like a mother
       F#To (244322@1)the girl you've fallen for
                 C#And (x43121@1)you're still falling

            BAnd (x2444x@1)if they come tonight
       A#mYou'll (x13321@1)roll up tight
     F# (244322@1)           G#And (xx1114@1)take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# G# to end.


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