"It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career"
Track #1 on The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998) 
Belle & Sebastian

Capo 4th fret

C/G (3x555x@1)                FHe (133211@1)had a stroke at the age of 24
              F (133211@1)               C/GIt (3x555x@1)could have been a brilliant career
          Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)           FPainting (133211@1)lines in a school that was too well known
          Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)            F (133211@1)     
Painting lines with a friend that had gone before
    F (133211@1)        D/F# (200232@1)   G (320003@1)
She challenged everyone to a fight
        F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        GBut (320003@1)the people all backed down
         F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)    GAnd (320003@1)they ran her out of town
            F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)       GBecause (320003@1)she drank and swore and spoke
       F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)     DOut (xx0232@1)of turn, she was the village joke

C/G (3x555x@1)                FShe (133211@1)had a stroke at the age of 24
              F (133211@1)              C/GIt (3x555x@1)could have been a brilliant career
        Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)        FGetting (133211@1)clients to finance her strategies
              Am (x02210@1)       Em (022000@1)        FShe's (133211@1)filling time in on Safeways on Saturday
    F (133211@1)       D/F# (200232@1)       GShe (320003@1)wears the clothes of an emperor
        F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)   GBut (320003@1)her paintings are a sham
            F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)   GAnd (320003@1)they're going for a grand
          F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)     GWhen (320003@1)the dealers come to view
          F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)  DDo (xx0232@1)they ever see the real you?

C/G (3x555x@1)               FHe (133211@1)had a stroke at the age of 24
              F (133211@1)              C/GIt (3x555x@1)could have been a brilliant career
        Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)          FSelling (133211@1)lies to the boys with the old Dansettes
            Am (x02210@1)              Em (022000@1)          FPulling (133211@1)the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that
F (133211@1)   D/F# (200232@1)    GHe (320003@1)is dribbling spit tonight
        F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)  GAnd (320003@1)the one he sent away
        F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)     GWas (320003@1)the only one who stayed
       F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)    GWith (320003@1)a spoon and a decent book
            F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)     GAnd (320003@1)you can tell by the way she looks
      F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)   GHe (320003@1)is sorry and resigned
      F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)          DAs (xx0232@1)he wets himself for the final time