• Song:

    My Wandering Days Are Over

  • Artist:

    Belle And Sebastian

  • Album:

    2002-03-19: Stockholm, ...

My Wandering Days Are Over - Belle & Sebastian
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Updated by Caz1977.

This is really just an update of the other version here but with full lyrics and a 
change of chords in the last verse and chorus. Simple but fun. Enjoy.


Chords: D:     XX0232
        Dsus2: XX0230
        A:     X02220
        F#m:   244222
        G:     320003 or 320033 or 355433
        C:     X32010
        Gm:    355333
        F:     133211

Intro:
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It alternates between D and Dsus2, listen to the song for the rhythm and correct timing. 
is the same little riff that happens quite a bit throughout the song, mostly in the verses.


Verse 1:
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DY' (xx0232@1)know my wandering days are over
	  A (x02220@1)               F#mDoes (244222@1)that mean that I'm getting boring?
	 GYou (320003@1)tell me

I'm tired of listening to myself, yeah
                                               DI'm (xx0232@1)tired of fixing things for Michael and the rest of them


Verse 2:
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           DY' (xx0232@1)know my bip-bopping days are over
          A (x02220@1)                 F#m (244222@1)                GI (320003@1)hung my boots up and then retired from the disco floor

The centre of my so called being is
                                                 DThe (xx0232@1)space between your bed and wardrobe with the louvre doors
          A(With (x02220@1)the louvre doors)


Verse 3:
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DY' (xx0232@1)know my celibate days are over
           A (x02220@1)                   F#m (244222@1)                 GYou (320003@1)put me straight on the finer points of my speech rehearsed

In the mirror of my steamy bathroom
                                        DWhere (xx0232@1)the lino tells a sorry story in a monologue
       A (x02220@1)(In a monologue)


Chorus:
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D (xx0232@1)                GSix (320003@1)months on, the winter's gone
    D (xx0232@1)          GThe (320003@1)disenchanted pony
D (xx0232@1)                    GLeft (320003@1)the town with the circus boy
    C (x32010@1)            GThe (320003@1)circus boy got lonely
     D (xx0232@1)              GIt's (320003@1)summer, and it's sister song's
     D (xx0232@1)             GBeen (320003@1)written for the lonely
    C (x32010@1)                        GThe (320003@1)circus boy is feeling melancholy

Bridge:
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D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  F#m (244222@1)  G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)(x2)

Verse 4:
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     DIt's (xx0232@1)got to be fate that's doing it
         A (x02220@1)             F#m (244222@1)                  GA (320003@1)spooky witch in a sexy dress has been bugging me

With the story of the way it should be
                                          DWith (xx0232@1)the story of Sebastian and Belle the singer, yeah


Verse 5:
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           DY' (xx0232@1)know my one man band is over
          A (x02220@1)                F#m (244222@1)             GI (320003@1)hit the drum for the final time and I walked away

I saw you in Japanese restaurant
                      Gm (355333@1)                DYou (xx0232@1)were doing it for business men on the piano, Belle
                  AYou (x02220@1)said it was a living Hell
                    GYou (320003@1)said you were in Hell


Chorus 2:
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D (xx0232@1)                GSix (320003@1)months on, the winter's gone
    D (xx0232@1)          GThe (320003@1)disenchanted pony
D (xx0232@1)                    GLeft (320003@1)the town with the circus boy
    C (x32010@1)            GThe (320003@1)circus boy got lonely
     D (xx0232@1)              GIt's (320003@1)summer, and it's sister song's
     D (xx0232@1)             GBeen (320003@1)written for the lonely
    C (x32010@1)                        GThe (320003@1)circus boy is feeling melancholy

Chorus 3:
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D (xx0232@1)                GSix (320003@1)months on, the winter's gone
    D (xx0232@1)          GThe (320003@1)disenchanted pony
D (xx0232@1)                    GLeft (320003@1)the town with the circus boy
    D (xx0232@1)            GThe (320003@1)circus boy got lonely
     A (x02220@1)              FIt's (133211@1)summer, and it's sister song's
     A (x02220@1)             FBeen (133211@1)written for the lonely
    A (x02220@1)           F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)     FThe (133211@1)circus boy is feeling melancholy


G     F  repeated to fade out.
The lyrics are a few words from the last 2 lines of the chorus and a bit of ad-libbing.

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