--------------------------------------------------------------------------- It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career ? Belle and Sebastian --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Belle and Sebastian It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career (1998) From: "The Boy With the Arab Strap" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL VOICINGS E-A-D-G-B-E B/D# x-6-4-4-4-x A/E x-x-2-2-2-x ch /ch F#/E x-x-2-3-2-2 E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E A A stroke at the age of 24 A E It could have been a brilliant career C#m B A Painting lines in a school that was too well known C#m B/D# A/E Painting lines with a friend that had gone before ch /ch F#/E B She challenged everyone to a fight A E/G# B But the prefects all backed down A E/G# B And they ran her out of town A E/G# B Cause she drank and swore and spoke A E/G# F# Out of turn, she was the village joke E A She had a stroke at the age of 24 A E It could have been a brilliant career C#m B A Getting clients to finance her strategies C#m B/D# A/E Filling time in on Safeways on Saturday ch /ch F#/E B She wears the clothes of an emperor A E/G# B But her paintings are a sham A E/G# B And they're going for a grand A E/G# B When the dealers come to view F# A E/G# Do they ever see the real you? SOLO | F# | % | % | % | | F# | % | % | % | E F#m He had a stroke at the age of 24 A E It could have been a brilliant career C#m B A Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes C#m B/D# A/E Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that ch /ch F#/E B He is dribbling spit tonight A E/G# B And the one he sent away A E/G# B Was the only one who stayed A E/G# B With a spoon and a decent book A E/G# B And you can tell by the way she looks A E/G# B He is sorry and resigned A E/G# F# As he wets himself for the final time