# #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# ##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # ##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## #from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany #e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com #lyrics and chords of: Bell Bottomed Tear by The Beautiful South # #Suggestions and corrections are always welcome! #date: 95/10/15 G This is the dinner prepared Gmaj7 This is the dress that I made G7 This is the child I brought up E7 Am And this is the woman you laid C G This is the woman you laid G This is the perfume I wore Gmaj7 This is the hotel we stayed G7 This is the way that I lay E7 Am And this is the woman you laid C G This is the woman you laid D Bm Eb We promised ourselves this is no one-night stand D Bm Eb Let us draw all the curtains and strike up the band D Bm Eb And I'm thrilled by the gentlest touch of your hand D7 We pretend G Gmaj7 There's a tear, there's a tear G7 E7 Am Cm G Not through confusion through fear, through fear G This is the smile that I wore Gmaj7 This is the song that we played G7 This is the way that I lay E7 Am And this is the woman you laid C G This is the woman you laid D Bm Eb Next morning our eyes filled with sleepy regret D Bm Eb A kiss and good-bye and a long cigarette D Bm Eb But the pillow I lay on is cold and it's wet D7 Can't pretend G Gmaj7 It's a tear, it's a tear G7 E7 Am Cm G Not through confusion through fear, through fear Dm G Bb And knowing at least that love came so near Dm C G Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear GGEACGD Bm Eb Roll out the red carpets and unplug the phone D Bm Eb Root out the photos you've already shown D Bm Eb 'Cos this one night you won't sleep alone D7 Just one night G Gmaj7 It's a tear, it's a tear G7 E7 Am Cm G Not through confusion through fear, through fear Dm G Bb And knowing at least that love came so near Dm C G Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear GGEACG G Gmaj7 There's a tear, there's a tear G7 E7 Am Cm G Not through confusion through fear, through fear G7 E7 Am Cm G Not through confusion through fear, through fear Original playd in E-Major!