Biography:
Belle and Sebastian is a band from Glasgow. Led by guitarist/vocalist Stuart Murdoch, the seven-piece band has an intimate, majestic sound that is equal parts folk-rock and '60s pop. Murdoch has a gift not only for whimsy and surrealism, but also for odd, unsettling lyrical detail which keeps the songs grounded in a tangible reality.
Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Belle and Sebastian released their first two albums in 1996: Tigermilk, recorded over three days
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Other songs:
- A Century Of Fakers
- A Summer Wasting
- Asleep On A Sunbeam
- Beautiful
- Book Of You
- Boy With The Arab Strap
- Dirty Dream Number Two
- Dog On Wheels
- Expectations
- Fox In The Snow
- Funny Little Frog
- Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying
- Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
- I Can See Your Futuer
- I Don't Love Anyone
- I Fought In A War
- I'm A Cuckoo
- If She Wants Me
- Lazy Line Painter Jane
- My Wandering Days Are Over
- Piazza, New York Catcher
- Put The Book Back On The Shelf
- Sleep The Clock Around
- Slow Graffiti
- Storytelling
- The Boy With The Arab Strap
- The Cat With The Cream
- The State I Am In
- There's Too Much Love
- To Be Myself Completely
- We Rule The School
- Act Of The Apostle
- Act Of The Apostle Ii
- Allie
- Another Sunny Day
- Belle And Sebastian
- Best Friend
- Big John Shaft
- Blue Eyes Of A Millionaire
- Blues Are Still Blue
- Born To Act
- Calculating Bimbo
- Caught In Love
- Chalet Lines
- Chickfactor
- Come On Sister
- Crash
- Dear Catastrophe Waitress
- Desperation Made A Fool Of Me
- Dont Leave The Light On Baby
- Dress Up In You
- Ease Your Feet In The Sea
- Enter Sylvia Plath
- Ever Had A Little Faith
- Family Tree
- Fiction
- Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasent
- For The Price Of A Cup Of Tea
- Get Me Away From Here
- Get Me Away From Here Im Dying
- Heaven In The Afternoon
- I Can See Your Future
- I Could Be Dreaming
- I Didnt See It Coming
- I Dont Love Anyone
- I Dont Want To Play Football
- I Know Where The Summer Goes
- I Want The World To Stop
- If You Find Yourself Caught In Love
- If Youre Feeling Sinister
- Ill Be Your Pilot
- Im A Cuckoo
- Im Waking Up To Us
- Is It Wicked Not To Care
- It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career
- Jonathan David
- Judy And The Dream Of Horses
- La Pastie De La Bourgeoisie
- Like Dylan In The Movies
- Little Lou Ugly Jack Prophet John
- Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner
- Lord Anthony
- Losing It
- Marx And Engels
- Mary Jo
- Mayfly
- Me And The Major
- Meat And Potatoes
- Monkeys Are Breaking Out The Zoo
- Mornington Crescent
- Nobodys Empire
- Nothing In The Silence
- Paper Boat
- Photo Jenny
- Piazza New York Catcher
- Play For Today
- Poor Boy
- Rollercoaster Ride
- Scooby Driver
- Seeing Other People
- Seymour Stein
- Shes Losing It
- Simple Things
- Stars Of Track And Field
- Stay Loose
- Step Into My Office Baby
- String Bean Jean
- Suicide Girl
- Sukie In The Graveyard
- Sundays Pretty Icons
- Take Your Carriage Clock And Shove It
- The Book Of You
- The Boy Done Wrong Again
- The Eight Station Of The Cross Kebab House
- The Everlasting Muse
- The Gate
- The Ghost Of Rockschool
- The Magic Of A Kind Word
- The Model
- The Party Line
- The Stars Of Track And Field
- The State Im In
- The Wrong Girl
- There Is An Everlasting Song
- Theres Too Much Love
- This Is Just A Modern Rock Song
- Waiting For The Moon To Rise
- Wandering Days Are Over
- We Were Beautiful
- Whiskey In The Jar
- White Collar Boy
- Winter Wooskie
- Womens Realm
- Wrapped Up In Books
- Write About Love
- You Dont Send Me
- You Made Me Forget My Dreams
- Your Covers Blown
- Youre Just A Baby
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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 a portrait
G#
In a back room
F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
C#
Which I relent
B
And gaze for hours on
A#m F#
The muscle, skin and bone
G#
Of some imaginary friend
F# G# F#
C#
So how about it
G#
Show me please
F#
How I will look in twenty years
C#
And let me please
B
Interpret history
A#m F#
In every line and scar
G#
That's painted there in front of me
F# G# F# G# F# G#
C#
It doesn't matter
G#
What I'm thinking
F#
What I tell myself to do
C# F#
I end up calling
C#
I stay in to
G#
Defrost the fridge
F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
C#
A feeling of dread
B
At least when she's around
A#m
The trouble's there
F# G#
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room
F# G# F# G# F# G#
C#
Listen Johnny
F#
You're like a mother
C# F#
To the girl you've fallen for
C#
And you're still falling
C#
Listen Johnny
G#
You're like a mother
F#
To the girl you've fallen for
C#
And you're still falling
B
And if they come tonight
A#m
You'll roll up tight
F# G#
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)
F# G# to end.
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 a portrait
G#
In a back room
F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
C#
Which I relent
B
And gaze for hours on
A#m F#
The muscle, skin and bone
G#
Of some imaginary friend
F# G# F#
C#
So how about it
G#
Show me please
F#
How I will look in twenty years
C#
And let me please
B
Interpret history
A#m F#
In every line and scar
G#
That's painted there in front of me
F# G# F# G# F# G#
C#
It doesn't matter
G#
What I'm thinking
F#
What I tell myself to do
C# F#
I end up calling
C#
I stay in to
G#
Defrost the fridge
F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
C#
A feeling of dread
B
At least when she's around
A#m
The trouble's there
F# G#
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room
F# G# F# G# F# G#
C#
Listen Johnny
F#
You're like a mother
C# F#
To the girl you've fallen for
C#
And you're still falling
C#
Listen Johnny
G#
You're like a mother
F#
To the girl you've fallen for
C#
And you're still falling
B
And if they come tonight
A#m
You'll roll up tight
F# G#
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)
F# G# to end.
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