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Belle and Sebastian : 3, 6, 9 Seconds Of Light
1997

  1. A Century Of Fakers
  2. Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie
  3. Beautiful
  4. Put The Book Back On The Shelf

A Century Of Fakers

D
A
There are people going hungry far away
G
D
They've got nothing on their plates
G
D
And you're filling your fat face
A
With every different kind of cake And if you ever go lardy, or go lame I will drop you straight away That's the change you're gonna take For every stupid thing you say There are people going lonely, and they'll stay Lonely far into the year Because you're making blinkers fashionable And fashionably you'll say "All is equal in love and war" and I'm sorry But I've got some things to do And you pretend to read a book You'll never finish till the day
Bm
That the author dedicates it
G
To a century of fakers
D
They took your mould and they burned it
A
On the fire in history today Yeah, the author dedicates it To a century of fakers He was an anarchist, he tried his best But it wasn't good enough
A
A
La-la la-la la, la-la la-la la
G
La-la la-la la-la-la
D
La-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la Did I say I would see you soon? Well I'm sorry But I just came off my bike And my face is scarred, and chance has barred me Seeing you tonight I was over the other side of the city And if the truth be known I'd say That you look great from there before you shaved Your golden hair today Everybody's trying to make us Another century of fakers They took you mould and burned it On the fire of history today
Bm
Everybody's trying to make us
G
Another cool decade of fakers
D
G
D
Everybody's trying to make us
G
Another century of fakers
D

Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie

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Em
A
Em
A
Em
A
Em
Em
Em
G
Sunbeam shone, mousy girl on the end pew
Em
Bm
You'd stay home oh if only I'd let you
Am
Em
Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie
Em
A
Em
A
Em
A
Em
Em
Em
G
Municipal pool, you're a junior life-saver
Em
Bm
And your friends are all serious ravers
Am
D
Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie
Em
Reading Judy Blume
A
But you came too soon
Em
G
You're too tall, much too tall for a boyfriend
Em
Bm
They run and hide, from your buckteeth and split-ends
Am
D
Don't be scared of the books you've read
Em
A
You're the heroine, you'll be doing fine
C
Wouldn't you like to get away? Bestowing the memory of good and evil
D
On the ones you left behind
Em
The heartless swine
A
Em
A
Em
A
Em
Em
Em
G
And you love like nobody around you
Em
Bm
How you love, and a halo surrounds you
Am
D
Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie
Em
A
In the Autumn cool say cheerio to school
Em
G
Listen Dear, I've been watching you lately
Em
Bm
If I said all these things you would hate me
Am
D
Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie
Em
A
At the Church bazaar I nearly went too far
C
Wouldn't you like to get away
G
Kerouac's beckoning with open arms
D
Em
And open fields of eucalyptus westward bound
C
Wouldn't you like to get away
G
Give yourself up to the allure of
D
Catcher In The Rye
Em
The future's swathed in Stars and Stripes
Em
A
Em
A
Em
A
Em
Em

Beautiful

A
Emaj7
A
Emaj7
A
G#m
F#m
E
A
Emaj7
She lay in bed all night watching the colours change
A
Emaj7
She lay in bed all night watching the morning change
A
G#m
She lay in bed all night watching the morning change
F#m
E
Into green and gold
A
Emaj7
The doctor told her years ago that she was ill
A
Emaj7
The doctor told her years ago to take a pill
A
G#m
The doctor told her years ago that she'd go blind
F#
If she wasn't careful
C#m7
B
They let Lisa go blind
A
G#
The world was at her feet and she was looking down
C#m7
B
They let Lisa go blind
A
Amaj7
But everyone she knew thought she was beautiful
E
Only slightly mental
Amaj7
Beautiful
E
Only temperamental
Amaj7
Beautiful
A
Emaj7
She thought it would be fun to try photography
A
Emaj7
She thought it would be fun to try pornography
A
G#m
She thought it would be fun to try most anything
F#
She was tired of sleeping
C#m7
B
They let Lisa go blind
A
Let Lisa go blind
G#
Let Lisa go blind
C#m7
B
They let Lisa go blind
A
She's looking like a queen
E
A
But if you knew what's going on in her life
F#m
B
There'd be a thousand barren mothers there to talk to her
E
A
If you knew what's going on in her life
F#m
B
There'd be two hundred troubled teenagers to sit with her
B
And talk to her
E
D
If you knew what's going on in her life
A
What's going on in her life
C#
F#
There would be a documentary on Radio 4
A
E
A
E
A
E
A
B
E
B
C#m7
G#m
C#m7
G#m
A
E
E
B
C#m7
G#m
A
E
A
E
A
B
C#
A
Emaj7
She made herself a pair of orthopaedic shoes
A
Emaj7
She thought is was the answer to the fashion blues
A
G#m
She thought is was the answer to the fashion blues
F#
But she walked with a limp
C#m7
B
They let Lisa go blind
A
Let Lisa go blind
G#
Let Lisa go blind
C#m7
B
A
G#

Put The Book Back On The Shelf

E
B
Sebastian you're in a mess
F#m
You had a dream, they called you king of all the hipsters
C#m
B
Is it true or are you still the queen?
E
B
Like getting blood out of a stone
F#m
The city left you lost and gone
C#m
B
You came to dance, but there's no poignancy when they all leave you...
Amaj7
Emaj7
Standing alone Standing alone
Amaj7
Emaj7
Amaj7
C
B
E
B
The wider issues of the day
F#m
Just pass you by, you're gonna pay
C#m
B
For looking at the floor when people talk to you
E
B
You wrote a book about yourself
F#m
The people left it on the shelf
C#m
B
You'll write another one, now you've got a story that's worth...
Amaj7
Emaj7
Talking about Talking about Talking about
Amaj7
C
B
F#m
C#m
x2
G#m
Ebm
x2
G#m
F#m
x2
Amaj7
Emaj7
Amaj7
Are you happy with yourself? Are you talking to yourself? Are you happy with yourself?
Emaj7
Put the book back on the shelf
E
B
I've seen the company you keep
F#m
You're on the sofa hidden deep
C#m
B
While on the telly Sid James speaks you like God
E
B
You're always looking for a sign
F#m
But boy you blow it every time
C#m
B
You hear a voice begin to speak, you ignore it and go...
Amaj7
Emaj7
Softly to sleep Softly to sleep Softly to sleep
Amaj7
Emaj7
Amaj7
Emaj7
Amaj7
Are you happy with yourself? Are you happy with yourself? Are you happy with yourself?