A Century of Fakers: Verse : D - A6 - G - D - G - D - A Chorus : Bm - G - D - A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie You need to capo the third fret, then play the chords as if this were the original fret (ie so where I write Em you get Gm) This is the intro: ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- ------0--2--4--2--0--2--0-----0---------------------- ---2-----------------------2-----2--0--2-----0--2---- ------------------------------------------2---------- ----------------------------------------------------- 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 A, Em, A, Em A, Em, Em, Em Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie 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? G 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 -----Last two choruses X 2 End : Em, A, Em, A, Em, A, Em, Em ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beautiful Transcribed by M. R. Waggner Intro A C#m7 A C#m7 A G#m F#m E A C#m7 She lay in bed all night watching the colors change A C#m7 She lay in bed all night watching the morning change A G#m F#m E She lay in bed all night watching the morning change into green and gold A C#m7 The doctor told her years ago that she was ill A C#m7 The doctor told her years ago to take a pill A G#m F# The doctor told her years ago that she'd go blind 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 C#m7 But everyone she knew thought she was beautiful E Only slightly mental C#m7 Beautiful E Only tempermental Cm7 Beautiful A C#m7 She thought it would be fun to try photograghy A C#m7 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 A G# They let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind C#m7 B They let Lisa go blind She's looking like a queen C#m7 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 C#m7 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# There would be a documentary on Radio 4 (Trumpet solo spot...) G# E G# E G# E G# B E B C#m7 B C#m7 B C#m7 B E B C#m7 B C#m7 B C#m7 B C# A C#m7 She made herself a pair of orthopaedic shoes A C#m7 She thought is was the answer to the fashion blues A G#m She made herself a pair of orthopaedic shoes F# But she walked with a limp C#m7 B A G# They let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind... C#m7 B A G# repeats to the end (for the little tidbit at the very end, just repeat the 1st chorus) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Amaj7 Emaj7 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 You'll write another one C#m B Amaj7 Emaj7 Now you've got a story that's worth talking about. Amaj7 Emaj7 talking about Amaj7 Emaj7 talking about Amaj7 C B (trumpet solo): F#m C#m F#m C#m G#m Ebm G#m Ebm G#m F#m G#m F#m Amaj7 Emaj7 Amaj7 Are you happy with yourself? Emaj7 Amaj7 Are you talking to yourself? Emaj7 Amaj7 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 You hear a voice begin to speak B Amaj7 Emaj7 You ignore it and go softly to sleep Amaj7 Emaj7 softly to sleep Amaj7 Emaj7 softly to sleep Amaj7 Emaj7 Amaj7 Emaj7 Amaj7 Are you happy with yourself? Emaj7 Amaj7 Are you happy with yourself? Emaj7 Amaj7 Are you happy with yourself? (continue same pattern until the end) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On The Radio (bonus song) (intro chords...actually the chords for the whole song) Bmaj7 Bbm7 Abm7 Bmaj7 Belle and Sebastian Bbm7 on the radio Abm7 playing songs for children Bmaj7 Belle and Sebastian Bbm7 on the radio Abm7 playing songs to learn and sing