Sessions, Demos etc - Chords ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Pocketbook Angel ta4091@qmw.ac.uk A B Hey, I'm down on the city lane D I guess I am broke again A Summer is such a pain Yeah, I'm down on the city floor I guess I am pretty bored Least I am not alone Cause here she comes again Oh I saw her just yesterday She looked at me in a certain way Cause she's a pocketbook angel And I know she fakes the limp Cause I saw her in Littlewoods Well she was getting some frozen food She just wants to be goofy Bm I've seen her write it all down D I've seen her write it all down I've seen her write it all down A I've seen her write it all down C#m G Cause of all the things she sees Bm Cause of all the things she sees F G A Things she sees Yeah, she's got it all on computer disk Cause she's a marketing analyst I sometimes wonder what she's got on me Oh sure, I had a job in an office one I never talked to anyone All I ever do is st around She told me over tea She's not working for another boss She got fired but it was their loss She's a pocket book angel And now all the kids have got pocketbooks I guess it's the way it looks Their cosmopolitan diaries Bm I've seen her write it all down D I've seen her write it all down I've seen her write it all down A I've seen her write it all I've seen her write it all down I've seen her write it all down G I've seen her write it all down Bm I've seen her write it all I've seen her write it all down I've seen her write it all down A I've seen her write it all down I've seen her write it all down Cause of all the things she does Cause of all the things she sees Things she sees ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Loneliness Of A Middle-Distance Runner (live on The Apocalypse Tube) Belle and Sebastian Transcribe by Greg Ford (TheTourist on Jeepster chat) MyIronLung@TheOffice.net Intro (acoustic tabbed, electric plays chords strummed once each) C#m B Abm A E E e:---9------7------4------5------0---0---0-----0---0---0- B:-----9------7------4------5------0---0---------0---0--- G:------------------------------------------------------- D:------------------------------------------------------- A:------------------------------------------------------- E:-9------7------4------5------0-------------0----------- C#m B A Abm F# F# e:---9------7------5------4------2---2---2-----2---2---2- B:-----9------7------5------4------2---2---------2---2--- G:------------------------------------------------------- D:------------------------------------------------------- A:------------------------------------------------------- E:-9------7------5------4------2-------------2----------- Electric twiddly bit on E: D:-----2---- A:-2h4------ E:---------- Verse 1: C#m B Abm A E I'll take a second of the day to think about the things that we have done this year C#m B A Abm F# The dog lies down, the pouring rain, I'm underneath the smokers' railway arch again A E The future's looking colourful A E A C#m It's the colour of blood, chaos and corruption of a happy soul Abm A E A happy soul will write in the field A E Write in the field A E Write in the field B 'til the rain dies down Verse 2 The railway ticket states the destination but it doesn't mean that we will show There's a fork upon the line, we'll pay the guard to switch the sign, off we go The future's looking wonderful It's the wonder of businessman's consipiracy to sell you wares, no one cares Oh, you'd care I know You'd care I know You'd care I know I forgot for a while [nice break] C#m B Abm A E C#m B A Abm F#m A E A E A C#m Abm A - Verse 3: On a sulky afternoon spent in dispute you'll give youself a headache boy So I spend the day in stories and in dreaming of the time when we're on stage Have you seen the loneliness of a middle distance runner? When he stops the race and looks around, all at the stage I've seen it now I'll walk to the station Walk to the station Walk to the station Won't you follow me there? A E Walk to the station A E Walk to the station A E Walk to the station B Won't you follow me there? [Whistle solo over A E A E A E B - ] A E A E A E B - A E A E A E A ------------------------------------------------- Transcription of [nice break] solo: This is my first proper attempt to transcribe anything so don't expect much, the funky bends halfway through are probably played very differently; the way I've written makes it a bastard to play. e:-------------------------------------------------------------------- B:-----------------------------------11----11-11-11----------------------------------- G:-----------------------9h11p9---11-11^13-13-13^11---------------------------- D:------9-9h11----9-9h11--------9--------------------11-9h11p9--------------- A:-9h11--------11----------------------------------------------9------- E:--------------------------------------------------------------------- e:-------------------------------------------------------------------- B:----11----------------9^11------------------------------------------------- G:-11----11-9h11-9h11p9------11--9-11-11-9-11-11-11---------------------- D:------------------------------------------------------------------- A:--------------------------------------------------------------- E:--------------------------------------------------------------------- e:-------------------------------------------------------------------- B:-11----11-11-11---9----9--9--9---7---7-7-7---5---5-5-5---4---4-4-4-- G:-11^13-13-13^11---9^11-11-11^9---7^9-9-9^7---5^7-7-7^5---4^6-6-6^4-- D:------------------------------------------------------------------- A:--------------------------------------------------------------- E:--------------------------------------------------------------------- e:-------------------------------------------------------------------- B:-----2-------------------------------------------------------------- G:-2^4-4-------------------------------------------------------------- D:-------4-----2-4p2-4^5-5-5^4-2-------------------------- A:----------2h4----------------------------------------------------- E:---------------------------------------------------------------------