IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BRILLIANT CAREER
(S. Murdoch)

Artist: Belle & Sebastian
Album: The Boy With The Arab Strap
Transcribed by Thor Chr. Jacobsen

C   - x32010
G   - 320033
F   - 133211
Am  - x02210
F/C - x33211


         C                    G
He had a stroke at the age of 24
              F                   Am
It could have been a brilliant career
         C          G               F
Painting lines in a school that was too well known
         C            G              F
Painting lines with a friend who had gone before
                        C
She challenged everyone to a fight
        F/C    C          G
But the people all backed down
         F/C     C      G
And they ran her out of town
          F/C       C         G
Cause she drank and swore and spoke
       F/C      C       G
Out of turn she was the village joke



She had a stroke at the age of 24
It could have been a brilliant career
Getting clients to finance her strategies
Filling time in on Safeways on Saturday
She wears the clothes of an emperor
But her paintings are a sham
and they're going for a grand
When the dealers come to view
Do they ever see the real you?



He had a stroke at the age of 24
It could have been a brilliant career
Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes
Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that
He is dribbling spit tonight
And the one he sent away
Was the only one who stayed
With a spoon and a decent book
You can tell by the way she looks
She is sorry and resignes
As he wets himself for the final time

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