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
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Tabbed by nilsus
Belle & Sebastian - Nobody's Empire
Capo on 5th fret. (Easiest way to play it...)
Transpose +5 for original without capo
Intro: C G Am F x4
C F C
Lying on my bed I was reading french
Am G F C
With the light too bright for my senses
C F C
From this hiding place, life was way too much
Am G F C
It was loud and rough round the edges
G F
So I faced the wall when an old man called
G F C
Out of dreams that I would die there
G F
But a sight unseen, you were pulling strings
G F C
And you had a different idea
C F C
I was like a child, I was light as straw
Am G F C
When my father lifted me up there
C F C
Took me to a place where they checked my body
Am G F C
My soul was floating in thin air
G F
I clung to the bed, and I clung to the past
G F C
And I clung to the welcome darkness
G F
But at the end of the night, there's a green green light
G F C
It's the quiet before the madness
Dm
There was a girl that sang like the chime of a bell
F C G
She put out her arm and she touched me when I was in hell when I was in hell
C F C
Someone sang a song and I sang along
Am G F C
Cause I knew the words from my childhood
C F C
Intellect, ambition they fell away
Am G F C
They locked me up for my own good
G F
But I didn't mind cause the silence was kind
G F C
And you spoke to me in whispers
G F
There was the sound of the wind in the cold cold dawn
G F C
And the quiet hum of business
Dm
Let me dangle a while in this waiting room
F C G
I don't need to go I don't need to know what your doing what your doing
C G Am D/F# F F C G x2
C F F Am G F C
Lying on my side you were half awake and your face was tired and crumpled
C F C Am G F C
If I had a camera I'd snap you now cos there's beauty in every stumble
G F
We are out of practise we're out of sight
G F C
On the edge of nobody's empire
G F
If we live by books and we live by hope
G F C
Does that make us targets for gunfire?
C F C
Now I look at you you're a mother of two
Am G F C
You're a quiet revolution
C F C
Marching with the crowd singing dirty and loud
Am G F C
For the people's emancipation
G F
Did I do ok, did I pave the way
G F C
Was I strong when you were wanting
G F
I was tied to the yoke with a decent bloke
G F C
Who was stern but never daunting
Dm
And he told me to push and he made me feel well
F C G
And he told me to leave that vision of hell to the dying oh to the dying
C G Am D/F# F F C G x2
C
Belle & Sebastian - Nobody's Empire
Capo on 5th fret. (Easiest way to play it...)
Transpose +5 for original without capo
Intro: C G Am F x4
C F C
Lying on my bed I was reading french
Am G F C
With the light too bright for my senses
C F C
From this hiding place, life was way too much
Am G F C
It was loud and rough round the edges
G F
So I faced the wall when an old man called
G F C
Out of dreams that I would die there
G F
But a sight unseen, you were pulling strings
G F C
And you had a different idea
C F C
I was like a child, I was light as straw
Am G F C
When my father lifted me up there
C F C
Took me to a place where they checked my body
Am G F C
My soul was floating in thin air
G F
I clung to the bed, and I clung to the past
G F C
And I clung to the welcome darkness
G F
But at the end of the night, there's a green green light
G F C
It's the quiet before the madness
Dm
There was a girl that sang like the chime of a bell
F C G
She put out her arm and she touched me when I was in hell when I was in hell
C F C
Someone sang a song and I sang along
Am G F C
Cause I knew the words from my childhood
C F C
Intellect, ambition they fell away
Am G F C
They locked me up for my own good
G F
But I didn't mind cause the silence was kind
G F C
And you spoke to me in whispers
G F
There was the sound of the wind in the cold cold dawn
G F C
And the quiet hum of business
Dm
Let me dangle a while in this waiting room
F C G
I don't need to go I don't need to know what your doing what your doing
C G Am D/F# F F C G x2
C F F Am G F C
Lying on my side you were half awake and your face was tired and crumpled
C F C Am G F C
If I had a camera I'd snap you now cos there's beauty in every stumble
G F
We are out of practise we're out of sight
G F C
On the edge of nobody's empire
G F
If we live by books and we live by hope
G F C
Does that make us targets for gunfire?
C F C
Now I look at you you're a mother of two
Am G F C
You're a quiet revolution
C F C
Marching with the crowd singing dirty and loud
Am G F C
For the people's emancipation
G F
Did I do ok, did I pave the way
G F C
Was I strong when you were wanting
G F
I was tied to the yoke with a decent bloke
G F C
Who was stern but never daunting
Dm
And he told me to push and he made me feel well
F C G
And he told me to leave that vision of hell to the dying oh to the dying
C G Am D/F# F F C G x2
C
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