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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Play for Today by Belle & Sebastian
Intro: C - Am - F - C (x2)
Verse:
C Am
I'm in a play written today about a boy
F
Who hides in attics when the sun is up
C
Everyone is at work
C
What will I do? Where will I go?
Am
Show me the way
F
The truth, the anger, show me rules of thumb
C
Show the way to grow old
G
Love is a guide
Am
The endless river of the soul
F
But we are mean
C
The dried up riverbeds of rock and stone
G
Lust is my friend
Am
She comes to me when I am tired
Chorus:
C Caug
Life is a road, death is a myth
C6 C7
Love is a fraud, it's misunderstood
F C
Work is a sentence, family's a drag
G
This house is a trap
C - Am - F - C
Verse:
C Am
I'm in a play written today about a girl
F
She gets on perfectly with young and old
C
Everybody loves her
C
What would she wear? The cut of her hair?
Am
The way that she slides
F
Gracefully into the working week
C
She hides her baggage inside
G
She's got a friend
Am
An ugly monster that will eat your face
F
She has to cry
C
A hefty catalogue of wasted time
G
She's got a friend
Am
A lonely monster that will prey on you
Chorus:
C Caug
Life is a secret, death is a myth
C6 C7
Love is a fraud, it's misunderstood
F C
Work is a sentence, family's a drag
G
This house is a trap
Chorus:
C Caug
Life is a secret, death is a myth
C6 C7
Love is a fraud, it's misunderstood
F C
Work is a sentence, family's a drag
G
This house is a trap
C - Am - F - C (x2)
Verse:
C Am
I'm a play written today about a boy
F
Tired and melancholy, takes the weight
C
Takes the weight of the world
C
I walked alone, loving the sun
Am
Walking the earth
F
A worn-out sister who is twenty three
C
Dried and wrinkled, alone
G
I'll give you a month
Am
To see past shadows in your sacred night
F
Give you a week
C
To look Medusa in the eye
G
I'll give you a month
Am
To notice heaven at the side of stage
F - C - F - C
F/C C
You're king inside your head
F/C C
You're sitting on a throne of sand
F/C C
You're pushing back the tide
F/C C
So lift the mountain up
F/C C
So tie the writers' ribbons down
F/C C
Assemble all your troops
F/C C
We go to war with metaphors
F/C C F/C
You suddenly see sense, (I suddenly see sense)
C
And when you do, I'll have the higher ground
F/C C
You're not the king of me
F/C C
I'll take my chance and play for tyranny
F/C C
I build the sets, I light the scene
F/C C
We're prettier when we are on the screen
F/C C
I build the sets, I light the scene
F/C C
We're braver when we're on the sacred screen
F/C C
The backstage of your life
F/C C
It's filled with dust and lines you should have sung
F/C C
The backstage of your life
F/C C
It's filled with echoes of the ones you loved
Intro: C - Am - F - C (x2)
Verse:
C Am
I'm in a play written today about a boy
F
Who hides in attics when the sun is up
C
Everyone is at work
C
What will I do? Where will I go?
Am
Show me the way
F
The truth, the anger, show me rules of thumb
C
Show the way to grow old
G
Love is a guide
Am
The endless river of the soul
F
But we are mean
C
The dried up riverbeds of rock and stone
G
Lust is my friend
Am
She comes to me when I am tired
Chorus:
C Caug
Life is a road, death is a myth
C6 C7
Love is a fraud, it's misunderstood
F C
Work is a sentence, family's a drag
G
This house is a trap
C - Am - F - C
Verse:
C Am
I'm in a play written today about a girl
F
She gets on perfectly with young and old
C
Everybody loves her
C
What would she wear? The cut of her hair?
Am
The way that she slides
F
Gracefully into the working week
C
She hides her baggage inside
G
She's got a friend
Am
An ugly monster that will eat your face
F
She has to cry
C
A hefty catalogue of wasted time
G
She's got a friend
Am
A lonely monster that will prey on you
Chorus:
C Caug
Life is a secret, death is a myth
C6 C7
Love is a fraud, it's misunderstood
F C
Work is a sentence, family's a drag
G
This house is a trap
Chorus:
C Caug
Life is a secret, death is a myth
C6 C7
Love is a fraud, it's misunderstood
F C
Work is a sentence, family's a drag
G
This house is a trap
C - Am - F - C (x2)
Verse:
C Am
I'm a play written today about a boy
F
Tired and melancholy, takes the weight
C
Takes the weight of the world
C
I walked alone, loving the sun
Am
Walking the earth
F
A worn-out sister who is twenty three
C
Dried and wrinkled, alone
G
I'll give you a month
Am
To see past shadows in your sacred night
F
Give you a week
C
To look Medusa in the eye
G
I'll give you a month
Am
To notice heaven at the side of stage
F - C - F - C
F/C C
You're king inside your head
F/C C
You're sitting on a throne of sand
F/C C
You're pushing back the tide
F/C C
So lift the mountain up
F/C C
So tie the writers' ribbons down
F/C C
Assemble all your troops
F/C C
We go to war with metaphors
F/C C F/C
You suddenly see sense, (I suddenly see sense)
C
And when you do, I'll have the higher ground
F/C C
You're not the king of me
F/C C
I'll take my chance and play for tyranny
F/C C
I build the sets, I light the scene
F/C C
We're prettier when we are on the screen
F/C C
I build the sets, I light the scene
F/C C
We're braver when we're on the sacred screen
F/C C
The backstage of your life
F/C C
It's filled with dust and lines you should have sung
F/C C
The backstage of your life
F/C C
It's filled with echoes of the ones you loved
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