Put The Book Back On The Shelf (Cifras)

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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 18:19:11 +0100

From: Fred Felix 

Subject: b/belle_and_sebastian/put_the_book_back_on_the_shelf.crd



PUT THE BOOK BACK ON THE SHELF

By Belle & Sebastian



>From the EP '3... 6... 9... Seconds of Light'

Transcribed by Mario at [email protected]

Submitted by Thelonius



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)



Belle & Sebastian fans would be well advised to browse Paul

Mitchell's appealing site 'Sinister' at

www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~mitchell/sinister/