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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:22:30 +0100
From: Fred Felix
Subject: b/belle_and_sebastian/me_and_the_major.crd
ME AND THE MAJOR
By Belle & Sebastian
>From the album `If You`re Feeling Sinister`
Transcribed by Ben Ufton
Submitted by Thelonius
Intro: (fast) with the harmonica going
duh d-d-duh d-d-duh d-d-duh on F
F - B
Verse 1:
F B F B
Me and the Major could become close friends cause we
F B F B
Get on the same train and he wants to talk to me
F B F B
Me and the Major could become close friends cause we
F B F B
Get on the same train and he wants to talk
Gm B F
But there is too much history and too much biography between us
Verse 2:
Me and the Major don`t see eye to eye on a
Number of things, he`ll take a guy like me, and then
Me and the Major don`t see eye to eye on a
Number of things, he`ll take a guy like me
And put in the army
Cause the Queen`s own army makes a man of you
Chorus:
Gm
But he doesn`t understand and he doesn`t try
B
He knows there`s something missing and he knows it`s you and I
Ebm
We`re the younger generation, we grew up fast
C
All the others did drugs
Gm
They`re taking it out on us
B
They`re taking it out on us
F
They`re taking it out on us
Verse 3:
Me and the Major are from different worlds but if
I get stuck in a lift it`s always with a toff
Me and the Major are from different worlds but if
I get stuck in a lift it`s always with a man
Of noble standing who looks down on me like I was never born
I think the Major`s going quite insane he goes
Along the pavement and comes back again, oh yeah
I think the Major`s going quite insane he goes
Along the pavement and comes back again
Like he is on parade, and he is on parade
At least he thinks so
Chorus:
Now he is swapping his tent for a sheltered home
He doesn`t have a family and he is living alone
He remembers all the punks and the hippies too
And he remembers Roxy Music in `72
But he doesn`t understand and he doesn`t try
He knows there`s something missing and he knows it`s you and I
We`re the younger generation, we grew up fast
All the others did drugs
They`re taking it out on us
They`re taking it out on us
They`re taking it out on us
I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so I
Forget the Major and go off to town
Because the snow is falling
I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so I
Forget the Major and go off to town
Gm
Because the snow is falling
B
The snow is falling
Falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling.
Belle & Sebastian fans would be well advised to browse Paul
Mitchell`s appealing site `Sinister` at
www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~mitchell/sinister/
