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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:45:15 +0100
From: Fred Felix
Subject: b/belle_and_sebastian/the_state_im_in.crd
THE STATE I`M IN
By Belle & Sebastian
>From the album `If You`re Feeling Sinister`
Transcribed by Alan at alaning@hol.fr
Submitted by Thelonius
C B F B C B
I was surprised, i was happy for a day in 1975
Am Gm F B C B
i was puzzled by a dream, it stayed with me all day in 1995
Am Gm F
my brother had confessed that he was gay
B C B
it took the heat off me for a while
Am Gm
he stood up with a sailor friend
F B C B
and made it known upon my sisters wedding day
Etc.
Chorus (they dont seem to mind...go to end of Gm, then chorus):
F
I gave myself to sin
Am E
and i`ve been there and back again
Gm
i gave myself to providence the state i am in
Belle & Sebastian fans would be well advised to browse Paul
Mitchell`s appealing site `Sinister` at
www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~mitchell/sinister/