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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 18:02:31 +0100
From: Fred Felix
Subject: b/belle_and_sebastian/state_i`m_in_2.crd
THE STATE I`M IN
(Dog on Wheels Version)
By Belle & Sebastian
>From the EP `Dog on Wheels`
Transcribed by Dazza at ta4091@qmw.ac.uk
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 he was gay
B C B
it took the heat off me for a while
Am(C) Gm(B) (in some later verses)
He stood up with a sailor friend
F B C B Am Gm (C)
And made it known upon my sister`s wedding day
(not before chorus)
I got married in a rush to save a kid from being deported,
now she`s in love
I was so touched, I was moved to kick the crutches
from my crippled friend
She was not impressed `cause I cured her on the sabbath,
so I went to confess
When she saw the funny side, we introduced my child bride
to whisky and gin, to whisky and gin
The priest in the booth had a photographic memory for all he had heard
He took all of my sins and he wrote a pocket nocvel called
The State I Am In
So I gave myself to god, there was a pregnant pause before he said OK
Now I spend my days turning tables round in Marks and Spencers,
they don`t seem to mind
F
I gave myself to sin
Am
I gave myself to providence
E
And I`ve been there and back again
Gm
The state that I am in (x2)
Oh love of mine, could you condescend to help me
`cause I`m stupid and blind
Desperation is the devil`s work, it is the folly of a boy`s empty mind
Now I`m feeling dangerous, riding on city buses for a hobby is sad
Leave me to a living and
I promised that I`d entertain my crippled friend, my crippled friend
I gave myself to sin
I gave myself to providence
And I`ve been there and back again
The state that I am in (x4)
B F C
I gave myself to sin and I`ve been there and back again, oh yeah
Belle & Sebastian fans would be well advised to browse Paul
Mitchell`s appealing site `Sinister` at
www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~mitchell/sinister/
