[ It Could've Been A Brilliant Career von Belle And Sebastian ]



         E                    A
He had a stroke at the age of 24
              A                    E
It could have been a brilliant career
         C#m        B               A
Painting lines in a school that was too well known
         C#m          B               A
Painting lines with a friend that had gone before
    F#                  B
She challenged everyone to a fight
        A        E          B
But the prefects all backed down
         A       E      B
And they ran her out of town
          A         E         B
Cause she drank and swore and spoke
       A         E       F#
Out of turn, she was the village joke


         E                    A
She had a stroke at the age of 24
              A                    E
It could have been a brilliant career
         C#m        B               A
Getting clients to finance her strategies
         C#m        B               A
Filling time in on Safeways on Saturday
    F#                  B
She wears the clothes of an emperor
       A        E          B
But her paintings are a sham
       A        E          B
And they're going for a grand
       A        E          B
When the dealers come to view
       A         E       F#
Do they ever see the real you?


         E                    A
He had a stroke at the age of 24
              A                    E
It could have been a brilliant career
         C#m        B               A
Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes
         C#m        B               A
Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that
    F#                  B
He is dribbling spit tonight
   A        E          B
And the one he sent away
       A        E          B
Was the only one who stayed
       A        E          B
With a spoon and a decent book
       A        E          B
And you can tell by the way 
       A        E          B
She looks he is sorry and resigned
       A         E       F#
As he wets himself for the final time