Belle And Sebastian Nobody's Empire

Tom: C Intro: F Dm Lying on my bed I was reading French C Dm Am With the light too bright for my senses F Dm From this hiding place, life was way too much C Dm Am It was loud and rough round the edges C Dm So I faced the wall when an old man called C Dm Am Out of dreams that I would die there C Dm But a sight unseen, you were pulling strings C Dm Am And you had a different idea F Dm I was like a child, I was light as straw C Dm Am When my father lifted me up there F Dm Took me to a place where they checked my body C Dm Am My soul was floating in thin air C Dm I clung to the bed, and I clung to the past C Dm Am And I clung to the welcome darkness C But at the end of the night Dm There's a green green light C Dm Am It's the quiet before the madness Dm There was a girl that sang like the chime of a bell F C She put out her arm and she touched me when I was in hell F Dm Someone sang a song and I sang along C Dm Am Cause I knew the words from my childhood F Dm Intellect, ambition they fell away C Dm Am They locked me up for my own good C Dm But I didn't mind cause the silence was kind C Dm Am And you spoke to me in whispers C Dm There was the sound of the wind in the cold cold dawn C Dm Am And the quiet hum of business Dm Let me dangle a while in this waiting room F C I don't need to go I don't need to know what your doing ( F C Dm C Dm C ) F Dm C Dm Am Lying on my side you were half awake and your face was tired and crumpled F Dm C Dm Am If I had a camera I'd snap you now cos there's beauty in every stumble C Dm We are out of practise we're out of sight C Dm Am On the edge of nobody's empire C Dm If we live by books and we live by hope C Dm Am Does that make us targets for gunfire? F Dm Now I look at you you're a mother of two C Dm Am You're a quiet revolution F Dm Marching with the crowd singing dirty and loud C Dm Am For the people's emancipation C Dm Did I do ok, did I pave the way C Dm Am Was I strong when you were wanting C Dm I was tied to the yoke with a decent bloke C Dm Who was stern but never daunting Dm And he told me to push and he made me feel well F C And he told me to leave that vision of hell to the dying ( F C Dm C Dm C )