It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career

it could have been a brilliant career artist : belle & sebastian album : the boy with the arab strap transcription : thor chr . jacobsen submission : shel C - x32010 G - 320033 F - 133211 Am - x02210 F/C - x33211 C G he had a stroke at the age of 24 F Am it could have been a brilliant career C G F painting lines in a school that was too well known C G F painting lines with a friend who had gone before C she challenged everyone to a fight F/C C G but the people all backed down F/C C G and they ran her out of town F/C C G cause she drank and swore and spoke F/C C G out of turn she was the village joke C G she had a stroke at the age of 24 F Am it could have been a brilliant career C G F getting clients to finance her strategies C G F filling time in on safeways on saturday C she wears the clothes of an emperor F/C C G but her paintings are a sham F/C C G and they’re going for a grand F/C C G when the dealers come to view F/C C G do they ever see the real you? C G he had a stroke at the age of 24 F Am it could have been a brilliant career C G F selling lies to the boys with the old dansettes C G F pulling the wool , playing the fool , it’s no wonder that C he is dribbling spit tonight F/C C G and the one he sent away F/C C G was the only one who stayed F/C C G with a spoon and a decent book F/C C G you can tell by the way she looks F/C C G she is sorry and resignes F/C C G as he wets himself for the final time