Belle & Sebastian

Belle & Sebastian - Me & The Major guitar tab

e: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:22:30 +0100

ME AND THE MAJOR

By Belle & Sebastian

From the album 'If You're Feeling Sinister'

Transcribed by Ben Ufton

Submitted by Thelonius

Intro: (fast) with the harmonica going

duh d-d-duh d-d-duh d-d-duh on F#

F# - B

Verse 1:

F# B F# B

Me and the Major could become close friends cause we

F# B F# B

Get on the same train and he wants to talk to me

F# B F# B

Me and the Major could become close friends cause we

F# B F# B

Get on the same train and he wants to talk

G#m B F#

But there is too much history and too much biography between us

Verse 2:

Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a

Number of things, he'll take a guy like me, and then

Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a

Number of things, he'll take a guy like me

And put in the army

Cause the Queen's own army makes a man of you

Chorus:

G#m

But he doesn't understand and he doesn't try

B

He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I

Ebm

We're the younger generation, we grew up fast

C#

All the others did drugs

G#m

They're taking it out on us

B

They're taking it out on us

F#

They're taking it out on us

Verse 3:

Me and the Major are from different worlds but if

I get stuck in a lift it's always with a toff

Me and the Major are from different worlds but if

I get stuck in a lift it's always with a man

Of noble standing who looks down on me like I was never born

I think the Major's going quite insane he goes

Along the pavement and comes back again, oh yeah

I think the Major's going quite insane he goes

Along the pavement and comes back again

Like he is on parade, and he is on parade

At least he thinks so

Chorus:

Now he is swapping his tent for a sheltered home

He doesn't have a family and he is living alone

He remembers all the punks and the hippies too

And he remembers Roxy Music in '72

But he doesn't understand and he doesn't try

He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I

We're the younger generation, we grew up fast

All the others did drugs

They're taking it out on us

They're taking it out on us

They're taking it out on us

I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so I

Forget the Major and go off to town

Because the snow is falling

I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so I

Forget the Major and go off to town

G#m

Because the snow is falling

B

The snow is falling

Falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling.

Belle & Sebastian fans would be well advised to browse Paul

Mitchell's appealing site 'Sinister' at

www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~mitchell/sinister/

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