Belle & Sebastian - The State Im In guitar tab

te: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:45:15 +0100

THE STATE I'M IN

By Belle & Sebastian

From the album 'If You're Feeling Sinister'

Transcribed by Alan at alaning@hol.fr

Submitted by Thelonius

C# B F# B C# B

I was surprised, i was happy for a day in 1975

A#m G#m F# B C# B

i was puzzled by a dream, it stayed with me all day in 1995

A#m G#m F#

my brother had confessed that he was gay

B C# B

it took the heat off me for a while

A#m G#m

he stood up with a sailor friend

F# B C# B

and made it known upon my sisters wedding day

Etc.

Chorus ("they dont seem to mind"...go to end of G#m, then chorus):

F#

I gave myself to sin

A#m E

and i've been there and back again

G#m

i gave myself to providence the state i am in

Belle & Sebastian fans would be well advised to browse Paul

Mitchell's appealing site 'Sinister' at

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