Belle And Sebastian

The Girl Doesn't Get It

Belle And Sebastian


Tom: Dm

[Intro] C  F  C  G  F  C  F  C

C
  Well, the girl doesn't get it
Dm
   And you can't ever tell her
Bb                         
   She will go with whoever
Gm    F   Gm  F
Wants her

C
  It's a myth that they're selling
Dm
   That there's one perfect fella
Bb                              
   Take the pick of the cherries
Gm  F   Gm  F
Go slow

C
  There's a world through

The front door
Dm
   There are people who need more
Bb                          
   There is love in the
     Gm  F  Gm  F
Supermarket

C
  I got hopes for the future
D
  And it doesn't need money
Bm
   And it doesn't need
           E
Two-faced liars

A
  One face is smiling
Bm
   Telling us to be afraid
C#m                     E
    Painting a world of darkness

A
  But the other face is hidden
Bm
   And the eyes are looking

Back in time
C#m                        E
    Gazing out on a fading empire

C
  You're alone in the dark night
Dm
   Sitting down with your worries
Bb
   'Cause your glorious youth got
Gm  F   Gm  F
Fucked up

C
  You're a train in the siding
Dm
   You're a car in a pileup
Bb 
   You should dance till your heart is
Gm  F  Gm  F
Joyful

C
  I don't want to be aloof
D
  Wear the glasses of untruth
Bm                         E
   I just want to become immortal

A
  They'll take profits over people
Bm
   They will make the country

Great again
C#m                                E
    Just as long as it's white and ugly

A
  Fear the immigrant workforce
Bm
   Fear the kids raised on the internet
C#m 
    They are scared if they can't
E           Em
Control you

[solo] D  A  G  F  G#

( C  F  C  G )
( F  C )

C
  Are you living or waiting
Dm
   For the time to get better?
Bb                            
   Between sorrow and nothing
Gm      F   Gm  F
Choose pain

C
  If compassion was honoured
Dm
   All our dumb human problems
Bb                             
   Would belong in a bin marked
Gm   F  Gm  F
History

C
  We will shake hands politely
Dm
   Feel the pull of attraction
Bb
   'Cause love is our
Gm   F  Gm  F
Consolation

[Final] C  D  Bm  E