Belle And Sebastian - Marx And Engels

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Belle and Sebastian - Marx and Engels
From I'm Waking Up To Us, 2001.
 
Capo 3
 
Intro: D A G D C G Em A
 
D A G DThere is misery in all I hear and see, from the people on T.V.
 
C G Em AAfter their tea when life begins again, they'll be happier than me
 
D AThere are a thousand meals being made on Saturday
 
G D C GFrom the view I saw today, I took a bet inside the launderette,
 
Em AWith a girl from Wallesey
 
D A GShe spoke in dialect, I could not understand, but one thing that
 
D C G DShe made clear, there was no coming on to her, there was no way.
 
 
Interlude from D: A G D C G Em A x2
 
 
(Repeat Verse)
 
 
Conclusion:
 
C G GThere was no coming on to her, there was no intellect, that she
 
Em D C EmCould respect, if it couldn't see, that the girl just wants to be
 
G DLeft alone with Marx and Engels for awhile,
 
C Em AShe's writing in style, of any riot girl.
 
 
What a ballad; Aquinas says 'pulcra sunt quae visa placent'
...perhaps if Belle and Sebastian were around in his day,
he would have changed eyes to ears.
 
R. T. Devitt.
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