My Wandering Days Are Over – Belle & Sebastian
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Updated by Caz1977.
This is really just an update of the other version here but with full lyrics and a
change of chords in the last verse and chorus. Simple but fun. Enjoy.
Chords: D: XX0232
Dsus2: XX0230
A: X02220
F#m: 244222
G: 320003 or 320033 or 355433
C: X32010
Gm: 355333
F: 133211
Intro:
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It alternates between D and Dsus2, listen to the song for the rhythm and correct timing.
is the same little riff that happens quite a bit throughout the song, mostly in the verses.
Verse 1:
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D
Y' know my wandering days are over
A F#m
Does that mean that I'm getting boring?
G
You tell me
I'm tired of listening to myself, yeah
D
I'm tired of fixing things for Michael and the rest of them
Verse 2:
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D
Y' know my bip-bopping days are over
A F#m G
I hung my boots up and then retired from the disco floor
The centre of my so called being is
D
The space between your bed and wardrobe with the louvre doors
A
(With the louvre doors)
Verse 3:
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D
Y' know my celibate days are over
A F#m G
You put me straight on the finer points of my speech rehearsed
In the mirror of my steamy bathroom
D
Where the lino tells a sorry story in a monologue
A
(In a monologue)
Chorus:
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D G
Six months on, the winter's gone
D G
The disenchanted pony
D G
Left the town with the circus boy
C G
The circus boy got lonely
D G
It's summer, and it's sister song's
D G
Been written for the lonely
C G
The circus boy is feeling melancholy
Bridge:
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D A F#m G D A (x2)
Verse 4:
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D
It's got to be fate that's doing it
A F#m G
A spooky witch in a sexy dress has been bugging me
With the story of the way it should be
D
With the story of Sebastian and Belle the singer, yeah
Verse 5:
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D
Y' know my one man band is over
A F#m G
I hit the drum for the final time and I walked away
I saw you in Japanese restaurant
Gm D
You were doing it for business men on the piano, Belle
A
You said it was a living Hell
G
You said you were in Hell
Chorus 2:
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D G
Six months on, the winter's gone
D G
The disenchanted pony
D G
Left the town with the circus boy
C G
The circus boy got lonely
D G
It's summer, and it's sister song's
D G
Been written for the lonely
C G
The circus boy is feeling melancholy
Chorus 3:
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D G
Six months on, the winter's gone
D G
The disenchanted pony
D G
Left the town with the circus boy
D G
The circus boy got lonely
A F
It's summer, and it's sister song's
A F
Been written for the lonely
A F G F
The circus boy is feeling melancholy
G F repeated to fade out.
The lyrics are a few words from the last 2 lines of the chorus and a bit of ad-libbing.
