I Didnt See It Coming Chords & Tabs
I Didnt See It Coming Tab
I Didnt See it Coming, Belle and Sebastian
INTRO Chords: C , F , C , G x2
C F
Make me dance, I want to surrender
C G
Your familiar arms, I remember
Verse riff:
C F C G
e-----------8-------|--8---------13-12--10------|
B--8------8---10----|---------8-----------12----|
G--------9----------|--------9--------------12--|
D------10-----------|------10-------------------|
A-------------------|---------------------------|
E-------------------|---------------------------|
C F
We've been going trans-continental
C G Verse Riff
Got no car, we'll just take a rental
CHORUS
F C
But we don't have the money
Dm Am
(money makes the wheels and the world go round)
F C Dm G
Forget about it, honey
VERSE 2
C F
Make me dance, I want to surrender
C G Verse riff
Your familiar arms, I remember
C F
Everybody's talking about you
C G Verse riff
Every word's a whisper without you
CHORUS 2
F C
But we don't have the money
Dm Am
(money makes the wheels and the world go round)
F C
Forget about it, honey
Dm G
Trouble's never far away when you're around
F C
But we don't have the money
Dm Am
(money makes the wheels and the world go round)
F C Dm G
Forget about it, honey
BRIDGE 1
Am Em D F x2
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Bridge riff played with lyrics
Am G D F
e------------------------|-------------------------------|
B-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|-10-10-10-10-10-10b12-12-b10-10|
G------------------------|-------------------------------|
D------------------------|-------------------------------|
A------------------------|-------------------------------|
E------------------------|-------------------------------|
Am G D F
e---------------------|-----------------|
B-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
G---------------------|-----------------|
D---------------------|-----------------| x2
A---------------------|-----------------|
E---------------------|-----------------|
Am G D F
I didn't see it coming
Am G D E
I'm just not in the running
BRIDGE 2
C C/G# Am7 C/G#
e--------8---12---|12-13-12-----------------------|
B-----8---8----13-|---------13--------------------|
G-9----9----------|-----------12-8-7---8-7--------|
D--10-------------|-----------------------10------|
A-----------------|-------------------------------|
E-----------------|-------------------------------|
C C/G# Dm G
e--------8---12---|12-13-12-----------------------|
B-----8---8----13-|---------13--------------------|
G-9----9----------|-----------12-8-7---8-7--------|
D--10-------------|-----------------------10------|
A-----------------|-------------------------------|
E-----------------|-------------------------------|
C C/G#
Take me on a train 'cos I'm not flying
Am C
I can see the world from a different side
F C/G#
Read about us in the morning papers
Dm G Dm Dm
When we make it, when we make it aliiiive
CHORUS 3
F C
I didn't see it coming
Dm Am
(Make me dance I want to surrender)
F C
I'm just not in the running
Dm G
(Make me dance I want to surrender)
CHORUS 4
F C
And we don't need a lifetime
Dm Am
(Make me dance I want to surrender)
F C
We're following the right line
Dm G
(Make me dance I want to surrender)
CHORUS 4 (sung with BRIDGE 2:)
F C
Take me on a train 'cos I'm not flying
Dm Am
I can see the world from a different side
F C
Read about us in the morning papers
Dm Am
When we make it alive
CHORUS 3 (Sung with BRIDGE 2:)
F C
Take me on a train 'cos I'm not flying
Dm Am
I can see the world from a different side
F C
Read about us in the morning papers
Dm Am Fade out...
When we make it alive