The State Im In Chords & Tabs
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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:45:15 +0100
From: Fred Felix
Subject: b/belle_and_sebastian/the_state_im_in.crd
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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/belle_and_sebastian/the_state_im_in_crd.html ]
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/