Chords for Belle & Sebastian - The State I Am In (Videoclip)

[C#] _ [E] _ _ I [B] was happy for a [N] day in [C#] 1975.
[B] _ _ [A] _ [A#m]
[G#m] I was busy by June.
[F#] He stayed with [B] me all day [F#] in [C#] 1995.
[B] _ _ [D#] _ [A#m] _ [G#m] Brother had [G] confessed [F#] he [B] was gay.
[C#] He primed me for [B] a while. _
[A#m] Stood [G#m] up with a [F#] sailor.
Ain't [A#] it known [B] upon my [C#] sister's wedding [B] day.
_ [A#m] _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] Got married in a rush.
[F#] Disabled [B] kid from Maine.
[C#] Deported nice he's in [B] love.
[A#] Oh oh oh I [G#m] was so touched.
[F#] I was moved to [B] kick the crutches of [C#] my group old [B] friend. _
[A#] She was [G#m] not impressed.
[F#] Cause I cured her [B] on the Sabbath.
[C#] I went to [B] confess.
_ [F#] When she [B] saw the funny [F#] sight.
He [B] introduced my child [C#] bride to whiskey and [B] gin.
[A#m] To whiskey and [G#m] gin.
_ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The priest [B] in the boat [F#] had a [B] photography.
[C#] Before he died.
[B] _
[A#m] He took [G#m] off my sins.
[F#] And he wrote a [B] pocket novel [C#] called the St.
Anthony.
[B] _ _ [A#m] So I [G#m] gave myself to [F#] God.
Who was a [B] pregnant fox.
[C#] Before he settled me.
[B] _ _
[F#] Now I [B] spend my days.
[F#] Turning tables.
[B] Rounding halls.
And [C#] dancing.
_ [B] I [A#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _
[F#] _ give myself to [A#m] the sailor.
[F#] He's a subterranean father.
[E] Dancing.
And I've been there and back [G#m] again.
The state that I am in.
[F#] I give myself to [A#m] sin.
I give [F#] myself to the father [E] dancing.
There and back [G#m] again.
The state that I am in.
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _
[C#] Oh [B] love of mine.
[F#] Would you [B] condescend to help me.
[C#] Cause I'm stupid [B] and blind.
[A#m] Oh and [G#m] desperation is the [F#] devil's work, [B] it is a folly, [C#] of a boy's [B] empty mind.
[A#m] Oh and now I'm [G#m] feeling [F#] dangerous, riding [B] on city buses [C#] for a hobbyist's [B] land.
Why [F#] don't you lead me [B] to a living [F#] end?
I promise [B] that I'll [C#] entertain my crippled [B] friend. _
[A#m] My crippled [G#m] friend.
_ [F#] _ I give myself to [A#m] thinking, [C#] what's up to all the [E] things that I've been doing.
And I'm back again, [G#m] to the state that I am in.
[F#] _ I give myself to [A#m] thinking, [F#] what's up to all the [E] things that I've been doing.
And I'm back [G#m] again, to the state that I am in.
[F#] _ I give myself to [A#m] thinking, what's up to all the [E] things that I've been doing.
And I'm back [G#m] again, to the state that I am in.
[F#] I give myself to [A#m] thinking, what's up to all the [D#m] things that I've been doing.
And I'm back