Chords for Belle & Sebastian 'Nobody's Empire'

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I was [Bb] reading [F].
French [Dm] with the light [C] too bright [F] for my senses.
From this hiding place life was way too much.
[Dm] It was loud [F] and rough around the edges.
[C] So I faced the wall [Bb] when an old man called.
[C] I had dreams that I [F] would die there.
[C] But a sight unseen, [Bb] you were pulling strings.
[C] You had a [F] different idea.
I was like a child, I was light as straw.
[Dm] When my [C] father lifted [Bb] [F] me up there.
Took me to a place where they [Gm] checked [F] my body.
[Dm] My soul [F] was floating in thin air.
[C] I've come to the back [Bb] and I've grown to the past.
[C] I've come to the welcome [Bb] [F] darkness.
[C] But at the end of the night [Bb] there's a green, green light.
[C] Quiet before [Bb] the [F] madness.
There [Gm] was a girl that sang like the chime of a bell.
And [Bb] she pulled out her arm.
She touched me when I [F] was in hell.
When I [C] was in hell.
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[F] Someone sang a song and I sang along.
[Dm] Cause I knew [C] the words from [Bb] my [F] childhood.
Intellect, ambition, they [Bb] fell [F].
away.
[Dm] And they locked me up [Bb] for my [F] own good.
[C] But I didn't mind cause [Bb] the silence was kind.
[C] Spoke to me [Bb] in [F] whispers.
There [C] was the sound of the wind and [Bb] the cold, cold dawn.
[C] And the quiet hum [Bb] of [F] a business.
Left [Gm] me dangled a while in this waiting room.
I [Bb] don't need to go.
I don't need to know what [F] you're doing.
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Know what [C] you're doing.
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[F] Lying on my side you were half awake.
And your face was tired and crumpled.
If I had a camera I'd stop you now.
Cause there's beauty in every stumble.
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[C] We're out of practice.
[Bb] We're out of sight.
[C] On the edge of [Bb] [F] nobody's empire.
[C] And we live by books.
And [Bb] we live by hope.
[C] Cause I'd make a target [Bb] for [F] gunfire.
Now look at you.
You're a mother of two.
You're a quiet revolution.
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Marching with the crowd.
Singing dirty and loud.
[Dm] For the [F] people's [Bb] [F] emancipation.
[C] Did I do okay?.
Did [Bb] I play the way?.
[C] Was I strong when you [Bb] were [F] wanting?.
I [C] was tied to the yoke with [Bb] a decent bloke.
[C] Who's stern but never [Bb] [F] daunting.
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[Gm] And he told me to push.
And he made me feel well.
[Bb] He told me to lift up.
Cause you know how.
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