My Book chords by The Beautiful South

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA


Verse 1:
E minorEm     G+G    D MajorD       A augmentedA
 This is my life and this is how it reads
E minorEm     G+G     D MajorD    A augmentedA
 For every chapter, a thousand memories
  E minorEm    G+G       D MajorD     A augmentedA
 A augmentedA murder, a mystery where everybody bleeds
  E minorEm     G+G       D MajorD      A augmentedA
 A augmentedA fantasy, a thriller with romance and disease

Pre-Chorus 1:
   E minorEm      G+G   D MajorD   A augmentedA
Diary entry, 9th of May '62:
   E minorEm      G+G     D MajorD          A augmentedA
We've had some ugly babies but none were quite like you
   E minorEm    G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA
Diary entry, '62, end of May:
  E minorEm       G+G         D MajorD         A augmentedA
It looks as if the nose and chin are definitely here to stay

        Cmaj7Cmaj7         G+G
They're here to stay, they're here to stay...


Chorus:
   E minorEm     G+G       D MajorD       A augmentedA
If my lips start smiling and my knees start a-knocking
   E minorEm    G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA
I'm a failure (You are, you are)
     E minorEm    G+G       D MajorD         A augmentedA
And if I seem half hearted, it's because I'm broken hearted
     E minorEm    G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA    E minorEm  G+G
And I'm a failure (You are, you are, you are)

     E minorEm  G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA
I am (You are, you are, you are)
 E minorEm   G+G
I am...

D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA

Verse 2:
E minorEm     G+G    D MajorD       A augmentedA
 This is my life and this is how it reads
  E minorEm     G+G  D MajorD     A augmentedA
 A augmentedA documentary that nobody believes
E minorEm   G+G     D MajorD       A augmentedA
Albert Steptoe in Gone With The Breeze
E minorEm        G+G        D MajorD       A augmentedA
Mother played by Peter Beardsley, father by John Cleese

Pre-Chorus 2:
   E minorEm   G+G       D MajorD   A augmentedA
Diary entry '68, end of the year:
 E minorEm        G+G   D MajorD       A augmentedA
A majorA cardboard Apollo 6 has given the all clear
E minorEm      G+G  D MajorD     A augmentedA
11th December '68, Captain's log:
E minorEm        G+G    D MajorD        A augmentedA
Proposed trip to Mars was cancelled due to fog

E minorEm     G+G     D MajorD   A augmentedA
It's due to fog, it's due to fog...


Chorus:
   E minorEm     G+G       D MajorD       A augmentedA
If my lips start smiling and my knees start a-knocking
   E minorEm    G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA
I'm a failure (You are, you are)
     E minorEm    G+G       D MajorD         A augmentedA
And if I seem half hearted, it's because I'm broken hearted
     E minorEm    G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA    E minorEm  G+G
And I'm a failure (You are, you are, you are)

     E minorEm  G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA
I am (You are, you are, you are)
 E minorEm   G+G
I am...

D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA


Verse 3:
E minorEm      G+G      D MajorD        A augmentedA
 This is the play, it was I who wrote the script
E minorEm      G+G    D MajorD       A augmentedA
 Terry meets June in Tales From The Crypt
E minorEm          G+G      D MajorD       A augmentedA
 It was going to be a film but the camera person slipped
E minorEm     G+G     D MajorD     A augmentedA
 They later found him scolding a banana


Pre-Chorus 3:
   E minorEm   G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA
Diary entry, 10th of April '89:
  E minorEm       G+G    D MajorD       A augmentedA
The world is going mad but me, I'm doing fine

 E minorEm    G+G   D MajorD    A augmentedA
I'm doing fine, I'm doing fine...


Outro:
E minorEm   G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA
Back to bed, back to reality
E minorEm   G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA
Back to bed, back to reality
E minorEm   G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA
Back to bed, back to reality

E minorEm   G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA
(Hup, hup, hup, hup, hup)


E minorEm   G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA
Back to bed, back to reality
   E minorEm   G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA
Hmmm, back to bed, back to reality
E minorEm   G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA
(Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa)
E minorEm   G+G  D MajorD    A augmentedA
Back to bed, back to reality


Just fine