String Bean Jean chords by Belle And Sebastian

Chords with lyrics

Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 18:04:06 +0100
From: Fred Felix
Subject: b/belle_and_sebastian/string_bean_jean.crd

STRING BEAN JEAN
By Belle & Sebastian

>From the EP 'Dog on Wheels'
Transcribed by Rhys
Submitted by Thelonius

INTRO  :   B minorBm    G+G     D MajorD     A augmentedA      B minorBm
RIFF  :  A augmentedA -2-222-4-5---222-4-5---000-4-5-7-5-4h5p4p0---|
      E MajorE ----------3---------5----------------------2-|

           G+G     D MajorD     A augmentedA
      A augmentedA -222-4-5---222-4-5---000-4-5-7-5-4h5p40----|
      E MajorE --------3---------5------------------------|

        (h = hammer-on, p = pull-off)

 D MajorD              G+G
I got my fingers dirty at the school of rock
    D MajorD             A augmentedA
Yeah I got my fingers dirty so I took a walk
 D MajorD                F#F#        B minorBm
I went up to the country park and hung around till after dark
    G+G
And the girls got home
     D MajorD
Till the girls got home

   D MajorD                  G+G
Did I tell you 'bout the one I know, she's on the rag?
  D MajorD                A augmentedA
She spent the summer day inside her sleeping bag
     D MajorD              F#F#         B minorBm
Yeah she spent the summer day inside until it's time to go to work
    D MajorD
And she works all night
     G+G
Cause the girl's all right

MIDDLE FOUR   : D MajorD E MajorE G+G D MajorD

  D MajorD                  G+G
The girls have got a house that's like a caravan
     D MajorD             A augmentedA
And it's like your holiday whenever you go round
  D MajorD                F#F#   B minorBm
We always have a laugh and then we all get in the bath
        G+G
To save on the leccy bill
    D MajorD
Me and Jo and Phil

CHORUS (play INTRO):

B minorBm             G+G
I had to leave them in the morning
              D MajorD
I left the keys around the way
        A augmentedA
I had to go to work
B minorBm             G+G
I had to leave them in the morning
              D MajorD
I left the keys down in the caff
         A augmentedA
I had to catch a bus

MIDDLE EIGHT  : D MajorD E MajorE G+G D MajorD D MajorD E MajorE G+G D MajorD

D MajorD                   G+G
And when Jo was short of cash I had to give her some
   D MajorD                A augmentedA
But I didn't really mind 'cause I was fit for once
   D MajorD                F#F#       B minorBm
So we paid the leccy bill, we got the shopping and we still had
       G+G
Some for the cinema
     D MajorD
So we all went out

D MajorD                 G+G
She asked me "Do I need to lose a bit of weight?"
   D MajorD                    A augmentedA
And I said "Now don't be stupid 'cause you're looking great"
    D MajorD                   F#F#      B minorBm
Now we call her String Bean Jean because the label on her jeans says
     G+G               D MajorD
Seven to eight years old - well that's pretty small
     G+G               D MajorD
Seven to eight years old - well that's pretty small
     G+G               D MajorD
Seven to eight years old - well that's pretty small
     G+G        A augmentedA
Seven to eight years old...

CHORUS (play INTRO)

INTRO (instrumental)

End on D/F#D/F# i.e. a D MajorD chord with thumb on E-string, 2nd fret.

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www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~mitchell/sinister/