Tabs
Band: Belle & Sebastian
Title: The Boy With The Arab Strap
Album: The Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
-surprisingly
enough...
tabbed by scef (email: [email protected])
Lest we forget the theme to teachers!
organ bit: (play lots, it's effectively the bass)
Under 
G+G chord:
1st time|rest of song
G-------|-------------------|
D-0h2h5-|---5---5---5-0h2h5-|
A-------|-------------------|
E-------|-3---3---3---------|
Under 
C majorC chord:
B-------------------|
G---5---5---5-------|
D-------------0h2h3-|
A-3---3---3---------|
E-------------------|
Under 
D MajorD chord:
B-----------------|
G---7---7---7---7-|
D-----------------|
A-5---5---5---5---|
E-----------------|
Chord progression:
G+G C majorC
A augmentedA mile and...to pass you by
G+G C majorC
Day upon day...in this old town
G+G C majorC
Hovering...place we better go
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
Then I...the cold driven snow
solo:
e-7-10-10-10-8-7-7-7-8-7------|
B------------------------10-8-|
G-----------------------------|
play the above bit twice then play this bit twice:
e-8-7-7----7---|
B-------10---8-|
G--------------|
then:
e-10-10-10-10-8-7-7-7-8-7------|
B-------------------------10-8-|
G------------------------------|
then:
e-7-10-10-10-8-7-7-7-8-7------|
B------------------------10-8-|
G-----------------------------|
then:
e-20-19-19-17-19-15-|-20-19-19-17-15-|
B-------------------|----------------|
G-17-16-16-14-16-12-|-17-16-16-14-12-|
D-------------------|----------------|
then it goes straight into this piano bit:
e-8-7-7----7---|-10-8-7---------10-7-8-7-7---|
B-------10---8-|--------10-8-10------------8-|
G--------------|-----------------------------|
then (still piano):
e-8-7-7--------------10---|
B-------8-8-10-8-8--------|
G------------------7----7-|
D-------------------------|
Eventually (4 minutes odd) there's this piano bit too:
e-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-8-7-10-8-7-|
B---------------------------------|
then:
e-7---8-7-8-7-8-7------7------|
B---8-------------10-8---10-8-|
G-----------------------------|
(play the above two lines of tab twice)
well methinks that's it have fun!
