The State I Am In chords by Belle And Sebastian

Chords with lyrics

This is the actual key of the song, which is F#. If you want to play the song with
open chords, tune down half a step to Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb tuning, and then transpose
the song up a half step.

C#C#    BB
I was surprised
   F#F#      BB
I was happy for a day
   C#C#  BB
In 1975
BbmBbm      AbmAbm
I was puzzled by a dream
F#F#          BB
Stayed with me all day
   C#C# BB
In 1995
BbmBbm    AbmAbm
My brother had confessed
F#F#      BB
He was gay it took the heat off
C#C#       BB
Me for a while
  BbmBbm       AbmAbm
He stood up with a sailor friend
F#F#       BB
Made it known upon my sister's
C#C#     BB BbmBbm AbmAbm C#C#
Wedding day

C#C#     BB
Got married in a rush
  F#F#       BB
To save a kid from being deported
C#C#        BB
Now she's in love
 BbmBbm     AbmAbm
Oooh, I was so touched
   F#F#        BB
I was moved to kick the crutches
    C#C#       BB
From my crippled friend
C#C#      BB
She was not impressed
    F#F#        BB
Cause I cured her on the Sabbath
 C#C#       BB
I went to confess
F#F#        AbmAbm
When she saw the funny side
  BbmBbm      BB
We introduced my child bride
  C#C#      BB
To whisky and gin
  BbmBbm      BB C#C#
To whisky and gin

C#C#        BB
The priest in the booth
   F#F#      BB
Had a photographic memory
   C#C#       BB
For all he had heard
  BbmBbm      AbmAbm
He took all of my sins
    F#F#       BB
And he wrote a pocket novel
      C#C#         BB
Called "The State That I'm In"
  C#C#     BB
And so I gave myself to God
   F#F#       BB
There was a pregnant pause
     C#C#   BB
Before he said OK
F#F#       AbmAbm
Now I spend my days
    BbmBbm       BB
Turning tables round in Marks & Spencer
C#C#         BB   BbmBbm  BB
They don't seem to mind

F#F#
I gave myself to sin
 BbmBbm
I gave myself to Providence
  E MajorE
And I've been there and back again
  AbmAbm
The state that I am in
F#F#
I gave myself to sin
 BbmBbm
I gave myself to Providence
  E MajorE
And I've been there and back again
  AbmAbm         C#C#
The state that I am in

C#C#     BB
Oh love of mine
     F#F#      BB
Would you condescend to help me
     C#C#      BB
Cause I'm stupid and blind
     BbmBbm    AbmAbm
Oh and desperation is the Devil's
F#F#       BB
Work, it is the folly
   C#C#     BB
Of a boy's empty mind
    BbmBbm       AbmAbm
Oh and now I'm feelin' dangerous
F#F#       BB
Riding on city buses
   C#C#      BB
For a hobby is sad
       F#F#      AbmAbm
Why don't you leave me to a living end
 BbmBbm       BB
I promise that I'd entertain
  C#C#       BB
My crippled friend
  BbmBbm       BB
My crippled friend

F#F#
I gave myself to sin
 BbmBbm
I gave myself to Providence
  E MajorE
And I've been there and back again
  AbmAbm
The state that I am in
F#F#
I gave myself to sin
 BbmBbm
I gave myself to Providence
  E MajorE
And I've been there and back again
  AbmAbm
The state that I am in
F#F#
I gave myself to sin
 BbmBbm
I gave myself to Providence
  E MajorE
And I've been there and back again
  AbmAbm
The state that I am in
F#F#
I gave myself to sin
 BbmBbm
I gave myself to Providence
  EbmEbm
And I've been there and back again
  C#C#
The state that I am in

BB
I gave myself to sin
  F#F#
And I've been there and back again
  C#C#
Oh yeah