I Took A Long Hard Look chords by Belle And Sebastian

Key: G

* always strum once

Intro:


G     C

G         C
Ooooo-ooo-ooo
G         C
Ooooo-ooo-ooo
G         C
Ooooo-ooo-ooo

Verse 1:

         G         C
I took a long hard look
       G            C
At the heroes of my youth
          G             C
And their antics on the page there on
    G            C
Can no longer sustain me
 G                 C
Ever since I was a boy
G               C
They brought me joy
        G               C
But the shackles of the way I was
    G            C
Can no longer contain me

Chorus:

         G
It was exciting
      Dm7
And enlightening
  C           B
Reverberating through my dreams
    C   Am    D
Goodbye to reality
          C             D*
And set a course for wayward schemes

Verse 2:

N.C.        G             C
Now I can't sing
I can't feel
        G            C
I don't know what is real
      G                      C
I was travelling through the past for years
        G              C
Tell me what's my destination
        G       C
Now the past is gone
        G           C
I don't even have a song
          G                C
We've not sung before to a closing door
        G             C
Tell me what's my situation?

Chorus:

          G
I saw the film
            Dm7
I lived the book
          C
I got the haircut
           B
That's all it took
    C   Am     D
But now I know it's gonna take
  C                 D         N.C.
A little more now I am awake

Instrumental:

G    Dm7    C  D  G
G    Dm7    C  D  G
Bm7    Em7    Bm7    Em7
B5

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A|------------|
E|------------|
          I took a

Verse 3:

   G         C
  long hard look
        G               C
Now I'm waiting for the phone to ring
  G             C
I glance at the inbox
         G               C
Is there any tantalising mail there in?

Chorus:

          G
There was lust in
   Dm7
My restless heart
    C               B
But now I know what true love means
     C  Am   D
Goodbye to reality
        C    D   G*
And set sail for dreams

Outro:

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G         C
Ooooo-ooo-ooo
G         C
Ooooo-ooo-ooo
G         C
Ooooo-ooo-ooo

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