Bide Your Time Ukulele chords by The Courteeners

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

Standard tuning - GCEA

Intro:

G   Gmaj7   C   D
G   Gmaj7   C   D

Verse 0:
G      Gmaj7     C         D           G
 The temptation is all too great and now it's gone and it's all too late.
       Gmaj7       C        D          G
I tried and I tried, I never applied any of the morals that I wish I had.

Fill 1:
   Gmaj7   C   D
G   Gmaj7   C   D

Verse 1:
G       Gmaj7        C         D      G
 You wait fifty-one weeks through all your hides and all of your seeks.
       Gmaj7      C       D        C
When the time finally arrives
it dawns on me attention derives

Pre-Chorus 1:
     D          D
from the girlfriend that you left at home,
D              D
sitting in your living room all alone.

Chorus 1:
G         Gmaj7       C         D          G
 You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round  the short-sleeved man
         Gmaj7           C        D
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
G         Gmaj7       C             D
 You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
G              Gmaj7          C
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C     (D)     C   C     (D)    C
 Are you scared to be proud?  How can that still be?
          D       G
Come and sing your  heart out with me.

Fill 2:
   Gmaj7   C   D
G   Gmaj7   C   D

Verse 2:
G      Gmaj7    C            D        G
 But if you  bide your time and you stand there and you wait in line.
      Gmaj7       C    D           C
It won't be long before her sarong is lying on your bathroom floor.


Pre-Chorus 2:
          D           D
But what about the  girlfriend that you left at home,
D             D
sitting in her living room all alone.

Chorus 2:
G         Gmaj7       C         D          G
 You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round  the short-sleeved man
         Gmaj7           C        D
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
G         Gmaj7       C             D
 You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
G              Gmaj7          C
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C    (D)     C   C     (D)     C
 How is that still allowed?  Are you scared to be proud?
        D      G
When you're on cloud number  nine.

Fill 3:
   Gmaj7   C   D
G   Gmaj7   C   D

Pre-Chorus 3:
     D       D
 And the girlfriend you left at home,
D              D
sitting in your living room all alone.

Chorus 3:
G         Gmaj7       C         D          G
 You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round  the short-sleeved man
         Gmaj7           C         D
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, they fuckin' do my head in.
G         Gmaj7       C             D
 You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
G              Gmaj7          C
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C     (D)     C   C    (D)     C
 Are you scared to be proud?  How is that still allowed?
        D      G
When you're on cloud number  nine.

Outro:
   Gmaj7   C   D
G   Gmaj7   C   D
G   Gmaj7   C   D
G

NB. Chords not in brackets fall on the first beat of the bar
  Chords in brackets fall mid-bar (note 2)