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)