Me and the major — Belle And Sebastian

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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:22:30 +0100 From: Fred Felix <[email protected]> Subject: b/belle_and_sebastian/me_and_the_major.crd

ME AND THE MAJOR By Belle & Sebastian

>From the album 'If You're Feeling Sinister' Submitted by Thelonius

Duh d-d-duh d-d-duh d-d-duh on F#

F# - B

Verse

Me and the Major could become close friends cause we Get on the same train and he wants to talk to me Me and the Major could become close friends cause we Get on the same train and he wants to talk But there is too much history and too much biography between us

Verse

Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a Number of things, he'll take a guy like me, and then Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a Number of things, he'll take a guy like me And put in the army Cause the Queen's own army makes a man of you

Chorus

But he doesn't understand and he doesn't try He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I We're the younger generation, we grew up fast All the others did drugs They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us

Verse

Me and the Major are from different worlds but if I get stuck in a lift it's always with a toff Me and the Major are from different worlds but if I get stuck in a lift it's always with a man Of noble standing who looks down on me like I was never born

I think the Major's going quite insane he goes Along the pavement and comes back again, oh yeah I think the Major's going quite insane he goes Along the pavement and comes back again Like he is on parade, and he is on parade At least he thinks so

Chorus

Now he is swapping his tent for a sheltered home He doesn't have a family and he is living alone He remembers all the punks and the hippies too And he remembers Roxy Music in '72

But he doesn't understand and he doesn't try He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I We're the younger generation, we grew up fast All the others did drugs They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us

I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so I Forget the Major and go off to town Because the snow is falling I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so I Forget the Major and go off to town Because the snow is falling The snow is falling Falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling.

Belle & Sebastian fans would be well advised to browse Paul Mitchell's appealing site 'Sinister' at Www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~mitchell/sinister/