Marx And Engels

Belle and Sebastian - Marx and Engels

From I'm Waking Up To Us, 2001.

 

Capo 3

 

Intro: D A G D C G Em A

 

D A G D

There is misery in all I hear and see, from the people on T.V.

 

C G Em A

After their tea when life begins again, they'll be happier than me

 

D A

There are a thousand meals being made on Saturday

 

G D C G

From the view I saw today, I took a bet inside the launderette,

 

Em A

With a girl from Wallesey

 

D A G

She spoke in dialect, I could not understand, but one thing that

 

D C G D

She made clear, there was no coming on to her, there was no way.

 

 

Interlude from D: A G D C G Em A x2

 

 

(Repeat Verse)

 

 

Conclusion:

 

C G G

There was no coming on to her, there was no intellect, that she

 

Em D C Em

Could respect, if it couldn't see, that the girl just wants to be

 

G D

Left alone with Marx and Engels for awhile,

 

C Em A

She's writing in style, of any riot girl.

 

 

What a ballad; Aquinas says 'pulcra sunt quae visa placent'

...perhaps if Belle and Sebastian were around in his day,

he would have changed eyes to ears.

 

R. T. Devitt.