It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career Just the basic chords here, nothing difficult. One note, though: where the song hits the "been a brilliant.." part, the bass line changes, but the guitar stays with an A chord. Sounds a bit awkward at first. E A He had a stroke at the age of 24 A E It could have been a brilliant career C#m B A Painting lines in a school that was too well known C#m B A Painting lines with a friend that had gone before F# B She challenged everyone to a fight A E B But the prefects all backed down A E B And they ran her out of town A E B Cause she drank and swore and spoke A E F# Out of turn, she was the village joke (Repeat same for the rest of the song) She had a stroke at the age of 24 It could have been a brilliant career Getting clients to finance her strategies Filling time in on Safeways on Saturday She wears the clothes of an emperor But her paintings are a sham And they're going for a grand When the dealers come to view Do they ever see the real you? He had a stroke at the age of 24 It could have been a brilliant career Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that He is dribbling spit tonight And the one he sent away Was the only one who stayed With a spoon and a decent book And you can tell by the way she looks he is sorry and resigned As he wets himself for the final time Any corrections, etc. send to IndiaRubb@aol.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+