duh d-d-duh d-d-duh d-d-duh on F#
| F# | - | B |
| Verse 1: |
| F# | B | F# | B | |
| Me and the | Major could be | come close f | riends cause we |
| F# | B | F# | B | |
| Get on the s | ame train and he | wants to t | alk to me |
| F# | B | F# | B | |
| Me and the | Major could be | come close fr | iends cause we |
| F# | B | F# | B | |
| Get on the | same train and he | wants to | talk |
| G#m | B | F# | |
| But there is | too much history and too | much biography between | us |
| Verse 2: |
| 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: |
| G#m | |
| But he | doesn't understand and he doesn't try |
| B | |
| He | knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I |
| Ebm | |
| We're the | younger generation, we grew up fast |
| C# | |
| All the | others did drugs |
| G#m | |
| They're taking it out on | us |
| B | |
| They're taking it out on | us |
| F# | |
| They're taking it out on | us |
| Verse 3: |
| 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 |
| G#m | |
| Because the | snow is falling |
| B | |
| 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/ |