E: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:22:30 +0100
From: Fred Felix
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’
Transcribed by Ben Ufton
Submitted by Thelonius
Intro: (fast) with the harmonica going
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 become close friends cause we
F# B F# B
Get on the same train and he wants to talk to me
F# B F# B
Me and the Major could become close friends 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#