DAGADAGA
[Verse 0]
DAGAD
The temptation is all too great to know it's gone and it's all too late.
AGAD
I tried and I tried, I never applied any of the morals that I wish I'd had.
Fill 1:
AGADAGA
[Verse 1]
DAGAD
You wait fifty-one weeks through all your hides and all of your seeks.
AGAG
When the time finally arrives, it dawns on me the tension derives
[Pre-Chorus 1]
AA
from the girlfriend that you left at home,
AA
sitting in your living room all alone.
[Chorus 1]
DADAD
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
AGA
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
DADA
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
DAG
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
G (A) GG (A) G
Are you scared to be proud? How can that still be?
AD
Come and sing your heart out with me.
Fill 2:
AGADAGA
[Verse 2]
DAGAD
But if you bide your time and you stand there and you wait in line.
AGAG
It won't be long before her sarong is lying on your bedroom floor.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
AA
But what about the girlfriend you left at home,
AA
sitting in her living room all alone.
[Chorus 2]
DADAD
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
AGA
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
DADA
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
DAG
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
G (A) GG (A) G
How is that still allowed? Are you scared to be proud?
AD
When you're on cloud number nine.
Fill 3:
AGADAGA
[Pre-Chorus 3]
GAA
And the girlfriend you left at home,
AA
sitting in your living room all alone.
[Chorus 3]
DADAD
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
AGA
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, they fuckin' do my head in.
DADA
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
DAG
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
G (A) GG (A) G
Are you scared to be proud? How is that still allowed?
AD
When you're on cloud number nine.
[Outro]
AGADAGADAGADAGAD
NB. Chords not in brackets fall on the first beat of the bar
Chords in brackets fall mid-bar
Bide Your Time
The Courteeners
Tabbed by rich-uk
15 December 2008
Capo 7th fret
[Intro]
GDCDGDCD
[Verse 0]
GDCDG
The temptation is all too great and now it's gone and it's all too late.
DCDG
I tried and I tried, I never applied any of the morals that I wish I had.
Fill 1:
DCDGDCD
[Verse 1]
GDCDG
You wait fifty-one weeks through all your hides and all of your seeks.
DCDC
When the time finally arrives, it dawns on me attention derives
[Pre-Chorus 1]
DD
from the girlfriend that you left at home,
DD
sitting in your living room all alone.
[Chorus 1]
GDGDG
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
DCD
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
GDGD
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
GDC
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C (D) CC (D) C
Are you scared to be proud? How can that still be?
DG
Come and sing your heart out with me.
Fill 2:
DCDGDCD
[Verse 2]
GDCDG
But if you bide your time and you stand there and you wait in line.
DCDC
It won't be long before her sarong is lying on your bathroom floor.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
DD
But what about the girlfriend that you left at home,
DD
sitting in her living room all alone.
[Chorus 2]
GDGDG
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
DCD
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
GDGD
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
GDC
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C (D) CC (D) C
How is that still allowed? Are you scared to be proud?
DG
When you're on cloud number nine.
Fill 3:
DCDGDCD
[Pre-Chorus 3]
CDD
And the girlfriend you left at home,
DD
sitting in your living room all alone.
[Chorus 3]
GDGDG
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
DCD
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, they fuckin' do my head in.
GDGD
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
GDC
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C (D) CC (D) C
Are you scared to be proud? How is that still allowed?
DG
When you're on cloud number nine.
[Outro]
DCDGDCDGDCDGDCDG