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Bide Your Time
The Courteeners
Tabbed by rich-uk
15 December 2008
Standard tuning - EADGBE
Intro:
D A G A
D A G A
Verse 0:
D A G A D
The temptation is all too great and now it's gone and it's all too late.
A G A D
I tried and I tried, I never applied any of the morals that I wish I had.
Fill 1:
A G A
D A G A
Verse 1:
D A G A D
You wait fifty-one weeks through all your hides and all of your seeks.
A G A G
When the time finally arrives, it dawns on me attention derives
Prechorus 1:
A A
from the girlfriend that you left at home,
A A
sitting in your living room all alone.
Chorus 1:
D A D A D
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
A G A
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
D A D A
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
D A G
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
G (A) G G (A) G
Are you scared to be proud? How can that still be?
A D
Come and sing your heart out with me.
Fill 2:
A G A
D A G A
Verse 2:
D A G A D
But if you bide your time and you stand there and you wait in line.
A G A G
It won't be long before her sarong is lying on your bathroom floor.
Prechorus 2:
A A
But what about the girlfriend that you left at home,
A A
sitting in her living room all alone.
Chorus 2:
D A D A D
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
A G A
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
D A D A
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
D A G
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
G (A) G G (A) G
How is that still allowed? Are you scared to be proud?
A D
When you're on cloud number nine.
Fill 3:
A G A
D A G A
Prechorus 3:
G A A
And the girlfriend you left at home,
A A
sitting in your living room all alone.
Chorus 3:
D A D A D
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
A G A
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, they fuckin' do my head in.
D A D A
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
D A G
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
G (A) G G (A) G
Are you scared to be proud? How is that still allowed?
A D
When you're on cloud number nine.
Outro:
A G A
D A G A
D A G A
D A G A
D
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:
G D C D
G D C D
Verse 0:
G D C D G
The temptation is all too great and now it's gone and it's all too late.
D C D G
I tried and I tried, I never applied any of the morals that I wish I had.
Fill 1:
D C D
G D C D
Verse 1:
G D C D G
You wait fifty-one weeks through all your hides and all of your seeks.
D C D C
When the time finally arrives, it dawns on me attention derives
Prechorus 1:
D D
from the girlfriend that you left at home,
D D
sitting in your living room all alone.
Chorus 1:
G D G D G
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
D C D
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
G D G D
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
G D C
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C (D) C C (D) C
Are you scared to be proud? How can that still be?
D G
Come and sing your heart out with me.
Fill 2:
D C D
G D C D
Verse 2:
G D C D G
But if you bide your time and you stand there and you wait in line.
D C D C
It won't be long before her sarong is lying on your bathroom floor.
Prechorus 2:
D D
But what about the girlfriend that you left at home,
D D
sitting in her living room all alone.
Chorus 2:
G D G D G
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
D C D
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
G D G D
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
G D C
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C (D) C C (D) C
How is that still allowed? Are you scared to be proud?
D G
When you're on cloud number nine.
Fill 3:
D C D
G D C D
Prechorus 3:
C D D
And the girlfriend you left at home,
D D
sitting in your living room all alone.
Chorus 3:
G D G D G
You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round the short-sleeved man
D C D
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, they fuckin' do my head in.
G D G D
You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
G D C
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C (D) C C (D) C
Are you scared to be proud? How is that still allowed?
D G
When you're on cloud number nine.
Outro:
D C D
G D C D
G D C D
G D C D
G
NB. Chords not in brackets fall on the first beat of the bar
Chords in brackets fall mid-bar