Tabbed by nilsus Belle & Sebastian - Nobody's Empire . (Easiest way to play it...) Transpose +5 for original without capo Intro: C G Am F x4 C Lying on my bed I was reading french Am G F C With the light too bright for my senses C From this hiding place, life was way too much Am G F C It was loud and rough round the edges G F So I faced the wall when an old man called G F C Out of dreams that I would die there G F But a sight unseen, you were pulling strings G F C And you had a different idea C I was like a child, I was light as straw Am G F C When my father lifted me up there C Took me to a place where they checked my body Am G F C My soul was floating in thin air G F I clung to the bed, and I clung to the past G F C And I clung to the welcome darkness G F But at the end of the night, there's a green green light G F C It's the quiet before the madness Dm There was a girl that sang like the chime of a bell F C G She put out her arm and she touched me when I was in hell when I was in hell C Someone sang a song and I sang along Am G F C Cause I knew the words from my childhood C Intellect, ambition they fell away Am G F C They locked me up for my own good G F But I didn't mind cause the silence was kind G F C And you spoke to me in whispers G F There was the sound of the wind in the cold cold dawn G F C And the quiet hum of business Dm Let me dangle a while in this waiting room F C G I don't need to go I don't need to know what your doing what your doing C G Am D/F# F F C G x2 C Am G F C Lying on my side you were half awake and your face was tired and crumpled C Am G F C If I had a camera I'd snap you now cos there's beauty in every stumble G F We are out of practise we're out of sight G F C On the edge of nobody's empire G F If we live by books and we live by hope G F C Does that make us targets for gunfire? C Now I look at you you're a mother of two Am G F C You're a quiet revolution C Marching with the crowd singing dirty and loud Am G F C For the people's emancipation G F Did I do ok, did I pave the way G F C Was I strong when you were wanting G F I was tied to the yoke with a decent bloke G F C Who was stern but never daunting Dm And he told me to push and he made me feel well F C G And he told me to leave that vision of hell to the dying oh to the dying C G Am D/F# F F C G x2 C