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Allie

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Nice one of their new album. Quite up beat with a several chord progressions. Pretty straight forward in
terms of rhythm. During the arpeggiated section there's a simple pull off from the 3rd fret on the high e 
Intro
Em
EmAllie, Gwhat would you Ddo?F#m  
CWhen there's bombs in the middle east, you want to hurt Emyourself
AWhen there's knives in the city streets, you want to end Emyourself
DWhen there's fun in your mother's house, you want to Ccry Amyourself to Bsleep
EmAllie, Gwhat would you Ddo?F#m  
CWith your fears, because they're adding one by Emone
AAnd your mountains are obscured behind the Emsun
DAnd the person that you could be is Emcrumbling iGnto dCust
GYou're in the mess 'cause you thoughCt
GYou'd be someone else
Am'Cause the tricks in your head are a Emlie
AmYeah, the tricks in your head are a Emlie
DYeah, the tricks in your head are
AmTricks in your head are a Emlie
EmAllie, Ghand on your DheadF#m  
CAnd a prayer from the soon-to-be-closing Emlibrary
AAnd if you looked from here, you would surely Emsee
DThere's a softness in your heart, there's a Empoetry tGo cCome
GYou bought that gun 'cause you Cthought
GYou'd be someone else
Am'Cause the tricks in your head are a Emlie
AmYeah, the tricks in your head are a Emlie
DYeah, the tricks in your head are a 
AmThe tricks in your head are a Emlie
(arpeggio)
DYou made a list of all your Cheroes
DAnd you thought about what they went Cthrough
AmYeah, you thought about what they went Gthrough
FIt's much darker, Emmuch harder, than anything that happened to Dyou
Solo (same rhythm as first verse):
Em, G, D, F#m, C, Em, A, Em, D, C, Am, B
EmAllie, Gwhat would you Ddo?F#m  
CWhen your seven-year plan happens to someone Emelse
AAnd the people in your life you would happily Emshelf
DWhen day falls night, you are Emtruly Gon your Cown
GYou're in this place 'cause you Cthought
GYou'd be someone else
AmBut the tricks in your head are a Emlie
AmYeah, the tricks in your head are a Emlie
DYeah, the tricks in your head are a 
AmTricks in your head are a Emlie
Repeat chorus once more for the outro.

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Allie

by Belle and Sebastian

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Nice one of their new album. Quite up beat with a several chord progressions. Pretty straight forward in

terms of rhythm. During the arpeggiated section there's a simple pull off from the 3rd fret on the high e

Intro

Em G D F#m

Allie, what would you do?

C Em

When there's bombs in the middle east, you want to hurt yourself

A Em

When there's knives in the city streets, you want to end yourself

D C Am B

When there's fun in your mother's house, you want to cry yourself to sleep

Em G D F#m

Allie, what would you do?

C Em

With your fears, because they're adding one by one

A Em

And your mountains are obscured behind the sun

D Em G C

And the person that you could be is crumbling into dust

G C

You're in the mess 'cause you thought

You'd be someone else

Am Em

'Cause the tricks in your head are a lie

Am Em

Yeah, the tricks in your head are a lie

Yeah, the tricks in your head are

Am Em

Tricks in your head are a lie

Em G D F#m

Allie, hand on your head

C Em

And a prayer from the soon-to-be-closing library

A Em

And if you looked from here, you would surely see

D Em G C

There's a softness in your heart, there's a poetry to come

G C

You bought that gun 'cause you thought

You'd be someone else

Am Em

'Cause the tricks in your head are a lie

Am Em

Yeah, the tricks in your head are a lie

Yeah, the tricks in your head are a

Am Em

The tricks in your head are a lie

(arpeggio)

D C

You made a list of all your heroes

D C

And you thought about what they went through

Am G

Yeah, you thought about what they went through

F Em D

It's much darker, much harder, than anything that happened to you

Solo (same rhythm as first verse):

Em, G, D, F#m, C, Em, A, Em, D, C, Am, B

Em G D F#m

Allie, what would you do?

C Em

When your seven-year plan happens to someone else

A Em

And the people in your life you would happily shelf

D Em G C

When day falls night, you are truly on your own

G C

You're in this place 'cause you thought

You'd be someone else

Am Em

But the tricks in your head are a lie

Am Em

Yeah, the tricks in your head are a lie

Yeah, the tricks in your head are a

Am Em

Tricks in your head are a lie

Repeat chorus once more for the outro.

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