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White Collar Boy

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[Intro]
  D    D/G    D/A(x8)
[Verse 1]
You’re a Dwhite collar boy and you gave into the law
(Give Gin to the D/F#pressure, the Emcops gonna Dgetcha)
You were a thieving dog at work until they caught your little paw
(Your Gwage won’t D/F#stretch to Dm/Fpicking up E7checks)
A cusAtodial sentence you Dnarrowly avoided
ComB7munity service you Emhad to go aEm7long with
You’re Abanging the rocks at the A7old city docks
Poor Dboy poor Cboy poor Gboy poor Aboy
DBoy poor Cboy poor Gboy poor Aboy
[Verse 2]
You were Dchained to a girl that would kill you with a look
It’s a Gnice way to D/F#die she’s so Emeasy on the Deye
She said let’s get away, but you played it by the book
You’re a Gwarden’s D/F#pet, she’s a Dm/Fscreaming E7suffragette
A“We ain’t in prison, we’ll just Dfinish up and go home”
She B7said, “Not for me, I’ve got Emplans for later Em7on”
So she Abelted the sarge, she A7jumped on a barge
And you Dfell, you Cfell, you Gfell, you Afell
DFell, you Cfell, you Gfell, you Afell
[Bridge]
GWhite collar, got Fdirt in your pants
You got Cegg in your hair
You got Ebspit in your chin
[Chorus]
GWhite collar, Fscared to be Cbored
GBlue collar, she’s Fopening Cdoors
GWhite collar Fboy, on the Crun from the Dlaw
[Instrumental]
D  G  C  F  Bb  Eb
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--0-1-2-3-4---4-5-6-7-8---8-9-10-10-11-12~---|
E|---------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
N.C.
She said “You ain’t ugly, you can kiss me if you like”
(GGo ahead and D/F#kiss her, you Emdon’t know what you’re Dmissing)
“Now baby, you’re special, but there’s something not quite right”
(She’s a GVenus in D/F#flares and you Dm/Fwanna split E7hairs?)
A“Oh, I am innocent, Dyou were the rocket
B7Things were okay till you Emtook out the Em7copper
Now ALeave me alone, get A7used to the chains
You’re a Dpain, you're a Cpain, you're a Gpain, you're a Apain
DPain, you're a Cpain, you're a Gpain, you're a Apain
[Bridge]
GWhite collar, got Fdirt in your pants
You got Cegg in your hair
You got Ebspit in your chin
GWhite collar, got Fdirt in your pants
You got Cegg in your hair
You got Ebspit in your chin
[Chorus]
GWhite collar, Fscared to be Cbored
GBlue Collar, she’s Fopening Cdoors
GWhite collar Fboy, on the Crun from the Dlaw
The law, the law, the law
Get on your bike
Get on your horse

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White Collar Boy

by Belle and Sebastian

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/G

D/A

D/F#

Dm/F

Em7

[Intro]

D D/G D/A

(x8)

[Verse 1]

You’re a white collar boy and you gave into the law

G D/F# Em D

(Give in to the pressure, the cops gonna getcha)

You were a thieving dog at work until they caught your little paw

G D/F# Dm/F E7

(Your wage won’t stretch to picking up checks)

A D

A custodial sentence you narrowly avoided

B7 Em Em7

Community service you had to go along with

A A7

You’re banging the rocks at the old city docks

D C G A

Poor boy poor boy poor boy poor boy

D C G A

Boy poor boy poor boy poor boy

[Verse 2]

You were chained to a girl that would kill you with a look

G D/F# Em D

It’s a nice way to die she’s so easy on the eye

She said let’s get away, but you played it by the book

G D/F# Dm/F E7

You’re a warden’s pet, she’s a screaming suffragette

A D

“We ain’t in prison, we’ll just finish up and go home”

B7 Em Em7

She said, “Not for me, I’ve got plans for later on”

A A7

So she belted the sarge, she jumped on a barge

D C G A

And you fell, you fell, you fell, you fell

D C G A

Fell, you fell, you fell, you fell

[Bridge]

G F

White collar, got dirt in your pants

You got egg in your hair

You got spit in your chin

[Chorus]

G F C

White collar, scared to be bored

G F C

Blue collar, she’s opening doors

G F C D

White collar boy, on the run from the law

[Instrumental]

D G C F Bb Eb

e|---------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------------|

A|--0-1-2-3-4---4-5-6-7-8---8-9-10-10-11-12~---|

E|---------------------------------------------|

[Verse 3]

N.C.

She said “You ain’t ugly, you can kiss me if you like”

G D/F# Em D

(Go ahead and kiss her, you don’t know what you’re missing)

“Now baby, you’re special, but there’s something not quite right”

G D/F# Dm/F E7

(She’s a Venus in flares and you wanna split hairs?)

A D

“Oh, I am innocent, you were the rocket

B7 Em Em7

Things were okay till you took out the copper

A A7

Now Leave me alone, get used to the chains

D C G A

You’re a pain, you're a pain, you're a pain, you're a pain

D C G A

Pain, you're a pain, you're a pain, you're a pain

[Bridge]

G F

White collar, got dirt in your pants

You got egg in your hair

You got spit in your chin

G F

White collar, got dirt in your pants

You got egg in your hair

You got spit in your chin

[Chorus]

G F C

White collar, scared to be bored

G F C

Blue Collar, she’s opening doors

G F C D

White collar boy, on the run from the law

The law, the law, the law

Get on your bike

Get on your horse

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