Storytelling
Belle And SebastianVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
x2
Picture a scene in your mind
Look at all the people and take note of the setting behind
Listen, watch, and wait, a plot begins to take shape
There's a story and then, characters will come to you
Relating events as they choose to
But all their words and actions come entirely from you
If you're a storyteller you might think you're without responsibility
And you can lead your characters anywhere you want, you have immunity
x2
Have you considered the way
People might react to all the things that your characters say?
And are their actions hand in hand with what you want to portray?
Are you sick? Are you crippled? Insane?
Expressing the desires that daren't speak their name?
Are you the one to be blamed?
Now you're a storyteller you might think you're without responsibility
But in directions, actions and words, cause and effect, you need consistency
x3
How can you finish the tale?
Lives which have played a part
Are summarized from the very start
And episodes left out to make it all go your way
"It's a might big world
Some of it I've seen
But mostly I've only heard
And stories are all fiction from their moment of birth"
You're just a storyteller, you're not trying to escape responsibility
If we believe you then you're successful but you don't make claims of verity
x4
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Readable chord sheet for Storytelling by Belle And Sebastian
[G] [Bm] [C] [D] x2 [G]Picture a scene in your mind[Bm] Look at all the [C]people and take n[A]ote of the setting behind[D] [C]Listen, wa[Bm]tch, and w[Am]ait, a plot be[D]gins to take shape [G]There's a story and the[Bm]n, characters will [C]come to you [A]Relating events as the[D]y choose to But [C]all their [Bm]words and [Am]actions come en[D]tirely from you[G] [Am] [D] If you're a s[G]toryteller you [Bm]might think you're withou[C]t responsi[Eb]bility And you can [G]lead your characters [Bm]anywhere you want[C], you have im[Eb]munity [G] [Bm] [C] [D] x2 [G]Have you considered the wa[Bm]y People might re[C]act to all the [A]things that your characters [D]say? And are their [C]actions ha[Bm]nd in ha[Am]nd with what you [D]want to portray? Are you [G]sick? Are you crippled? In[Bm]sane? Ex[C]pressing the de[A]sires that daren't speak thei[D]r name? [C]Are y[Bm]ou the o[Am]ne to be [D]blamed? Now you're a s[G]toryteller you [Bm]might think you're withou[C]t responsi[Eb]bility But in di[G]rections, actions and [Bm]words, cause and effect[C], you need con[Eb]sistency [G] [Bm] [C] [D] x3 [G] [G]How can you finish the tal[Bm]e? Lives which have [C]played a part Are [A]summarized from the [D]very start And [C]episode[Bm]s left ou[Am]t to make it [D]all go your way [G]"It's a might big [Bm]world [C]Some of it I've s[A]een But mostly I[D]'ve only heard And s[C]tories ar[Bm]e all fi[Am]ction from their [D]moment of [G]birth" [Am] [D] You're just a s[G]toryteller, you're not[Bm] trying to escap[C]e responsi[Eb]bility If we be[G]lieve you then you're suc[Bm]cessful but you don't[C] make claims of [Eb]verity [G] [Bm] [C] [D] x4 [G]