The Evening Star

The Evening Star Guitar Chords

Belle and Sebastian
Album : Late Developers
    [Intro]
 
C     Bm    Am7
  Too-la-la taaaaa ta-da
C     Bm    Am7
  Too-la-la taaaaa ta-da
C      B      Bb     Am       G    G
  Laaa-lalala laaaaa laaa-lalala
 
[Verse 1]
 
G                          G
I hope you don't mind if I send you a thought
                 C       G          Am7
You're still the special person for me
G
I know I should reserve that feeling for her
           C             G       Am7
But I have fallen down a well of longing
    C                  Bm      Em
I'm in a valley deep inside the earth
Am7                     Am
  I'm in a rich vein of learning
C                       Bm           Em
 I'm stuck still in the depth of the mud
     F                             C
Just God and tree and star for the journey
 
[Verse 2]
 
G                              G
So listen friend you've got my love and respect
         C            G     Am7
Do you believe in the life eternal?
G                            G
 I've got a feeling we'll be talking tonight
          C                G          Am7
Because I knew you when we were so little
C                   Bm          Em
  I knew you when I was a queer fish
Am7                        Am
 You were the one they all wanted
C                       Bm          Em
 I showered you with my light from afar
    F                     C
Now everyone is following you
                   G    G
You're the evening star
 
[Chorus]
 
Em        Em
  So many forces are pushing
A                       Bm  Em
How do you stay so calm?
           Em                     C
If I could master an hour of your peace
      Bm      Bb          Am       G    G
Maybe I would know how to let this go
 
[Instrumental]
 
|Am7    |Am    |Cm7    |Cm
|Am7    |Am    |C  Bm  |Bb  Am
 
[Verse 2]
 
G                   G
 I messed up on the practical side
          C             Bm         Am7
I can't believe all the trouble it caused me
G                          G
 I tried to make up on the spiritual side
          C             G       Am7
My web of prayers and advice implore you
C                     Bm           Em
 To live happy in the best way you can
Am7                  Am
 To live with or without me
C                        Bm         Em
 And if I feel like I am wasting my time
     F                       C
I'll write another letter to sing
               G    G
To the evening star
 
[Outro]
 
        Am7
Evening sta-a-ar
     Am                      G    G
I'll write another letter to her
        Am7
Evening sta-a-ar
     Am                      G    G
I'll write another letter to her
        Am7
Evening sta-a-ar
Am                  Cm7    Cm
  Another letter to her
 
|Am7    |Am    |Cm7    |Cm
|Am7    |Am    |C  Bm  |Bb  Am  |G