Bide Your Time

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[Verse 0]
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  The temptation is all too great to know it's gone and it's all too late.
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I tried and I tried, I never applied any of the morals that I wish I'd had.

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[Verse 1]
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  You wait fifty-one weeks through all your hides and all of your seeks.
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When the time finally arrives,   it dawns on me the tension derives

[Pre-Chorus 1]
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from the girlfriend that you left at home,
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sitting in your living room all alone.

[Chorus 1]
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  You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round   the short-sleeved man
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and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
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  You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
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handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
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  Are you scared to be proud?   How can that still be?
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Come and sing your   heart out with me.

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[Verse 2]
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  But if you   bide your time and you stand there and you wait in line.
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It won't be long before her sarong is lying on your bedroom floor.


[Pre-Chorus 2]
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But what about the   girlfriend you left at home,
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sitting in her living room all alone.

[Chorus 2]
D                 A                 D                  A                   D
  You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round   the short-sleeved man
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and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
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  You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
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handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
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  How is that still allowed?   Are you scared to be proud?
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When you're on cloud number   nine.

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[Pre-Chorus 3]
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  And the girlfriend you left at home,
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sitting in your living room all alone.

[Chorus 3]
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  You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round   the short-sleeved man
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and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, they fuckin' do my head in.
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  You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
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handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
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  Are you scared to be proud?   How is that still allowed?
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When you're on cloud number   nine.

[Outro]
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NB. Chords not in brackets fall on the first beat of the bar
    Chords in brackets fall mid-bar


Bide Your Time
The Courteeners
Tabbed by rich-uk
15 December 2008
Capo 7th fret

[Intro]
G     D     C     D
G     D     C     D

[Verse 0]
G            D              C                  D                     G
  The temptation is all too great and now it's gone and it's all too late.
              D                 C               D                    G
I tried and I tried, I never applied any of the morals that I wish I had.

Fill 1:
      D     C     D
G     D     C     D

[Verse 1]
G             D                    C                  D           G
  You wait fifty-one weeks through all your hides and all of your seeks.
              D                C             D               C
When the time finally arrives,   it dawns on me attention derives

[Pre-Chorus 1]
         D                   D
from the girlfriend that you left at home,
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sitting in your living room all alone.

[Chorus 1]
G                 D                 G                  D                   G
  You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round   the short-sleeved man
                  D                         C                D
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
G                 D                  G                         D
  You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
G                           D                       C
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C         (D)          C      C         (D)        C
  Are you scared to be proud?   How can that still be?
                   D             G
Come and sing your   heart out with me.

Fill 2:
      D     C     D
G     D     C     D

[Verse 2]
G            D           C                        D               G
  But if you   bide your time and you stand there and you wait in line.
            D                 C       D                      C
It won't be long before her sarong is lying on your bathroom floor.


[Pre-Chorus 2]
                   D                     D
But what about the   girlfriend that you left at home,
D                          D
sitting in her living room all alone.

[Chorus 2]
G                 D                 G                  D                   G
  You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round   the short-sleeved man
                  D                         C                D
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, well, they do my head in.
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  You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
G                           D                       C
handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C        (D)          C      C         (D)          C
  How is that still allowed?   Are you scared to be proud?
               D            G
When you're on cloud number   nine.

Fill 3:
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[Pre-Chorus 3]
C         D              D
  And the girlfriend you left at home,
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sitting in your living room all alone.

[Chorus 3]
G                 D                 G                  D                   G
  You hate the suntan and you can't stand to be 'round   the short-sleeved man
                  D                         C                  D
and the gaggle o' girls who are singing too loud, they fuckin' do my head in.
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  You hate the tattoos and you can't handle the skinheads, the ones who cannot
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handle their booze, they're making you scared to be proud.
C         (D)          C      C        (D)          C
  Are you scared to be proud?   How is that still allowed?
               D            G
When you're on cloud number   nine.

[Outro]
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