Expectations - Belle and Sebastian

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Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Intro]

                            


[Verse 1]

             
  Monday morni

            
ng wake up kno

              
wing that you 

            
gotta go to sc

hool
              
Tell your mum 

            
what to expect

              
, she says it'

              
s right out of

     
 the blue
              
Do you wanna w

            
ork in Debenha

              
m's, because t

              
hat's what the

    
y expect
              
Start in linge

            
rie, and Doris

             
 is your super

           
visor

             
  And the head

              
 said that you

            
 always were a

              
 queer one fro

      
m the start
              
For careers yo

            
u say you wann

              
a be remembere

           
d for your art
              
Your obsession

            
 gets you know

              
n throughout t

              
he school for 

      
being strange
              
Making life-si

            
ze models of t

             
he Velvet Unde

             
rground in cla

     
y

             
  In the queue

              
 for lunch the

            
y take the pis

              
s, you've got 

       
no appetite
              
And the rumour

            
 is you never 

              
go with boys a

           
nd you are tig

ht
              
So they jab yo

            
u with a fork,

              
 you drop the 

              
tray and go be

 
rserk
              
While you're c

              
leaning up the

            
 mess the teac

             
her's looking 

        
up your skirt


[Chorus]

             
Hey, you've be

   
en used,
            
  Are you calm

         
? Settle down
            
  Write a song

             
, I'll sing al

ong
              
Soon you will 

          
know that you 

are sane
          
You're on top 

of the world a

gain


[Break]
                      


[Verse 2]

             
  Monday morni

            
ng wake up kno

              
wing that you 

            
gotta go to sc

hool
              
Tell your Mum 

            
what to expect

              
, she says it'

              
s right out of

     
 the blue
              
Do you wanna w

            
ork in C&A, 'c

              
ause that's wh

          
at they expect
              
Move to linger

            
ie and take a 

             
feel off Joe t

                  
he store man

             
  Tell Veronic

            
a the secret o

              
f the boy you 

      
never kissed
              
She's got ever

            
ything to gain

              
 'cause she's 

              
a fat girl wit

    
h a lisp
              
She sticks up 

             
for you when y

             
ou get aggrava

              
tion from the 


snobs
              
'Cause you can

            
't afford a bl

              
azer, girl you

             
're always wea

            
ring clogs

             
  At the inter

            
val you lock y

              
ourself away i

        
nside a room
              
Head of Englis

            
h gets you, as

              
ks you, "what 

              
the hell do yo

              
u think you're

 
 doing?"
              
"Do you think 

              
you're better 

            
than the other

              
 kids? Well ge

     
t outside."
              
You've got per

              
mission, but y

            
ou got to make

             
 the bastard t

          
hink he's righ

t


[Chorus]

             
Hey, you've be

   
en used
            
  Write a song

            
, I'll sing al

ong
            
  Are you calm

         
? Settle down
              
Soon you will 

          
know that you 

are sane
          
You're on top 

of the world a

gain
            
  And you're c

            
ool and you kn

ow
            
  You're a sta

             
r, you'll go f

ar
            
  Think of me 

     
as a friend
              
Not just the b

       
oy who played 

guitar
          
You're on top 

of the world a

gain