Piazza New York Catcher
by Belle And Sebastian

Tabbed by: CatchingFirefly

This is the easiest way to play this song and have the correct sound. Most of the 
credit goes to squizz for tabbing ver 2, but I have made some changes to things I 
think sound better.

Standard Tuning
Capo: 1st

             
Elope with me 

              
Miss Private a

            
nd we’ll sail 

            
around the wor

ld
            
I will be your

              
 Ferdinand and

  
 you my waywar

d girl
            
How many night

              
s of talking i

     
n hotel rooms 

can you take?
            
How many night

              
s of limping r

        
ound on pagan 

holidays?
            
Oh elope with 

              
me in private 

           
and we’ll set 

something abla

ze
            
A trail for th

            
e devil to era


se

             
San Francisco’

              
s calling us, 

            
the Giants and

            
 Mets will pla

y
            
Piazza, New Yo

              
rk catcher, ar

      
e you straight

 or are you ga

y?
            
We hung about 

              
the stadium, w

     
e’ve got no pl

ace to stay
            
We hung about 

              
the tenderloin

     
 and tenderly 

you tell
            
About the sadd

              
est book you e

              
ver read, it a


lways makes yo

u cry
            
The statue’s c

             
rying too and 

        
well he may

             
I love you I’v

              
e a drowning g

            
rip on your ad

       
oring face
            
I love you my 

            
responsibility

 has found a p

lace 
            
Beside you and

              
 strong warnin

          
gs in the guis

e of gentle wo

rds
            
Come wave upon

              
 me from the w

     
ider family ne

t absurd
             
“You’ll take c

             
are of her, I 

              
know it, you w

     
ill do a bette

r job”
           
Maybe, but not

            
 what she dese

rves

             
Elope with me 

              
Miss Private a

            
nd we’ll drink

            
 ourselves awa

ke
            
We’ll taste th

              
e coffee house

        
s and award ce

rtificates
            
A privy seal t

              
o keep the fee

     
l of 1960 styl

e
            
We’ll comment 

              
on the decor a

         
nd we’ll help 

the passer by
            
And at dusk wh

              
en work is ove

            
r we’ll contin

ue the debate
            
In a borrowed 

             
bedroom virgin

        
al and spare

             
The catcher hi

              
ts for .318 an

            
d catches ever

   
y day
            
The pitcher pu

              
ts religion fi

        
rst and rests 

on holidays
            
He goes into c

              
athedrals and 

     
lies prostrate

 on the floor
            
He knows the d

              
rink affects h

              
is speed he’s 


praying for a 

doorway 
            
Back into the 

              
life he wants 

      
a confession f

rom the bench
            
Life outside t

             
he diamond is 

  
a wrench

             
I wish that yo

              
u were here wi

            
th me to pass 

          
the dull weeke

nd
            
I know it woul

              
dn’t come to l

        
ove, my heroin

e pretend
            
A lady steppin

              
g from the son

      
gs we love unt

il this day
            
You’d settle f

              
or an epitaph 

      
like “Walk Awa

y, Renee”
            
The sun upon t

              
he roof in win

              
ter will draw 

 
you out like a

 flower

            
Meet you at th

             
e statue in an

 
 hour
            
Meet you at th

             
e statue in an

 
 hour