Matinee (Listen to sample)

Bm - Am - Em (2x)

Bm A - Em

1. Take your white finger, slide the nail under

the top and bottom buttons

Bm A - Em

of my blazer, relax the fraying wool, slacken ties and I'm

G D Am C

not to look at you in the shoe, but the eyes, find the eyes.

Am

Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories,

C

and files you must follow, leave this academic factory.

Am

You’ll find me in the matinee, the dark of the matinee,

C G

it’s better in the matinee, the dark of the matinee is mine,

Bm - A - Bm

yes, it’s mi………....ne !

Bm - Am - Em (2x)

Bm A - Em

2. I time every journey, to bump into you, accidentally.

- Bm A - Em

I charm you and tell you of the boys I hate,

- G

all the girls I hate, all the words I hate

- Em

all the clothes I hate, how I'll never be anything I hate.

G D

You smile, mention something that you like,

Am C

how you'd have a happy life, if you did the things you like.

+ CHORUS

Bm A - Em

3. So I'm on BBC2 now, telling Terry Wogan how I made it.

Bm A - Em

What I made is unclear, but his deference is and his laughter is.

G D

My words and smile are so easy now.

Am C

Yes, it's easy now. Yes, it's easy now !

Am

Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories,

C

and files you must follow, leave this academic factory.

Am

You’ll find me in the matinee, the dark of the matinee,

C

it’s better in the matinee, the dark of the matinee.

Am

Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories,

C

and files you must follow, leave this academic factory.

Am

You’ll find me in the matinee, the dark of the matinee,

C G

it’s better in the matinee, the dark of the matinee is mine,

Bm - A - Bm - B

yes, it’s mi……….…....ne !

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Franz Ferdinand)