Belle and Sebastian - Calculating Bimbo: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Calculating Bimbo" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

    D#
A lack of understanding
    Fm
You took for being lazy
  Gm
I was just being lazy
    A#
I'm even doing it now

Chorus:
                      G#
I know that you have saved me
                      D#    G# D# G#
I love that you have saved me

Save your pennies careful
Let both blue eyes be watchful
It's best to forget freedom
It's best to be enslaved

Chorus:
It's better still to love first
It's harder still to love first

D#                           A#m
You're my winter queen that disappeared
Your hands grew cold
    G#                  D#
You ran a mile from my ways
                        A#m
Last I heard you had a four-floor
view with lots of time
    G#                     Cm
And notebook full of the finest,
creamy, rich girl parchment pages
                             F
Slowly filled with all your passing days
             G#             D# G#  D# G#
Every sacred word paints a picture

Bigger were his muscles
And farther go his dollars
But when you are in trouble
And when you are uptight

Chorus:
I get the midnight phone call
I'm your captain for the long haul

If someone else is near me
You scuttle up the pavement
It's no one that I care for
I pause for an effect

You calculating bimbo
I wish you'd let the past go


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

G#

Guitar chord G#

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Calculating Bimbo" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Calculating Bimbo" by Belle and Sebastian.

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