Belle and Sebastian - Enter Sylvia Plath: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Enter Sylvia Plath" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Enter Sylvia Plath Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Belle and Sebastian

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Enter Sylvia Plath" smoothly on your guitar.

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Cm
Come, and steal my thoughts away
             A#
Thief of my identity
                    G#         G
I was holding on to decency, reality
Cm
Come, and take me for a while
             A#
Up to your abundant pace
                            G#             G
I’ll be your sidecar if you want to race, want
to race

Chorus:
G#
Put your hand on mine
                      D#
And take me from this tired ride
                  A#
Take me from this early night
                          Cm
From the sea and rain and countryside
       G#
If you talk to me then soon
               D#
I’ll be your accomplice in words
                 A#
And we will talk only in verse
              G
Talk only in verse

I, I will leave the ones I love
Leave them for the years to come
Even though I may be doing wrong, doing wrong
I will follow in your steps
Walk out to the station cold
Buy a ticket and then slowly go, slowly go

Chorus:
In this place and time
Easy is the first escape
I got money, I need no disguise
I'm a citizen and city-wise
In this time and place
There is no one who will shoot you down
There's no one who will take a girl
                        C
And tell her she can't have the world

Fm
Boy, you don’t know what you want
                   D#
It isn’t what you think it is
                              C#           C
All the dreams, and guilt and loneliness, loneliness
Fm
Boy, if we were to be friends
              D#
Subtle is the art required
                            C#           C
To draw the evil from this lonely pyre, lonely pyre

Chorus:
Take this hand from me
And guide me round your tools of work
Fashion me into your junior clerk
Let me live in shadows of your words
When things get tough for you
As they did when you came up through the ranks
You can borrow from my faith, from my faith
Take this hand from me
And guide me round your tools of work
Fashion me into your junior clerk
Let me live in shadows of your words
When things get tough for you
As they did when you came up through the ranks
You can borrow from my faith, from my faith

From my faith, from my faith
From my faith, from my faith
From my faith, from my faith
From my faith, from my faith



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D#

Guitar chord D#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

G

Guitar chord G

G#

Guitar chord G#

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 "Enter Sylvia Plath" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Enter Sylvia Plath" by Belle and Sebastian.

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