Belle and Sebastian - Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie" 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.

         Gm               A#
Sunbeam shone, mousy girl on the end pew
            Gm                    Dm
You'd stay home, oh if only they let you
       Cm             Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm
Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie

          Gm                    A#
Municipal pool, you're a junior life saver
          Gm                Dm
But your friends are all serious ravers
    Cm                 F
Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie
              Gm
Reading Judy Blume
              C
But you came too soon
            Gm                        A#
You're too tall, much too tall for a boyfriend
             Gm                        Dm
They run and hide from your buck tooth and
split ends
      Cm                        F
Don't be scared like the books you've read
               Gm
You're the heroine
                     C
Oh, you'll be doing fine

Chorus:
              D#
Wouldn't you like to get away?
              A#
Bestowing the memory of good and evil
       F                    G
On the ones you left behind
               Gm  C Gm C Gm C Gm
The heartless swine

And you love like nobody around you
How you love and a halo surrounds you
Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie
In the autumn cool
Say cheerio to school
Listen Dear, I've been watching you lately
If I said all these things, you would hate me
Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie
At the church bazaar
I nearly went too far

Chorus:
Wouldn't you like to get away?
Kerouac's beckoning with open arms
And open fields of eucalyptus
Westward bound
Wouldn't you like to get away?
Give yourself up to the allure of
Catcher In The Rye
The future's swathed in Stars and Stripes

Wouldn't you like to get away?
Kerouac's beckoning with open arms
And open fields of eucalyptus
Westward bound
Wouldn't you like to get away?
Give yourself up to the allure of
Catcher In The Rye
The future's swathed in Stars and Stripes


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D#

Guitar chord D#

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

F

Guitar chord F

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 "Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie" by Belle and Sebastian.

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