Belle and Sebastian - My Wandering Days Are Over: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "My Wandering Days Are Over" 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.

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D
Y' know my wandering days are over
           A                     F#m
Does that mean that I'm getting boring?
          G
You tell me
I'm tired of listening to myself, yeah
                                                D
I'm tired of fixing things for Michael and the rest
of them

You know my bip-bopping days are over
I hung my boots up and then retired from
the disco floor
The centre of my so called being is
The space between your bed and wardrobe
with the louvre doors, with the louvre doors

You know "My celibate days are over"
You put me straight on the finer points
of my speech rehearsed
In the mirror of my steamy bathroom
Where the lino tells a sorry story in
a monologue, in a monologue

Chorus:
 D                  G
Six months on, the winter's gone
     D            G
The disenchanted pony
 D                      G
Left the town with the circus boy
     D              G
The circus boy got lonely
      D                G
It's summer, and it's sister song's
       D              G
Been written for the lonely
     Bm            A            G
The circus boy is feeling melancholy

It's got to be fate that's doing it
A spooky witch in a sexy dress has been bugging me
With the story of the way it should be
With the story of Sebastian and Belle the singer,
yeah

           D
Y' know my one man band is over
          A                  F#m                 G
I hit the drum for the final time and I walked away
I saw you in Japanese restaurant
                      Gm                    D
You were doing it for business men on the piano,
Belle
                   A
You said it was a living Hell
                      G
You said you were in Hell

Chorus

 D                  G
Six months on, the winter's gone
     D            G
The disenchanted pony
 D                      G
Left the town with the circus boy
     D              G
The circus boy got lonely
      A                F
It's summer, and it's sister song's
       A              F
Been written for the lonely
     A             F             G  F
The circus boy is feeling melancholy

Can you love me
Can you still here
Really for me
Can you love me
Pretty lazy
Pretty lonely
Melancholy
But so lonely
Melancholy
But so lonely
Melancholy


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

D

Guitar chord D

F

Guitar chord F

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

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 "My Wandering Days Are Over" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "My Wandering Days Are Over" by Belle and Sebastian.

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