Belle and Sebastian - Slow Graffiti: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Slow Graffiti" 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.

          C#
There's a portrait
     G#
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent
              B
And gaze for hours on
    A#m                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         G#
Of some imaginary friend

So how about it?
Show me please how I will look in twenty years
And let me please
Interpret history in every line
and scar that's painted
There in front of me

Chorus:
           C#
It doesn't matter
          G#
What I'm thinking
        F#
What I tell myself to do
          C#    F#
I end up calling

I stay in to defrost the fridge
Now the kid has gone to bed
A feeling of dread
At least when she's around the trouble's there
It's worse to wake up with her
falling round the room

Chorus:
Listen Johnny
You're like a mother to
the girl you've fallen for
And you're still falling
Listen Johnny
You're like a mother to
the girl you've fallen for
And you're still falling

             B
And if they come tonight
       A#m
You'll roll up tight
     F#              G#
And take whatever's coming to you next
(oh, oh oh oh)


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

B

Guitar chord B

C#

Guitar chord C#

F#

Guitar chord F#

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

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