Belle and Sebastian - Your Cover's Blown: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Your Cover's Blown" 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.

F#m7
"So how do we know each other,
and how do you have my number?
Well why don't you guide me? You be the driver."

F#m7
Say what you want and leave your shyness home
And you should do what you want and write
a little poem
Leave it for her and live another day
And you should leave it for her, the girl
around the way

Write down a list of things you want to do
And then you leave it in work because you
want to live a little
Pick up the girl in someone's borrowed Mini
Take her to dinner, use her boyfriend's money

Chorus:
A                  C#
Hey lady, put the phone down
       F#m
Cancel all operations
         D
Tell your friends to cool it
      A                        C#
Your cover's blown, I want to see you alone
       F#m
Cancel all operations
         D
Tell your friends to cool it
      A           C#
Your cover's blown

Planning a break is such a tricky thing
Because you move to the country,
she comes back again
And then you move to the city,
but she goes abroad
Is she telling you something? Is she getting bored?

I'll make a rough plan to sleep around, I'm in a rut
I need a change, I'm a lazy rat, if I am honest
But my bold change of tact will
fade out with the summer
I've got no appetite and all the girls are bummers

Em               G
My baby doesn't look at me
           A
The way I want her to look
              Bm  F#m A
She doesn't "comprend"
Em                G
My baby's got it going on
              A                            Bm  F#m
She's got a friend hid in every street in this town
   G                         Am G F  E
I want to go out but there's nobody home .
              Am
I'll go on my own

Am
Thus starts the lonely walking
Dm                              E
There's always too much talking I should
             Am
have stayed home
Am
She starts her cool caressing
Dm
The kid, she starts undressing
E                  Am G F E
I should've stayed home
Am
The dj's picking up speed
Dm
That's something I just don't need
E                  Am
I should've stayed home
Am
The gossip's bearing down on me,
Dm                           E
The kids are pairing off in front of me.
                   Am   G F E
I should've stayed home
                   Am   G F E
I should've stayed home
                Am
I think I'll go home

Chorus:
Em
Listen lady, put your phone down
       C
Cancel all operations

Tell your friends to cool it.
      G                       B
Your cover's blown I need to see you alone
       Em
Cancel all operations
            C
Tell your friends to cool it
 G                        B
Listen lady, leave your phone down
       Em
Cancel all operations
            C
Tell your friends to cool it
      G                       B
Your cover's blown I need to see you alone
       Em
Cancel all operations
         C
Tell your friends to cool it
 G                B
Hey lady, meet my mum and dad
           Em
You're a strange aberration
         C                        G
In this land of potted plants and boxlike houses
           B
Where the girls like mouses
           Em                     C
Breathe a long sigh of resignation
                        G
You resign yourself to keep on growing
          B
Like the seeds you're sowing
           Em                        C
You're a strange apparition in this land
                        G
of grammar schools and gala days
            B
The ladies set in their ways
           Em                       C
You had a long conversation with a kid next door
        G
He's a little slow
             B
But in your favour, it shows
       Em
Cancel all operations
            C                          Em
Tell your friends to move out to the sticks

Em                     B/D#
Listen lady, leave the boy home
       C
Cancel all operations
          Am                               Em
Tell your friends there's more to you than this


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

B

Guitar chord B

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

F#m7

Guitar chord F#m7

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 "Your Cover's Blown" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Your Cover's Blown" by Belle and Sebastian.

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