Fox In The Snow Chords

"Fox in the Snow"
Belle and Sebastian
If You're Feeling Sinister
1996


Capo on 1 (If you want to match the recorded version.)

Intro:	C  C  C  C 

(You can vary with a C/A for the first chord to mimic the bass line.) 

C                 G
Fox in the snow, where do you go
           Am
to find something you can eat?
           F                                 G
Cause the word out on the street is you are starving
                          C
don’t let yourself grow hungry now
E                       Am
don’t let yourself grow cold
     F 		 C	
Fox in the snow
 
F	C

C                  G
Girl in the snow, where do you go
          Am
To find someone who will do?
          F                             G
To tell someone all the truth before it kills you
                      C
they listen to your crazy laugh
E                Am
before you hang a right
               F 	   C		F
and disappear from sight
                  C
What do they know anyway?
                     F
You'll read it in a book
                   C
What do they know anyway?
                     Em          D     
You'll read it in a book tonight

F	F	F	F

C                G
Boy on the bike, what are you like
        Am
as you cycle round the town?
             F
You're going up, you're going down
              G
You're going nowhere
                       C
It's not as if they're paying you
E                  Am
It's not as if it's fun
               F         C
At least not anymore
F                  C
When your legs are black and blue
                     F
It's time to take a break
                    C
When your legs are black and blue
		     C
It's time to take a holiday  

(Chords played under solo)

Am	F	C	C
Am	F	
C	A# (two beats only on A#)	
Am	Am
F	C	F	C
F	C	F	C

C                G
Kid in the snow, way to go
          Am
It only happens once a year
          F
It only happens once a lifetime
          G
Make the most of it
                C
Second just to being born
E               Am
Second to dying too
            F            C
What else would you do?
            F            C
What else would you do?
            F            C
What else would you do?
            F            C
What else would you do?
     F                                       C       
Fox in the snow  (When your legs are looking black and blue)
     F                                   C
Fox in the snow  (It's not as if they're paying you)
     F                                       C
Fox in the snow  (When your legs are looking black and blue)
     F                                   C
Fox in the snow  (It's not as if they're paying you)
     F           C
Fox in the snow
     F           C
Fox in the snow

Repeat FC x 4

Em	D	F