Intro: (finger style)
F(X2), G7(X2), C(X2), C/Bb(X2), Fadd9/A(X2), G7sus4(X2), G7(X1 strum)
[Am]Back in the day you had been part of the smart set[Fmaj7/A]
[G7]You holidayed with kings, dined out with sta[C9]rlets[C]
[F]From London to New York, Cap-Ferrat to Capri[Dm6]
[Am/F]In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenc[E7]hy
[Am]You sipped camparis with David and Peter[Fmaj7]
[G7]At Noel's parties by Lake Ge[Csus2]neva[C]
[Fmaj7]Scaling the dizzy heights of high society[Dm6]
[Am]Armed only with a cheque-book and a family tree[E7]
[F]You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur[G]
[C]Until the light of youth became obscured[C/Bb]
[F]And left you on your own and in the shade[G7]
[Bb6]An English lady of a certain age[Dm]
[F]And if a nice young man would buy you a drink[G]
[C]You'd say with a conspire-a-tor-i-al wink[C/Bb]
[F]"You wouldn't think that I was seventy"[Fm]
[F/G]And he'd say, "no, you[G] couldn't be!"[Am]
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[Am]You had to marry someone very, very rich[Fmaj7/A]
[G7]So that you might be kept in the style to wh[C9]ich[C]
[F]You had all of your life been accustomed to[Dm6]
[Am/F]But that the socialists had taxed away fro[E7]m you
[Am]You gave him children, a girl and a boy[Fmaj7]
[G7]To keep your sanity a nanny [Csus2]was employed[C]
[Fmaj7]And when the time came they were sent away[Dm6]
[Am]Well that was simply what you did in those days[E7]
Chorus; Sixty three
[Am]Your son's in stocks and bonds and lives back in S[Fmaj7/A]urrey
[G7]Flies down once in a while and leaves in a h[C9]urry[C]
[F]Your daughter never finished her finishing schoo[Dm6]l
[Am/F]Married a strange young man of whom you do[E7]n't approve
[Am]Your husband's hollow heart gave out one Ch[Fmaj7]ristmas Day
[G7]He left the villa to his mis[Csus2]tress in Marsei[C]lles
[Fmaj7]And so you come here to escape your little [Dm6]flat
[Am]Hoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat a[E7]bout how
Chorus; fifty three
FGCC/BbFG7Bb6DmFGCC/BbFFmF/GGAm
(finger style)
CC/BbF/AFmG - Finish on one strum of Am
F(X2), G7(X2), C(X2), C/Bb(X2), Fadd9/A(X2), G7sus4(X2), G7(X1 strum)
[Am]Back in the day you had been part of the smart set[Fmaj7/A]
[G7]You holidayed with kings, dined out with sta[C9]rlets[C]
[F]From London to New York, Cap-Ferrat to Capri[Dm6]
[Am/F]In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenc[E7]hy
[Am]You sipped camparis with David and Peter[Fmaj7]
[G7]At Noel's parties by Lake Ge[Csus2]neva[C]
[Fmaj7]Scaling the dizzy heights of high society[Dm6]
[Am]Armed only with a cheque-book and a family tree[E7]
[F]You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur[G]
[C]Until the light of youth became obscured[C/Bb]
[F]And left you on your own and in the shade[G7]
[Bb6]An English lady of a certain age[Dm]
[F]And if a nice young man would buy you a drink[G]
[C]You'd say with a conspire-a-tor-i-al wink[C/Bb]
[F]"You wouldn't think that I was seventy"[Fm]
[F/G]And he'd say, "no, you[G] couldn't be!"[Am]
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[Am]You had to marry someone very, very rich[Fmaj7/A]
[G7]So that you might be kept in the style to wh[C9]ich[C]
[F]You had all of your life been accustomed to[Dm6]
[Am/F]But that the socialists had taxed away fro[E7]m you
[Am]You gave him children, a girl and a boy[Fmaj7]
[G7]To keep your sanity a nanny [Csus2]was employed[C]
[Fmaj7]And when the time came they were sent away[Dm6]
[Am]Well that was simply what you did in those days[E7]
Chorus; Sixty three
[Am]Your son's in stocks and bonds and lives back in S[Fmaj7/A]urrey
[G7]Flies down once in a while and leaves in a h[C9]urry[C]
[F]Your daughter never finished her finishing schoo[Dm6]l
[Am/F]Married a strange young man of whom you do[E7]n't approve
[Am]Your husband's hollow heart gave out one Ch[Fmaj7]ristmas Day
[G7]He left the villa to his mis[Csus2]tress in Marsei[C]lles
[Fmaj7]And so you come here to escape your little [Dm6]flat
[Am]Hoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat a[E7]bout how
Chorus; fifty three
FGCC/BbFG7Bb6DmFGCC/BbFFmF/GGAm
(finger style)
CC/BbF/AFmG - Finish on one strum of Am
