The Divine Comedy – A Lady Of A Certain Age chords

A Lady of A Certain Age: The Divine Comedy

Intro: (finger style)

F(X2), G7(X2), C(X2), C/Bb(X2), Fadd9/A(X2), G7sus4(X2), G7(X1 strum)

Am                                                Fmaj7/ABack in the day you had been part of the smart set
G7                                          C9                       CYou holidayed with kings, dined out with starlets
F                                               Dm6From London to New York, Cap-Ferrat to Capri
Am/F                                      E7In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenchy
Am                                         Fmaj7You sipped camparis with David and Peter
G7                          Csus2          CAt Noel's parties by Lake Geneva
Fmaj7                                      Dm6Scaling the dizzy heights of high society
Am                                                    E7Armed only with a cheque-book and a family tree

F                                                       G    You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
C                                                 C/BbUntil the light of youth became obscured
F                                                    G7And left you on your own and in the shade
Bb6                             DmAn English lady of a certain age
F                                                    GAnd if a nice young man would buy you a drink
C                                                 C/BbYou'd say with a conspire-a-tor-i-al wink
F                                                     Fm"You wouldn't think that I was seventy"
F/G                   G              AmAnd he'd say, "no, you couldn't be!"

Am                                                Fmaj7/AYou had to marry someone very, very rich
G7                                          C9                       CSo that you might be kept in the style to which
F                                               Dm6You had all of your life been accustomed to
Am/F                                      E7But that the socialists had taxed away from you
Am                                         Fmaj7You gave him children, a girl and a boy
G7                          Csus2          CTo keep your sanity a nanny was employed
Fmaj7                                      Dm6And when the time came they were sent away
Am                                                    E7Well that was simply what you did in those days

Chorus; Sixty three

Am                                                Fmaj7/AYour son's in stocks and bonds and lives back in Surrey
G7                                          C9                       CFlies down once in a while and leaves in a hurry
F                                               Dm6Your daughter never finished her finishing school
Am/F                                      E7Married a strange young man of whom you don't approve
Am                                         Fmaj7Your husband's hollow heart gave out one Christmas Day
G7                          Csus2          CHe left the villa to his mistress in Marseilles
Fmaj7                                      Dm6And so you come here to escape your little flat
Am                                                    E7Hoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat about how

Chorus; fifty three

F – G – C – C/Bb – F – G7 – Bb6 – Dm – F – G – C – C/Bb – F – Fm – F/G – G – Am 

(finger style)

C – C/Bb – F/A – Fm – G - Finish on one strum of Am