A Lady Of A Certain Age
The Divine ComedyVersion1
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Back in the day you had been part of the smart set
You holidayed with kings, dined out with starlets
From London to New York, Cap-Ferrat to Capri
In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenchy
You sipped camparis with David and Peter
At Noel's parties by Lake Geneva
Scaling the dizzy heights of high society
Armed only with a cheque-book and a family tree
You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
Until the light of youth became obscured
And left you on your own and in the shade
An English lady of a certain age
And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
You'd say with a conspire-a-tor-i-al wink
"You wouldn't think that I was seventy"
And he'd say, "no, you couldn't be!"
You had to marry someone very, very rich
So that you might be kept in the style to which
You had all of your life been accustomed to
But that the socialists had taxed away from you
You gave him children, a girl and a boy
To keep your sanity a nanny was employed
And when the time came they were sent away
Well that was simply what you did in those days
Sixty three
Your son's in stocks and bonds and lives back in Surrey
Flies down once in a while and leaves in a hurry
Your daughter never finished her finishing school
Married a strange young man of whom you don't approve
Your husband's hollow heart gave out one Christmas Day
He left the villa to his mistress in Marseilles
And so you come here to escape your little flat
Hoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat about how
fifty three
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Readable chord sheet for A Lady Of A Certain Age by The Divine Comedy
(finger style) [F] [G7] [C] [C/Bb] [Fadd9] [A] [G7sus4] [G7] [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] [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] 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 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]