Victory For The Comic Muse 04:

A Lady Of A Certain Age

Intro Ab Cm Verse 1 (verse chords) Cm Fm(sus9-8)/C Bb7 Eb Eb7/Db Ab sus2/C Bb7 sus4-3

Back in the day you had been part of the smart set
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Youd holidayed with kings, dined out with starlets

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From London to New York, Cap Ferrat to Capri

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In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenchy

Cm Fm9/C

You sipped camparis with David and Peter

Bb7 Eb(sus9-8)/Bb

At Noels parties by Lake Geneva

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Scaling the dizzy heights of high society

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Armed only with a cheque-book and a family tree

Chorus (chorus chords) Ab Bb7

You chased the sun around the Cte d'Azur

Eb Eb7/Db

Until the light of youth became obscured

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And left you on your own and i n

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the

shade

An English lady of a certain age

Ab Bb7

And if a nice young man would buy you a drink

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Youd say with a conspiratorial wink

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You wouldnt think that I was seventy

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And hed say, no - you couldnt be!

Verse 2 (verse chords) 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 Chorus (chorus chords) You chased the sun around the Cte 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 Youd say with a conspiratorial wink You wouldnt think that I was sixty three And hed say, no - you couldnt be! Verse 3 (verse chords) Your sons 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 dont approve Your husbands 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 Chorus (chorus chords) You chased the sun around the Cte d'Azur Until the light of youth became obscured And left you all alone and in the shade An English lady of a certain age And if a nice young man would buy you a drink Youd say with a conspiratorial wink You wouldnt think that I was fifty-three Bb7 sus4 3 Ab

And hed say, no - you couldnt be!

Bb Ab Outro Eb Eb7/Db Absus2/C Abm9/B Bb7 Eb Bb Eb Eb Eb7/Db Eb7/Db Ab/C Ab/C Bb7sus4 - Bb/D Abm/B Bbm6/Db Bb/D Fm G

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