Chords for Fish - A Gentleman's Excuse Me

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[Bb] Do you still keep [F] paper flowers in [Cm] the bottom _ [F] drawer with your Belgian [Bbm] lace?
_ [F] Taking them out every year to [Dm] watch the colours fade away? _
[Bb] Do you still [F] believe in fairy tales, [Cm] in _ [Eb] battlements of shining [Dm] castles?
Safe from the dragons that lie beneath the hill? _
[Bb] Are you still [F] a Russian princess, _ _ [Cm] rescued by [F] a gypsy dancer?
_ [Bb] To anyone [F] who'll listen, is [Dm] that a story you still tell?
_ [Bb] You live [F] a life of fantasy, [Cm] your [Eb] diary _ [A] romantic [Eb] fiction
[Bb] _ _ Can't you see [C] it's hard for me?
[Gm] Can you see [Bb] what I'm trying to say?
[E] _ _ [F] It's a _ gentleman's excuse me, so [Am] I'll take one step to the side
_ Can [Bb] you get it inside your head?
I'm [F] tired of dancing _ _ _
[C] For [Dm] every one step forward, [F] I'm [Bb] taking two steps back
_ Can you get [F] it inside [Gm] your head?
[C] I'm tired of [D] dancing
_ [Dm] I _
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know [Bb] you still like old-fashioned [C] waltzes
_ Your reflection [Bb] in the mirror that you flirt with
As you [C] glide across the floor
_ [Gm]
But if I [Bb] told you the music's over, [C] would you want to hear _
That your [Bb] dance card is empty, that [C] there's no one really there?
_ [Am]
Do [Bb] you [F] still believe in Santa Claus?
[Cm] There's a millionaire _ [F] _ looking for [Bb] your front [F] door
With a key to a life [Dm] that you'd never _ understand
_ [Bb] And all I [F] have to offer is the [A] love [Eb] I have, [F] it's freely [Eb] given
[Bb] _ _ You'll see it's [C] value _ when [Bb] you see what I try to [C] say _
_ [F] It's a _ gentleman's excuse me, so [Am] I'll take one step to the side _
Can [Bb] you get it inside your head?
I'm [F] tired of dancing
_ _ _ [C] For [Dm] every one step forward, I'm [C] taking [Bb] two steps back _
Can you get [F] it inside [Gm] your [C] head?
That on [Gm] this [Dm] one step forward, there's [Bb] no turning back
_ Can you get it [F] inside [Gm] your head?
[C] I'm tired of [D] dancing
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_ _ _ _ _ _ We're finished dancing _ _ _ _ _
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