Chords for I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face

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F

D

A

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I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face chords
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[Eb] [A] [D] [G]
[A] [D]
[G] Damn, damn, [Cm] damn, [Fm]
damn!
[C] I've grown accustomed to her face.
[Em]
[C] She almost [G] makes the day begin.
[C] [G] I've grown accustomed [Gb] to the tune.
[C] She whistles night and noon.
[F] Her smiles, [Gb]
[Db] her frowns, [Dm] her ups, [G] her downs are [C] second nature [G] to me now.
[C]
Like [G] breathing out and breathing in.
[C] [F] I was [B] serenely independent and [C] content before [A] we met.
[Dm] Surely [G] I could [Em] always be [E] that way again.
[F] [A] And yet, [C]
I've [D] grown accustomed to her looks.
[Fm] [C]
Accustomed to [Em] her voice.
[C] Accustomed to her face.
[Db] [Ebm] Mary Freddie.
What an infantile idea.
What a heartless, wicked, brainless thing to do.
She'll regret it.
She'll regret it.
It's doomed before [D] they even take the vow.
I can see her now, Mrs.
[A] Freddie Eynesford Hill, [D] in a wretched little flat above [C] a store.
I can see her now, not a penny in the till and a bill collector [Bb] beating at the door.
She'll try to [A] teach the [D] things I taught her.
[G] And end up selling [D] flowers instead.
[G] [Gbm] Begging for [E] her bread and water.
While [A] her husband has [F] his breakfast in [A] bed.
In [Dm] a year or so, [B] when she's prematurely grey and the blossom in her cheek [G] has turned to chalk.
[Em] She'll come home and know he'll [Gb] have upped and run [Em] away with a social climbing heiress [Gb] from New York.
Poor [B] Eliza.
How [C] simply frightful.
How [Ab] humiliating.
How [G] delightful.
How poignant it'll be on that [C] inevitable [D] night.
When she hammers on my door in [Bb] tears and rags.
[Fm] Miserable and lonely, repentant and contrite.
Will [B] I take her in or hurl her to [F] the wolves?
[Gb] Give her kindness or the treatment she deserves?
[F]
Will I take her back or throw the baggage out?
[Bb] I'm a most forgiving man.
The sort who [Gm] never could, [G] ever would, [Gm] take a position [G] and staunchly never [Bb] budge.
Just [F] a most forgiving [Bb] man.
But I will [Eb] never take her back.
If she were [B] crawling on her [Abm] knees.
Let [Eb] her promise [Bb] to atone.
Let her shiver.
Let her moan.
I will slam [Eb] the door and [Bb] let the [Eb] hell cat freeze.
Marry Freddy.
[B] [C] Ha!
[D] [Em]
[C]
[F] [C]
But [G] I'm so used to [Eb] hear her say.
[C] Good morning every day.
[F] Her [Em] joys.
Her woes.
[F] Her highs.
[G] Her lows are [C] second nature to me [G] now.
[C]
Like breathing out and [G] breathing in.
[C]
[F] I'm very grateful [B] she's a woman.
[C] And so easy to [A] forget.
[Dm] Rather [G] like a habit one [E] can always break.
[Bbm] [A] And yet, [Am] I've grown accustomed to the trace.
[Fm]
[G] Of something in the air.
[Am]
Accustomed to [F] her [C]
face.
[Dm]
[G]
[C] [E]
[Gbm] [B]
[E] [Em] [G]
[D] [B]
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[Dm] [F]
[Dm] [D]
[G]
[C]
[N]
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
F
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D
1321
A
1231
C
3211
G
2131
F
134211111
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[Eb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Damn, damn, [Cm] damn, [Fm]
damn!
_ [C] _ I've grown accustomed to her face.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] She almost [G] makes the day begin. _
_ _ [C] _ [G] I've grown accustomed [Gb] to the tune.
[C] She whistles night and noon.
[F] Her smiles, [Gb]
[Db] her frowns, [Dm] her ups, [G] her downs are [C] second nature [G] to me now.
_ _ [C] _
Like [G] breathing out and breathing in. _ _
[C] _ [F] I was [B] serenely independent and [C] content before [A] we met.
[Dm] Surely [G] I could [Em] always be [E] that way again.
_ _ [F] [A] And yet, _ [C]
I've [D] grown accustomed to her looks.
[Fm] _ [C] _
Accustomed to [Em] her voice.
_ _ [C] Accustomed to her _ face. _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] Mary Freddie.
_ What an infantile idea.
What a heartless, wicked, brainless thing to do.
_ She'll regret it.
She'll regret it.
It's doomed before [D] they even take the vow.
_ I can see her now, Mrs.
[A] Freddie Eynesford Hill, [D] in a wretched little flat above [C] a store.
I can see her now, not a penny in the till and a bill collector [Bb] beating at the door.
_ She'll try to [A] teach the [D] things I taught her.
[G] And end up selling [D] flowers instead.
_ [G] [Gbm] Begging for [E] her bread and water.
While [A] her husband has [F] his breakfast in [A] bed.
_ _ In [Dm] a year or so, [B] when she's prematurely grey and the blossom in her cheek [G] has turned to chalk.
[Em] She'll come home and know he'll [Gb] have upped and run [Em] away with a social climbing heiress [Gb] from New York. _
Poor [B] Eliza.
_ How [C] simply frightful.
How [Ab] humiliating.
_ How [G] delightful.
_ _ _ How poignant it'll be on that [C] inevitable [D] night.
When she hammers on my door in [Bb] tears and rags.
[Fm] Miserable and lonely, repentant and contrite.
Will [B] I take her in or hurl her to [F] the wolves?
[Gb] Give her kindness or the treatment she deserves?
_ [F]
Will I take her back or throw the baggage out?
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ I'm a most forgiving man.
The sort who [Gm] never could, [G] ever would, [Gm] take a position [G] and staunchly never [Bb] budge.
_ _ _ _ _ Just [F] a most forgiving [Bb] man. _ _ _ _
_ But I will [Eb] never take her back. _
If she were [B] crawling on her [Abm] knees.
Let [Eb] her promise [Bb] to atone.
Let her shiver.
Let her moan.
I will slam [Eb] the door and [Bb] let the [Eb] hell cat freeze. _ _ _ _
Marry Freddy.
[B] [C] Ha!
[D] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
But [G] I'm so used to [Eb] hear her say.
[C] Good morning every day.
[F] Her [Em] joys.
Her woes.
[F] Her highs.
[G] Her lows are [C] second nature to me [G] now.
_ _ [C] _
Like breathing out and [G] breathing in.
_ _ [C] _
_ [F] I'm very grateful [B] she's a woman.
[C] And so easy to [A] forget.
_ [Dm] Rather [G] like a habit one [E] can always break.
[Bbm] _ _ [A] And yet, [Am] _ I've grown accustomed to the trace.
[Fm]
[G] Of _ something in the air.
_ [Am] _
Accustomed to [F] her _ [C]
face. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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