Chords for The Divine Comedy - A Lady of a Certain Age | A Take Away Show

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_ [Cm] _ [Gm] Okay?
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_ _ _ _ _ Back in the day you [Ab] had been part of the stars,
[Bb] You'd holiday with kings, sky and dove, and [Cm] starlets.
From London to New York, [D] Cap Vera to Debris,
_ [Cm] In perfume by Chanel, [G] and clothes by Givenchy.
[Cm] You'd sit down for an evening of Jesus,
[Bb] And look up [Gm] by a [Eb] lake Geneva,
[Cm] Scaling the dizzy heights [D] of high society,
_ [Cm] All lonely with a checkbook [G] and a family tree.
[Ab] You'd chase the sun [Bb] around the moon,
_ _ [Eb] Until the light of youth became obscure,
_ [Ab] And left you on your own [Bb] and in the shade,
[Db] Staring with your lady on [Cm] a Saturday.
[G] _ _ [Ab] And if the nice [Bb] young men who buy you a drink,
[Eb] _ You'd say with a _ conspiratorial wick,
[Ab] You wouldn't think that I [Abm] was seventeen.
[F] And you'd say [Bb] no,
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_ You'd like to marry someone [Ab] very, very, _
[Bb] So that you might be kept in [Eb] the style of [Cm] which,
You had all of your [D] life been accustomed to.
[Cm] But that the [G] socialists detached away from you,
[Cm] You gave them children, [Ab] a girl and a boy,
[Bb] To keep your sanity a high man he [Eb] was employed.
[Cm] And when the time came [C] you were sent away,
[Cm] Well that was simply [G] what you did, _
[Ab] You'd chase the sun [Bb] around the moon, _ _
[Eb] _ Until the light of youth became obscure, _
[Ab] And left you on your [Eb] own and in [Bb] the shade,
[Bbm] Staring with your lady [Fm] on a [G] Saturday. _
[Ab] And if the nice young [Bb] men who buy you a drink,
[Eb] You'd say with a _ conspiratorial wick,
[Ab] You wouldn't think that I [Abm] was fifty [F]-three.
And you'd [Bb] say no,
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_ _ _ _ _ Your son's in Stockton, [Ab] Mom's in Lims, back in Surrey,
[Bb] Lies down once in a while, leaves [Eb] in a hurry,
[Ab] Your daughter never [D] finished her finishing school,
[G] _ [Cm] Marries a strange young [G] man of whom you don't approve,
[Cm] Your husband's hollow [Ab] heart gave out one Christmas [Bb] day,
He left for the love to his mistress,
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ And I'm here [D] to sing your _ [Cm] lullaby,
Hoping someone will fill [G] your glass,
I've left you sad about [Ab] how,
You'd chase the sun [Bb] around the cold desert,
_ [Eb] Until the light of youth became obscure,
_ [Ab] And left you [F] all alone and in [Bb] the shade,
[Db] _ Staring with your lady [Fm] on a [G] Saturday.
And _ [Ab] _ if the nice young [Bb] men who buy you a drink,
[Eb] You'd say with a _ conspiratorial wick,
[Ab] You wouldn't think [Eb] that I was forty-three.
And [Bb] you'd say no,
[Ab] Your son's in Stockton, [Bb] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Mom's in Lims, back in Surrey,
Lies down once in a while, leaves in a hurry, _ _ _ _ _ _