A Lady Of A Certain Age original guitar chords by
The Divine Comedy 
Key: C minor•
Intro 1
Ab
Bb7
Eb
Eb/Db
Ab
Bb7sus4
Bb7
Cm
Cm
Verse 1
Cm
Back in the day
Ab
you had been part of the smart set
Bb7
You'd holidayed with kings,
Ebadd9
Eb
dined out with starlets
Abmaj7
From London to New York,
Fm
Cap Ferrat to Capri
Cm/G
In perfume by Chanel
G7
and clothes by Givenchy
Cm
Ab
You sipped Camparis with David and Peter
Bb7
Ebadd9
Eb
At Noel's parties by Lake Geneva
Abmaj7
Fm
Scaling the dizzy heights of high society
Cm/G
Armed only with a chequebook
G7
and a family tree
Chorus 1
Ab
Bb7
You chased the sun around the Cote D'Azur
Eb
Eb/Db
Until the light of youth be came obscured
Ab/C
And left you on your own
Bb7sus4
Bb/D
and in the shade
Db6
Fm
G7
An English lady of a certain age
Ab
And if a nice young man
Bb7
would buy you a drink
Eb
Eb/Db
You'd say with a conspira torial wink
Ab/C
Abm/B
"You wouldn't think that I was seventy"
Bb7sus4
Bb7
Cm
And he'd say "No, you couldn't be!"
Verse 2
Cm
Ab
You had to marry someone very very rich
Bb7
So that you might be kept
Ebadd9
Eb
in the style to which
Abmaj7
Fm
You had all of your life been accustomed to
Cm/G
But that the socialists
G7
had taxed away from you
Cm
Ab
You gave him children, a girl and a boy
Bb7
Ebadd9
Eb
To keep your sanity a nanny was em ployed
Abmaj7
And when the time came
Fm
they were sent away
Cm/G
Well that was simply
G7
what you did in those days
Chorus 2
Ab
Bb7
You chased the sun around the Cote D'Azur
Eb
Eb/Db
Until the light of youth be came obscured
Ab/C
And left you on your own
Bb7sus4
Bb/D
and in the shade
Db6
Fm
G7
An English lady of a certain age
Ab
And if a nice young man
Bb7
would buy you a drink
Eb
Eb/Db
You'd say with a conspira torial wink
Ab/C
Abm/B
"You wouldn't think that I was sixty-three"
Bb7sus4
Bb7
Cm
And he'd say "No, you couldn't be!"
Verse 3
Cm
Your son's in stocks and bonds
Ab
and lives back in Surrey
Bb7
Ebadd9
Eb
Flies down once in a while, leaves in a hurry
Abmaj7
Your daughter never finished
Fm
her finishing school
Cm/G
Married a strange young man
G7
of whom you don't approve
Cm
Your husband's hollow heart
Ab
gave out one Christmas Day
Bb7
Ebadd9
Eb
He left the villa to his mistress in Marseille
Abmaj7
And so you come here
Fm
to es cape your little flat
Cm/G
G7
Hoping that someone will fill your glass
Chorus 3
and let you chat about how
Ab
Bb7
You chased the sun around the Cote D'Azur
Eb
Eb/Db
Until the light of youth be came obscured
Ab/C
And left you on your own
Bb7sus4
Bb/D
and in the shade
Db6
Fm
G7
An English lady of a certain age
Ab
And if a nice young man
Bb7
would buy you a drink
Eb
Eb/Db
You'd say with a conspira torial wink
Ab/C
Abm/B
"You wouldn't think that I was fifty-three"
Bb7sus4
Bb7
Ab
Bb7
And he'd say "No, you couldn't be!"
Eb
Eb/Db
Ab/C
Bb7sus4
Bb/D
Db6
Fm
G7
Ab
Bb7
Eb
Eb/Db
Ab/C
Abm/B
Bb7sus4
Bb7
Outro 1
Eb
Eb/Db
Ab/C
Abm/B
Bb7
Eb
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAb Bb7 Eb Eb/Db Bb7sus4...
Ab
Bb7
Eb
Eb/Db
Bb7sus4
Cm
Ebadd9
Abmaj7
Fm
Cm/G
G7
Ab/C
Bb/D
Db6
Abm/B
Capo: 3
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