A Lady Of A Certain Age original guitar chords by 
The Divine Comedy 
Key: C minor
Intro 1
F
G7
C
C/Bb
F
G7sus4
G7
Am
Am
Verse 1
Cadd9
C
dined out with starlets
Am
F
You sipped Camparis with David and Peter
G7
Cadd9
C
At Noel's parties by Lake Geneva
Fmaj7
Dm
Scaling the dizzy heights of high society
Chorus 1
F
G7
You chased the sun around the Cote D'Azur
C
C/Bb
Until the light of youth became obscured
G7sus4
G/B
and in the shade
Bb6
Dm
E7
An English lady of a certain age
C
C/Bb
You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
F/A
Fm/G#
"You wouldn't think that I was seventy"
G7sus4
G7
Am
And he'd say "No, you couldn't be!"
Verse 2
Am
F
You had to marry someone very very rich
Cadd9
C
in the style to which
Fmaj7
Dm
You had all of your life been accustomed to
Am
F
You gave him children, a girl and a boy
G7
Cadd9
C
To keep your sanity a nanny was employed
Chorus 2
F
G7
You chased the sun around the Cote D'Azur
C
C/Bb
Until the light of youth became obscured
G7sus4
G/B
and in the shade
Bb6
Dm
E7
An English lady of a certain age
C
C/Bb
You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
F/A
Fm/G#
"You wouldn't think that I was sixty-three"
G7sus4
G7
Am
And he'd say "No, you couldn't be!"
Verse 3
G7
Cadd9
C
Flies down once in a while, leaves in a hurry
G7
Cadd9
C
He left the villa to his mistress in Marseille
Am/E
E7
Hoping that someone will fill your glass
Chorus 3
and let you chat about how
F
G7
You chased the sun around the Cote D'Azur
C
C/Bb
Until the light of youth became obscured
G7sus4
G/B
and in the shade
Bb6
Dm
E7
An English lady of a certain age
C
C/Bb
You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
F/A
Fm/G#
"You wouldn't think that I was fifty-three"
G7sus4
G7
F
G7
And he'd say "No, you couldn't be!"
C
C/Bb
F/A
G7sus4
G/B
Bb6
Dm
E7
F
G7
C
C/Bb
F/A
Fm/G#
G7sus4
G7
Outro 1
C
C/Bb
F/A
Fm/G#
G7
C
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