Adelaide’s Lament chords by Frank Loesser
Verse 1
Em
It says here,
the average unmarried female
B
They suckle we insecure
Em
B
Due to some long frustration
C
D
C
D
B
they re act
Em
With psychosomatic symptoms
B
Difficult to endure
E
A
B
Affecting the upper respiratory tract
C#
D
F#
In other words, just from waiting around
G
Em
For that planetal band of gold
D
Em
A
D
A pison can develop a cold
G
You can spray her wherever you figure
Gm
This drug to caulk kind like
G
D
You could give her a shot
A
for whatever she's got
D
but it just won't work
G
if she's tired of getting the fish eye
A
D
Em
from the hotel clique
A
D
a parson can develop a cold
B
oh it says here
Em
the female remaining single
B
just in the legal sense
Em
Shows a neurotic tendency,
C
D
C
see note.
D
B
Ah, note.
Em
Chronic organic syndromes?
B
Toxic or a hypertense
E
Involving the eye, the ear,
A
B
C#
and the nose and throat.
D
F#
In other words, just from wondering
G
Em
whether the wedding is on or off,
A
D
Em
A
D
a poison can develop a quaff.
G
You can feed her all day
Gm
with the vitamin A and the bromopheles,
G
D
A
but the medicine never gets any
D
where near where the trouble is.
G
If she's getting a kind of a
name for herself
A
D
Em
and the name ain't his,
A
a poison can develop
D
G
A quaff!
Eb
G
And for the loves installing, installing,
Ab
Fm
installing the wedding giraffe
Fdim
Bb
Eb
A parson can develop the grip
Oh!
Ab
When they get on the train for Niagara
Eb
Abm
And she can hear church bells chime
Eb
The compartment is air -conditioned,
and the mood's blind.
Ab
Abm
Then they get off at Saratoga
Eb
Fm
for the fourteenth time.
Eb
Bb
Eb
A person can develop the grip,
Cm
the grip,
C
F
Bb
the post -nasal drip.
Eb
With the wheezes and the sneezes
C
and the sightness that's really a pimp.
Ab
Abm
From a lack of community property,
Eb
Abm
and a feeling just getting too old,
a person can develop a bad,
Bb
bad cold.
Eb
Ab
Eb
Eb
Adelaide’s Lament
Frank Loesser
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