Fred Partington's Daughter chords by Del Amitri
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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) I was sit
(D major) tin' in this five- star place,
(G major) going nowhere fast (D major)
When she caught my attention
through the bot (A major) tom of my glass
She was a waitress (D major) in the hotel
above (G major) this smoky bar (D major)
She got up at dawn for breakfast (A major) an
d worked on 'til it got dark (D major)
Verse 2
And at six (G major) o'clock,
when her shift was up
She'd drink (D major) the night away (G major)
Well, wouldn't (D major) you if (A major) you served
(G major) gentlemen all (D major) day?
(G major) (D major)
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Verse 3
(G major)
Well, she told (D major) me where she came
from was a petty (G major) kind of town (D major)
How her parents became born- agains af
(A major) ter her brother got knocked down
And (D major) how she found the magazines
in the (G major) boot of daddy's (D major) car
And he told her he was weak sometimes,
just (A major) like how all gentlemen (D major) are
Verse 4
And in (G major) summer she'd
work in his shop
And then (D major) cry the night away (G major)
Well, wouldn't (D major) you if you (A major) served
gen (G major) tlemen all day?
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 5
(G major)
So she left (D major) her home and family
one cloudy (G major) afternoon (D major)
And she came here with her girlfriend
who had found (A major) them both a room
And every (D major) day they'd wake up
early and go (G major) looking for a wage (D major)
In high- heels and makeup they
would (A major) lie about their (D major) age
Verse 6
With her first (G major) job as a barmaid
She's just (D major) dream her shift away (G major)
Well, wouldn't (D major) you if you (A major) served
gen (G major) tlemen all day? (D major) (G major)
Gentlemen all (D major) day (G major)
Verse 7
And one (D major) day by the dole office
a car (G major) window rolled (D major) down
And a gentleman asked for directions
(A major) to her old hometown
And it transpired (D major) he knew her family,
and he (G major) owned a string of bars (D major)
So he offered her a job if she
would (A major) kiss him in his car (D major)
Verse 8
So it (G major) was that she accepted his ad
vance (D major) of one week's pay (G major)
Well, wouldn't you (D major) if (A major) you served
gen (G major) tlemen all (D major) day? (G major)
Gentlemen all (D major) day
(G major)
Verse 9
And as she told (D major) me all these tales she
picked a scab (G major) around her wrist
(D major) That she confessed it was self- inflicted
(A major) with a whiskey glass like this
Though she gave (D major) her name and number to me,
(G major) I did not give mine (D major)
She said maybe I should call her
for some (A major) fun sometime
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 10
(G major)
And the fun (D major) niest thing was that
that (G major) name stuck in my (D major) head
And eight months later it was
in a (A major) headline that I read
They had pulled (D major) her out the river
in that same (G major) black (D major) dress
And she lay there,
quite the lady for the gen (A major) tlemen of the press (D major)
And her (G major) picture in the paper
Verse 11
(G major)
looked so small (D major) and far away (G major)
Well, wouldn't (D major) you if you
(A major) served (G major) gentlemen (D major) all day?
Outro 1
(D major)
Fred Partington's Daughter
Del Amitri
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