Key: B minor•
Verse 1
I hope your hands will never stop
Rescue me from my ugly block
Verse 2
London 1888
I sit here drinking nettle wine
The doorman's sure to sit and wait
To see who I'll bring home tonight
I am a libertine
Bm
Cellophane
Verse 3
grandfather clock
You've got my conscience
on the trot
You've got me walking
round the block
F#m
You've got me searching for experience
I am a Buddhist, I am not
Victorian, I love your shops
Verse 4
London 1888
And I have learned the game of chess
I'm a dishonourable man
The English wear a poker face
Verse 5
F#m
C#m
F#m
C#m
I am the Marquis Matsugae
F#m
C#m
And I came questioning through time
Verse 6
I have a trust fund I can spend
And I am ready to defend
Bm
F#m
And Whistler painted me in grey
And she sat knitting in her chair
Verse 7
sketches me
And Oscar Wilde comes round for tea
When I'm alone on Piccadilly
Medieval lillie in my hand
Verse 8
F#m
C#m
I am the Marquis
F#m
C#m
Matsugae
F#m
C#m
I came adventuring in time
Verse 9
I hear you ticking while I talk
In my apartment on Pall Mall
The incense on my mantelpiece
Covers the reek of smelly socks
Verse 10
It's 6 o'clock and I am late
With sordid appetites I hate
And like the hands upon
F#m
the clock
My hands will touch and he'll respond
Verse 11
F#m
C#m
F#m
C#m
I am the Marquis Matsugae
C#m
C
But is the grave my sole
Interlude 1
reply?
Bm
F#m
Bm
F#m
Verse 12
Bm
Em
I am the Marquis Matsugae
And I came questioning through time
And is the grave my sole reply?
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBm F#m Em C#m C
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