Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres chords by
Al Stewart

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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On a Christmas
Bm Bm 2
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cake day one Friday in August
G G 
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D D 
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In a bookshop in Charing Cross Road
G G 
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Em Em 
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I first set eyes on a girl and at
A A 
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once I did know
D D 
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She had eyes like a poet
Bm Bm 2
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and hair like a rainbow
G G 
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Gm Gm 3
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D D 
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Re flecting the lights that did glow
G G 
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And the sadness she kept
Em Em 
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in her eyes
A A 
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Struck my senses a blow

Verse 2
D D 
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And so as by chance at the
Bm Bm 2
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touch of a glance
G G 
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Gm Gm 3
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D D 
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We could find ourselves out in the road
G G 
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With no crush of time to defeat
Em Em 
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A A 
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us  and no place to go
D D 
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And I couldn't say how but the
Bm Bm 2
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coffee bar crowd
G G 
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Had appeared through the silence
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D D 
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that broke
G G 
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And she said, Oh my father's
Em Em 
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A A 
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a judge in St Albans you know
D D 
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Oh well, then perhaps I could
Bm Bm 2
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help you
G G 
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You know that St. Albans
Gm Gm 3
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D D 
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is miles away
G G 
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And  I've got a room in Swiss
Em Em 
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A A 
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Cottage in which you could stay
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She laughed, Oh I couldn't do that,
Bm Bm 2
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for I've got
G G 
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Gm Gm 3
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D D 
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To be up in the morning you see
G G 
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Em Em 
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So I rang up to find out the first
A A 
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morning train she could take

Verse 3
D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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And so in the gloom of a   candlelit room
G G 
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With spaghetti,
Gm Gm 3
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D D 
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two forks and a plate
G G 
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Em Em 
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She said, Oh I really would like
A A 
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to be free and escape
D D 
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Oh well if it's like that
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You don't have to go back
G G 
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And you're perfectly
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D D 
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welcome to stay
G G 
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But I've not finished school yet
Em Em 
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She said as she got into bed
A A 
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Verse 4
D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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And so as she slept and the pure
morning crept
G G 
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Gm Gm 3
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D D 
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Through the windows to take her away
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Em Em 
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I thought you can't make people be
A A 
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what you want them to be
D D 
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I could see my self nailed
Bm Bm 2
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to a dormitory tale
G G 
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Gm Gm 3
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D D 
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Of a holiday night's escapade
G G 
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Em Em 
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And just yesterday she had seemed
A A 
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like a woman to me

Verse 5
D D 
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And so like a child with the
Bm Bm 2
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sleep in her eyes
G G 
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Gm Gm 3
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D D 
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Where the sadness of age had once been
G G 
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Em Em 
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She left on the train with a   see
A A 
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you again and a smile
D D 
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And I couldn't say what
Bm Bm 2
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I had won or  I lost
G G 
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Gm Gm 3
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D D 
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Or even just what I had seen
G G 
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Em Em 
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But when I'm alone I just think

Outro 1

of her once in awhile

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