Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres

Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres easy guitar chords by Al Stewart

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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    On a 
    Christmas 

    cake 
    day 
    one 
    Friday 
    in 
    August 

    In 
    a 
    bookshop 
    in 
    Charing 
    Cross 
    Road 

    I first 
    set eyes 
    on a 
    girl 
    and at 

    once 
    I did know 

    She had 
    eyes 
    like a poet 

    and 
    hair 
    like 
    a rainbow 

    Re
    flecting 
    the lights 
    that did 
    glow 

    And the 
    sadness 
    she kept 

    in 
    her eye
    s 

    Struck 
    my 
    senses 
    a 
    blow 

    Verse 2
    And 
    so 
    as 
    by chance 
    at the 

    touch 
    of a 
    glance 

    We could 
    find 
    ourselves 
    out 
    in 
    the road 

    With 
    no 
    crush 
    of time 
    to 
    defeat 

    us 
    and 
    no place 
    to 
    go 

    And 
    I 
    couldn't 
    say 
    how 
    but the 

    coffee 
    bar 
    crowd 

    Had appeared 
    through 
    the silence 

    that broke 

    And she 
    said, 
    Oh my 
    father's 

    a judge 
    in St 
    Albans 
    you 
    know 

    Oh 
    well, then 
    perhaps 
    I 
    could 

    help you 

    You know that 
    St. 
    Albans 

    is 
    miles 
    away 

    And I've 
    got 
    a room 
    in 
    Swiss 

    Cottage 
    in which 
    you could 
    stay 

    She 
    laughed, 
    Oh I 
    couldn't 
    do 
    that, 

    for I've 
    got 

    To 
    be 
    up 
    in 
    the morn
    ing 
    you 
    see 

    So 
    I 
    rang 
    up 
    to 
    find 
    out 
    the first 

    morning 
    train 
    she could 
    take 

    Verse 3
    And so 
    in 
    the gloom 
    of 
    a 
    candlelit room 

    With 
    spaghet
    ti, 

    two 
    forks 
    and 
    a 
    plate 

    She said, 
    Oh I 
    really 
    would 
    like 

    to be 
    free 
    and es
    cape 

    Oh well 
    if 
    it's 
    like 
    that 

    You don't 
    have 
    to go 
    back 

    And you're 
    perfectly 

    welcome 
    to stay 

    But I've 
    not 
    finished 
    school 
    yet 

    She 
    said 
    as she 
    got 
    into 
    bed 

    Verse 4

    And 
    so 
    as 
    she slept 
    and the 
    pure 

    morning 
    crept 

    Through the 
    windows 
    to 
    take 
    her 
    away 

    I 
    thought 
    you can't 
    make 
    people 
    be 

    what 
    you want 
    them 
    to be 

    I could 
    see 
    my self 
    nailed 

    to 
    a 
    dormitory 
    tale 

    Of a 
    holiday 
    night's 
    es
    capade 

    And 
    just 
    yesterday 
    she 
    had seemed 

    like 
    a woman 
    to 
    me 

    Verse 5
    And 
    so 
    like 
    a child 
    with the 

    sleep 
    in 
    her eyes 

    Where the 
    sadness 
    of age 
    had once 
    been 

    She 
    left 
    on the 
    train 
    with 
    a 
    see 

    you 
    again 
    and a smile 

    And 
    I 
    couldn't 
    say 
    what 

    I 
    had 
    won 
    or 
    I lost 

    Or 
    even 
    just 
    what 
    I 
    had 
    seen 

    But 
    when I'm 
    alone 
    I just 
    think 

    Outro 1
    of 
    her 
    once 
    in awhile 



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