Alas Agnes


F#m Em G F# Agnes it all ended up in tears D F#m Em G D Well we were an odd couple you and I F#m In our strange and original attire Em I thought, I thought it was love at first sight G D My mother, my mother, she shivered with spite D Well I couldn't tell if you were boy or girl F#m My mind was in such a swirl Em It was a case of grist to the mill G True love grows, it grows oh where it will (E--0--2--4--7---) F#m A Em(high) Bm A E Alas, Oh Agnes F#m Bm I still adore you, oh Agnes E Bm E Bm Oh Agnes, Oh Agnes, Oh Agnes, Oh Agnes F#m G F# Agnes it all ended up in tears F#m G F# But you still have your souvenirs F#m G F# You've got scars from head to toe F#m G It's getting hard to tell your friends from foe D F#m Em N.C (But they are the same as the first verse) Well, you picked me up at the station After my backstreet operation You broke me, you broke the painful news You dumped me, you dumped me for a pretty young muse D D So the lessons they are there to learn F#m My scars are caused by cigarette burns Em I have no mirrors and I spend my days G Reminiscing on your porcelain gaze (E--0--2--4--7---) F#m A Em(high) Bm A E Alas, Oh Agnes F#m Bm I still adore you, oh Agnes E Bm E Bm Oh Agnes, Oh Agnes, Oh Agnes, Oh Agnes Bm E Oh Agnes I adore you Oh Agnes I adore you Oh Agnes I adore you Oh Agnes I still adore you F#m A Em(high) Bm End on A