A Lady of A Certain Age: The Divine Comedy Intro: (finger style) F(X2), G7(X2), C(X2), C/Bb(X2), Fadd9/A(X2), G7sus4(X2), G7(X1 strum) Am Fmaj7/A Back in the day you had been part of the smart set G7 C9 C You holidayed with kings, dined out with starlets F Dm6 From London to New York, Cap-Ferrat to Capri Am/F E7 In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenchy Am Fmaj7 You sipped camparis with David and Peter G7 Csus2 C At Noel's parties by Lake Geneva Fmaj7 Dm6 Scaling the dizzy heights of high society Am E7 Armed only with a cheque-book and a family tree F G You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur C C/Bb Until the light of youth became obscured F G7 And left you on your own and in the shade Bb6 Dm An English lady of a certain age F G And if a nice young man would buy you a drink C C/Bb You'd say with a conspire-a-tor-i-al wink F Fm "You wouldn't think that I was seventy" F/G G Am And he'd say, "no, you couldn't be!" Am Fmaj7/A You had to marry someone very, very rich G7 C9 C So that you might be kept in the style to which F Dm6 You had all of your life been accustomed to Am/F E7 But that the socialists had taxed away from you Am Fmaj7 You gave him children, a girl and a boy G7 Csus2 C To keep your sanity a nanny was employed Fmaj7 Dm6 And when the time came they were sent away Am E7 Well that was simply what you did in those days Chorus; Sixty three Am Fmaj7/A Your son's in stocks and bonds and lives back in Surrey G7 C9 C Flies down once in a while and leaves in a hurry F Dm6 Your daughter never finished her finishing school Am/F E7 Married a strange young man of whom you don't approve Am Fmaj7 Your husband's hollow heart gave out one Christmas Day G7 Csus2 C He left the villa to his mistress in Marseilles Fmaj7 Dm6 And so you come here to escape your little flat Am E7 Hoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat about how Chorus; fifty three F – G – C – C/Bb – F – G7 – Bb6 – Dm – F – G – C – C/Bb – F – Fm – F/G – G – Am (finger style) C – C/Bb – F/A – Fm – G - Finish on one strum of Am