The Divine Comedy - A Lady Of A Certain Age Chords

[Intro]
F  F  G7  G7  C  C  C/Bb  C/Bb  Fadd9/A  Fadd9/A  G7sus4  G7sus4  G7 (one strum)
Am Am Am Am
 
[Verse 1]
Am                            Fmaj7/A          F6/A
 Back in the day you had been part of the smart set
G7                         Cadd9/G        C/G
 You holidayed with kings, dined out with starlets
Fmaj7                         Dm6/F
 From London to New York, Cap-Ferrat to Capri
Am/E                      E7
 In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenchy
   Am                    Fmaj7/A     F6/A
You sipped camparis with David and Peter
G7                 Cadd9/G   C/G
 At Noel's parties by Lake Geneva
Fmaj7                         Dm6/F
 Scaling the dizzy heights of high society
Am/E                           E7
 Armed only with a cheque-book and a family tree
 
[Chorus 1]
   F                         G7
You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
C                           C/Bb
 Until the light of youth became obscured
Fadd9/A                       G13   G7/B
 And left you on your own and in the shade
Bb6                   Dm7    E
 An English lady of a certain age
F                              G7
 And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
C                         C/Bb
 You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
Fadd9/A                        Fmadd9/Ab
 "You wouldn't think that I was seventy"
G7sus4          G7      Am
 And he'd say, "no, you couldn't be!"
 
[Verse 2]
Am                       Fmaj7/A     F6/A
 You had to marry someone very, very rich
G7                         Cadd9/G     C/G
 So that you might be kept in the style to which
Fmaj7                     Dm6/F
 You had all of your life been accustomed to
Am/E                         E7
 But that the socialists had taxed away from you
   Am                    Fmaj7/A     F6/A
You gave him children, a girl and a boy
G7                    Cadd9/G      C/G
 To keep your sanity a nanny was employed
Fmaj7                            Dm6/F
 And when the time came they were sent away
Am/E                           E7
 Well that was simply what you did in those days
 
[Chorus 2]
   F                         G7
You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
C                           C/Bb
 Until the light of youth became obscured
Fadd9/A                       G13   G7/B
 And left you on your own and in the shade
Bb6                   Dm7    E
 An English lady of a certain age
F                              G7
 And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
C                         C/Bb
 You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
Fadd9/A                        Fmadd9/Ab
 "You wouldn't think that I was sixty-three"
G7sus4          G7      Am
 And he'd say, "no, you couldn't be!"
 
[Verse 3]
Am                                 Fmaj7/A       F6/A
 Your son's in stocks and bonds and lives back in Surrey
G7                         Cadd9/G            C/G
 Flies down once in a while and leaves in a hurry
Fmaj7                            Dm6/F
 Your daughter never finished her finishing school
Am/E                            E7
 Married a strange young man of whom you don't approve
    Am                           Fmaj7/A        F6/A
Your husband's hollow heart gave out one Christmas Day
G7                        Cadd9/G     C/G
 He left the villa to his mistress in Marseilles
Fmaj7                      Dm6/F
 And so you come here to escape your little flat
Am/E                           E7
 Hoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat about how
 
[Chorus 3]
   F                         G7
You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
C                           C/Bb
 Until the light of youth became obscured
Fadd9/A                       G13   G7/B
 And left you on your own and in the shade
Bb6                   Dm7    E
 An English lady of a certain age
F                              G7
 And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
C                         C/Bb
 You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
Fadd9/A                        Fmadd9/Ab
 "You wouldn't think that I was fifty-three"
G7sus4          G7 F (strumming)
 And he'd say, "no, you couldn't be!"
 
[Outro]
(Strumming)
G7 G7 C C C/Bb C/Bb Fadd9/A Fadd9/A G13 G7/B Bb6 Bb6 Dm7 E
F F G7 G7 C C C/Bb C/Bb Fadd9/A Fadd9/A Fmadd9/Ab Fmadd9/Ab G7sus4 G7 (one strum)
(Flatpicking)
C C C/Bb C/Bb Fadd9/A Fadd9/A Fmadd9/Ab G7 (one strum)
C (one strum)