Intro G A7 D D/C G/B A7-4 A7 Bm

Bm Back in the day you had been Em9 part of the Em smart set
A7 You’d holidayed with kings, D2 dined out with D starlets
Gmaj7 From London to New York, Cap Em6 Ferrat to Capri
Bm In perfume by Chanel and F# clothes by Givenchy

Bm You sipped camparis with Em9 David and Em Peter
A7 At Noel’s parties D2 by Lake Ge-D neva
Gmaj7 Scaling the dizzy heights of Em6 high society
Bm Armed only with a cheque-book F# and a family tree

You G chased the sun around the A7 Cote d’Azur
D Until the light of youth be-D/C came obscured
G/B And left you on your own and A7-4 in the A7 shade
C An English lady of a Em certain F# age

G And if a nice young man would A7 buy you a drink
D You’d say with a conspira-D/C torial wink
G/B You wouldn’t think that I was Gm/Bb seventy
A7-4 And he’d say, A7 ‘no, you Bm couldn’t be

Bm You had to marry someone Em9 very very Em rich
A7 So that you might be kept D2 in the style to D which
Gmaj7 You had all of your life Em6 been accustomed to
Bm But that the socialists had F# taxed away from you

Bm You gave him children, a Em9 girl and a Em boy
A7 To keep your sanity a D2 nanny was em-D ployed
Gmaj7 And when the time came they were Em6 sent a way
Bm Well that was simply what you F# did in those days

You G chased the sun around the A7 Cote d’Azur
D Until the light of youth be-D/C came obscured
G/B And left you on your own and A7-4 in the A7 shade
C An English lady of a Em certain F# age

G And if a nice young man would A7 buy you a drink
D You’d say with a conspira-D/C torial wink torial winkial n
G/B ‘You wouldn’t think that I was Gm/Bb sixty-three’
A7-4 And he’d say, A7 ‘no, you Bm couldn’t be

Bm Your son’s in stocks and bonds and Em9 lives back in Em Surrey
A7 Flies down once in a while and D2 leaves in a D hurry
Gmaj7 Your daughter never finished Em6 her finishing school
Bm Married a strange young man of F# whom you don’t approve

Bm Your husband’s hollow heart gave Em9 out one Christmas Em Day
A7 He left the villa to his D2 mistress in D Marseilles
Gmaj7 And so you come here to es-Em6 cape your little flat
Bm Hoping someone will fill your F# glass and let you chat about how

You G chased the sun around the A7 Cote d’Azur
D Until the light of youth be-D/C came obscured
G/B And left you on your own and A7-4 in the A7 shade
C An English lady of a Em certain F# age

G And if a nice young man would A7 buy you a drink
D You’d say with a conspira-D/C torial wink torial winkrial wink
G/B ‘You wouldn’t think that I was Gm/Bb fifty-three’
A7-4 And he’d say, A7 no, you…

Instr. G A7 D D/C G/B A7-4 A7 C Em F#
             couldn’t be

Instr. G A7 D D/C G/B Gm/Bb A7-4 A7

Outro D D/C G/B Gm/Bb A7-4 A7 D