The Divine Comedy - A lady of a certain age

^AmBack in the day you had been part of the smart set^{Fmaj7/A G7}You holidayed with kings, dined out with sta^C9rlets ^{C F}From London to New York, Cap-Ferrat to Capri ^{Dm6 Am/F}In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenc^E7hy ^AmYou sipped camparis with David and Peter ^{Fmaj7 G7}At Noel's parties by Lake Ge^Csus2neva ^{C Fmaj7}Scaling the dizzy heights of high society ^{Dm6 Am}Armed only with a cheque-book and a family tree ^E7

^FYou chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur ^{G C}Until the light of youth became obscured ^{C/Bb F}And left you on your own and in the shade ^{G7 Bb6}An English lady of a certain age^{Dm F}And if a nice young man would buy you a drink ^{G C}You'd say with a conspire-a-tor-i-al wink ^{C/Bb F}"You wouldn't think that I was seventy" ^{Fm F/G}And he'd say, "no^G, you couldn't ^Ambe!"

^AmYou had to marry someone very, very rich ^{Fmaj7/A G7}So that you might be kept in the style to wh^C9ich ^{C F}You had all of your life been accustomed to ^{Dm6 Am/F}But that the socialists had taxed away fro^E7m you ^AmYou gave him children, a girl and a boy ^{Fmaj7 G7}To keep your sanity a nanny ^Csus2was employed ^{C Fmaj7}And when the time came they were sent away ^{Dm6 Am}Well that was simply what you did in those days ^E7

^AmYour son's in stocks and bonds and lives back in S^Fmaj7/Aurrey ^G7Flies down once in a while and leaves in a h^C9urry ^{C F}Your daughter never finished her finishing schoo^Dm6l ^Am/FMarried a strange young man of whom you do^E7n't approve ^AmYour husband's hollow heart gave out one Ch^Fmaj7ristmas Day ^G7He left the villa to his mis^Csus2tress in Marsei^Clles ^Fmaj7And so you come here to escape your little ^Dm6flat ^AmHoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat a^E7bout how