Tonart: C minor
Intro 1
F
G
C
C
F
G
Am
Am
Verse 1
F
you had been part of the smart set
G
You'd holidayed with kings,
C
dined out with starlets
F
From London to New York,
Am
In perfume by Chanel
E
and clothes by Givenchy
Am
F
You sipped Camparis with David and Peter
G
C
At Noel's parties by Lake Geneva
F
Dm
Scaling the dizzy heights of high society
Am
Armed only with a chequebook
Chorus 1
F
G
You chased the sun around the Cote D'Azur
C
C
Until the light of youth became obscured
F
And left you on your own
Bb
Dm
E
An English lady of a certain age
F
And if a nice young man
C
C
You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
F
Fm
"You wouldn't think that I was seventy"
G
Am
And he'd say "No, you couldn't be!"
Verse 2
Am
F
You had to marry someone very very rich
G
So that you might be kept
F
Dm
You had all of your life been accustomed to
Am
But that the socialists
E
had taxed away from you
Am
F
You gave him children, a girl and a boy
G
C
To keep your sanity a nanny was employed
Am
Well that was simply
E
what you did in those days
Chorus 2
F
G
You chased the sun around the Cote D'Azur
C
C
Until the light of youth became obscured
F
And left you on your own
Bb
Dm
E
An English lady of a certain age
F
And if a nice young man
C
C
You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
F
Fm
"You wouldn't think that I was sixty-three"
G
Am
And he'd say "No, you couldn't be!"
Verse 3
Am
Your son's in stocks and bonds
F
and lives back in Surrey
G
C
Flies down once in a while, leaves in a hurry
F
Your daughter never finished
Dm
her finishing school
Am
Married a strange young man
E
of whom you don't approve
Am
Your husband's hollow heart
F
gave out one Christmas Day
G
C
He left the villa to his mistress in Marseille
Dm
to escape your little flat
Am
E
Hoping that someone will fill your glass
Chorus 3
and let you chat about how
F
G
You chased the sun around the Cote D'Azur
C
C
Until the light of youth became obscured
F
And left you on your own
Bb
Dm
E
An English lady of a certain age
F
And if a nice young man
C
C
You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
F
Fm
"You wouldn't think that I was fifty-three"
G
F
G
And he'd say "No, you couldn't be!"
C
C
F
G
Bb
Dm
E
F
G
C
C
F
Fm
G
Outro 1
C
C
F
Fm
G
C
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