Tonart: G major
Verse 1
G
From the courtyard, I floated in
Bm
And watched it go down
Thought, "Well
F#m
That's why they keep
D
F#m
them around"
C#m
The blackguard sat hard
B
A
Down with no head on him now
G
'Cause I didn't know how
D
C
To make him proud
Verse 2
G
By the time you read this
Bm
D
I will be so far away
Daddy longlegs, how in the world
F#m
Am I to be expected to stay?
B
A
In the night, you may hear me call
C
Verse 3
C
Bb
To do her famous Spider
G
A
Lighten up your pockets
F
Eb
Shake her skirts and scatter there
Bb
Gm
A shrieking, six- legged millionaire
C
with a blight in his sockets
Verse 4
C
Bb
The Countess of Lansfeld
F
G
F
A
Appealed to the King of Bavaria
Eb
If you are my friend
Bb
Mister daddy longlegs,
Gm
they are at it again
D
Verse 5
C
Poor Lola, a tarantula's mounting
Bb
F
Countess Lansfeld's
While they all cheer
A
Verse 6
F
Eb
And the old king fell from grace
Gm
To save face and her
Interlude 1
career
C
Em
Am
Verse 7
B
Baug
B
Em
C
floating by
D
F
Wait for him to drown in the dust
E
Em
C
Drown in the dust of other flies
Em
Am
Em
Whereby the machine is run
B
C
And the deed is done
D
F
Heaven has no word
E
Em
For the way you and your friends
C
Em
D
have treated poor Louis
C
D
Bb
F
May God save your poor soul,
D
A
D
A
Lola
F
Eb
Bb
(But there is nothing I adore
Cm
Gm
F
Gm
C
Apart from that whore's
black heart)
Verse 8
D
Well, doesn't that just beat all
Bb
Called to Castlemaine
F
G
A
By the silver dollar and the gold glitter
Eb
Bb
But never, in a million years
Gm
Would think to see you, here
C
Verse 9
C
Begins and ends with you
Bb
F
G
I cannot seem to make amends
Eb
They're bound to see
Interlude 2
Gm
C
Verse 10
I walk in the park
Of the whispering Jesuits
F
G
Who are poisoning you
F
There's a big black spider
Eb
Hanging over my door
Bb
Gm
Can't go anywhere, anymore
C
Tell me, are you with me?
Verse 11
C
D
C
I called to you, several times
Bb
While the change took place
F
G
And then arrived, all night
Eb
Bb
When you and I are long gone
G
Verse 12
Am
B
C
Hired a band
D
F
"In your heart is all that you need
E
Em
C
Ask and you will re ceive" it is said
Bm
B
I threw my bouquet
Am
Em
And I knocked 'em dead
Verse 13
B
C
Bottle of white, bottle of red
D
F
Helpless as a child
Dm
E
When you held me in your arms
C
D
And I knew that no other
C
G
Am
Could ever love me as you loved
Em
Love me as you loved
B
C
But help me, I'm leaving
Verse 14
D
F
I remember everything
E
C
Down to the sound of you shaving
The scrape of your razor
Em
A
The dully- abrading black hair
B
C
When you clutched at me
D
F
Dm
That night I came upstairs, half- dead
C
You put me straightaway
In the cupboard
G
A
With a bottle of champagne
Verse 15
And then, later, on a train
Em
B
C
It was dark out, I was half- dead
D
F
C
F
I saw a star fall in to the sky
E
Like a chunk of thrown coal
Verse 16
A
C
Em
I really want you to do this for me
B
C
Will you have one on me?
Verse 17
D
C
It was dark, I was drunk and half- dead
Dm
E
And we slept, knocking heads
C
Sitting up in the star- smoking air
C
A
Knocking heads like buoys
Verse 18
B
C
D
Will you have one on me?
Verse 19
F
Meanwhile, I will raise my own glass
E
To how you made me fast
G
Am
And I will drink to your excellent health
B
C
Will you have one on me?
Verse 20
D
F
Helpless as a child
E
When you held me in your arms
C
And I knew that no other
Interlude 3
Could ever love me
B
D
A
B
D
A
B
D
A
B
D
A
B
D
A
B
D
A
B
D
A
B
D
A
B
D
A
B
D
A
Asus4
G
From the courtyard,
Verse 21
I floated in
Bm
And I watched it go down
Thought, "Well, that's why
F#m
They keep them around"
C#m
B
The blackguard sat hard, down
E
A
With no head on him now
G
'Cause I didn't know how
D
Em
To feel bad enough
Verse 22
D
C
D
Well daddy longlegs, are you?
C
D
Daddy longlegs, are you?
Outro 1
G
Bm
Em
D
C
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