Adelaide's Lament Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][C][B]

[Verse 1]
[Em]The average
unmarried female
Basically [B]insecure
Due [Em]to some long frustration [C]may re[D]act
[C]Rea[Bb]ct?
[B]With psy[Em]chosomatic symptoms
Difficult to en[B]dure
Affecting [E]the upper [Bb]respir
[Edim]atory tr[A]act[Em][G]
[D]Achoo
In other words Just from [F#]waiting around

[Verse 2]
[G]For that
little band of [Edim]gold
A [A]person [Em]can develop[A] a col[D]d

[Verse 3]
You can [G]spray her wherever you figure
The [Gm]streptococci lurk
You can [D]give her a shot
[Em]For whatever she's got
But it [D]just won't work
If she's [G]tired of getting the fish- eye
From the [D]hotel [Edim]clerk
A [A]person
[Em]Can develop a [A]cold
[D]

[Verse 4]
[C][B]
The female re[Em]maining single, uh
Just in the legal [B]sense, ahh
Shows a [Em]neurotic tendency
[C]See [D]note[C]
[Bb]Where's note? [B]Uh

[Verse 5]
[Em]Chronic organic syndromes
Toxic [B]and hypertense
[E]Involving the eye
The ear [Bb]and the nose and throat
[A]Oh, that's very inter[G#]esting
[D]In[G]

[Verse 6]
[D]other words
Just from [F#]worrying
Whether the [G]wedding is on or [Edim]off
A [A]person
[D]Can[Em] develop a [A]cough[D]

[Verse 7]
You can [G]feed her all day
With the Vitamin A
And the [Gm]Bromo Fizz
[Edim]But the medicine[D] never
Gets [Em]anywhere near
[D]Where the trouble is
If she's [G]getting a kind
Of name for herself
And the [D]name ain't [Edim]"his"
[D]A per[Em]son
Can develop [D]a cough[Bb]

[Verse 8]
And [Eb]fur ther more
Just from stalling
[G]And stalling and[Ab] stalling
The wedding [Fdim]trip
A [Bb]person
[Eb]Can develo[Bb]p la gripp[Eb]e

[Verse 9]
When they [Ab]get on a train For Niagara
[Fm]And she [Ab]can hear churc[Abm]h
bells chime
The com[Eb]partment is [Cm]air conditioned
And [Eb]the mood sublime
They [Ab]get off at Saratoga
For the [Eb]fourteenth [Abm]time
Well, a [Eb]person
[Cm]Can [Bb]develop la grippe[Eb]
La grip[C]pe, la [F]post nasal [Bb]drip
With [Eb]the wheezes
[Gm]And the sneezes
And a [Bbm]sinus [Db]that's really a [C]pip
From a [Ab]lack of community

[Verse 10]
[Abm]property
And a [Eb]feeling she's getting too [Fm]old
[Fdim]A person[Eb]
Can de[Cm]velop a [Fm]bad, a [Bb]bad, a [Fm]really,
really [Bb]bad c[Eb]old
[Ab][B]

[Verse 11]
Ah, ah, [Eb]ah ah achoo