Edith Wharton's Figurines Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]Edith wharton's lovely fig[Em]urines
Still [C]speak to me [G]today
From their [D]mantlepiece in [Em]time
Where they [C]wrestle and they [G]play

[Verse 2]
With passions and [Em]with prudences
[C]Finances [G]and fears
Her [D]face and what [Em]its worth [C]to her
In the passing of the [G]years

[Verse 3]
[C]
See the portrait come to [D]life
See the vanity be[F#m]hind[B][C]
Cause in the struggle for surviv[D]al
Love is [F#m]never [B]blind

[Verse 4]
Now, [G]olivia lies [Em]under anasthesia
Her [C]wit and wonder [G]snuffed
In a [D]routine operation
[Em]Her own beau[C]ty not enoug[G]h,

[Verse 5]
Her passions and her [Em]prudences
[C]Finances [G]and fears
Her [D]face, what it was [Em]worth [C]to her
In the passing of the [G]years[C]

[Verse 6]
See the portrait come to [D]life
See the vanity be[F#m]hind[B][C]
Cause in the struggle for surviv[D]al
Love is nev[F#m]er bli[B]nd

[Verse 7]
[G]Edith whartons lovely [B]figurines
Still speak to me [Em]today
From their [D]mantlepiece in [C]time
Where they wrestle and they [G]play
We lie [D]under anesthesi

[Verse 8]
[Em]a
[C]Our wit and wonder [G]snuffed
In our [D]routine opera[Em]tions[G][C]
Our own beauty [G]not enough