Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
On a [D]Christmas
cake day one [Bm]Friday in August
In a [G]bookshop in Charing Cross [D]Road
[G]I first set eyes on a [Em]girl and at
once [A]I did know
She had [D]eyes like a poet
and [Bm]hair like a rainbow
[G]Re flecting the lights [Gm]that did [D]glow
And the [G]sadness she kept
in her eye[Em]s
Struck my senses a [A]blow

[Verse 2]
And [D]so as by chance at the
[Bm]touch of a glance
We could [G]find ourselves out in [Gm]the road[D]
With [G]no crush of time to defeat
[Em]us and no place to g[A]o
And I [D]couldn't say how but the
[Bm]coffee bar crowd
[G]Had appeared through the silence
[Gm]that broke[D]
And she [G]said, Oh my father's
[Em]a judge in St Albans you [A]know
Oh [D]well, then perhaps I could
[Bm]help you
You know that St. [G]Albans
is [Gm]miles [D]away
[G]And I've got a room in Swiss
[Em]Cottage in which you could [A]stay
She [D]laughed, Oh I couldn't do that,
[Bm]for I've got
To be [G]up in the morn[Gm]ing you [D]see
So I [G]rang up to find out [Em]the first
morning train she could [A]take

[Verse 3]
[D]And so in the gloom of [Bm]a candlelit room
With spaghet[G]ti,
two forks [Gm]and a [D]plate
[G]She said, Oh I really would [Em]like
to be free and es[A]cape
Oh well [D]if it's like that
You don't have [Bm]to go back
And you're [G]perfectly
[Gm]welcome [D]to stay
But I've [G]not finished school yet
She [Em]said as she got into bed
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[Verse 4]
And [D]so as she slept and the [Bm]pure
morning crept
Through the [G]windows to take her [Gm]away[D]
I [G]thought you can't make people [Em]be
what you want them [A]to be
I could [D]see my self nailed
to a [Bm]dormitory tale
Of a [G]holiday [Gm]night's es[D]capade
And [G]just yesterday she [Em]had seemed
like a woman to [A]me

[Verse 5]
And [D]so like a child with the
[Bm]sleep in her eyes
Where the [G]sadness [Gm]of age had once [D]been
She [G]left on the train with [Em]a see
you again [A]and a smile
And I [D]couldn't say what
I had won [Bm]or I lost
Or [G]even just what I [Gm]had [D]seen
But [G]when I'm alone I just [Em]think

[Outro 1]
of her once in awhile
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