The Playhouse Saint Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Near famous Cov[A]ent Gar[D]den,
A dome there [A]stands on [D]high,
Where [A]kings are represented,
And queens in metered [D]eye,
The both and [A]men of business,
Di[D]versions [A]hither [D]bring,
To [G]hear the wanton [D]doxies print,
And [G]see them [D]dance and sing,
With a fa -la -la -la, [A]la -la -la -la -la,
With a [D]fa -la [A]-la -la -la [D]-la.[A][D][A][D][A][D]
Here Phyllis [A]is the [D]darling,
as she her[A]self gives [D]out
As [A]tight a lass as ever,
did [D]use a double clout
She's [A]brisk and gay and cunning,
and wants a wedlock [D]yoke
Her [G]mother was be[D]fore her,
as [G]good as [D]ever stroked
With a fa -la -la -la, la -la -la [A]-la -la,
with a [D]fa -la -la -la [A]-la.[D][A][D][A][D]
Young suitors [A]she had [D]many,
from squire [A]up to [D]lord,
And [A]daily she refused them,
for [D]virtue was the word.
A [A]saint she would be thought,
and as[D]sembled [A]all [D]she could,
But [G]jolly rakes all [D]knew she was of
playhouse [A]flesh and [D]blood,
And her fa la la la, la la la [A]la la,
and her [D]fa la la la [A]la.[D][A][D][A][D]
Her [A]mother, when encour[D]aged
with warm [A]Geneva [D]dose,
Still cried,
[A]Take care, dear filly,
To [D]keep thy [A]hunches [D]close.
This [A]made her stand out stoutly,
Op[D]posing [A]all that [D]come,
And [G]twenty demy [D]cannons
still were [G]mounted [D]at her bum,
And her fa -la -la -la, [A]la -la -la -la -la,
And her [D]fa -la [A]-la -la -la [D]-la.[A][D]
The knight and country squire
were shot with [A]her dis[D]dain
The law[A]yer was outwitted,
the [D]hardy [A]soldier [D]slain
The [A]bluff tarpaulin sailor,
in [D]vain, cried hard a port
She [G]baffled all the [D]shirks at sea
as the [G]country [A]town and [D]court
With her fa -la -la -la, la -la -la [A]-la,
and her [D]fa -la [A]-la -la [D]-la[A][D]
The god of [A]love grown [D]angry
that Phyllis [A]seemed so [D]shy
Resolved her [A]pride to humble
and [D]rout her pish and fie
He [A]sent a slow -foot tailor
who [D]knew well how to stitch
And [G]in a little [D]time had found
a [G]button [A]for her [D]bridge
And her fa -la -la -la, [A]la -la -la -la -la
And her [D]fa -la -la -la -la [A]-la[D][A][D]
Yet was it [A]not so [D]close,
but is known without all doubt,
A little hu[A]man figure has
[D]secretly dropped out,
And though some [A]petty scandal
pursue [D]this venial fact,
Her [G]mother swears and [D]does
avow her [G]honor [A]is in[D]tact,
And her fa -la -la -la, la -la -la [A]-la -la,
And her [D]fa -la [A]-la -la [D]-la. you