The Lodger Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

AmMy landlady had three lovely Edaughters.

They usEed to come and make my bed each Amday

They Amused to come and clean my living Equarters,

But their Emother made quite sure they didn't Amstay.

There was FMary: she seemed chary;

There was CHelen: she seemed well and truly Esceptical

about my qualiAmties;

There was FJulie: she was truly well-Cproportioned, but her

Caution Brought Eexhaustion on my aching Amarteries.

But I was Amwrong: they weren't at all imEpervious

To the Epossibilities of high romAmance -

And I Amsensed a certain girlish Enerviness

In the Eway they folded my pyjama Ampants.

And I was Fright, for late one night

Sweet little CMary, like a fairy,

As I lay Esleeping, came a-creeping to my Amside.

She was Fmine: it was divine - but we were Cdoomed, for very soon

Into the Eroom came sister Helen, and she Amcried:

"MAary, go to Dbed!" EOff Mary Awent.

"Now, Ayoung man," Helen Dsaid, "Efor your punishAment,

"WAe mustn't have a Dfight, we Emustn't make a Arow:

"TAurn off the Dlight - Eit's my turn Amnow!"

Well, Amafter all, I'm young and relatively Evigorous,

And Ethough I still protest my Aminnocence,

By Amtemperament I'm strictly un-poElygamous,

And if I Esinned, I sinned in self-Amdefence.

NevertheFless I must confess I wouldn'tC miss that

sort of Ebliss And when it ended I was rendered Amcomatose.

When, Floud and clear, very near, in my Cear a loud

voice spoke And EI was awoken from my post-Amcoital doze.

"HAelen, go to Dbed!" EHelen went aAway.

"Now, Ayoung man," Julie Dsaid, "yEou will have to Apay!

A"You've blighted DHelen's chaErms, filched her Apurity.

A"Open up Dyour armEs - come and Amfilch me!"

I was Amamazed, and really rather Etired;

I Ethought I'd given all that I could Amgive.

A liAmttle kip was all that I desEired,

But I'm EBritish, so my upper lip was Amstiff.

She was Fchaotic, idiotic, quite Cexotic and ecstatic,

AcroEbatic and emphatically Amfine.

All to Fno good, for when I could open my Ceyes, to my

surprise I Efound her mother looking into Ammine.

"JAulie, go to Dbed!" EJulie left the Ascene.

"Now Alisten, Ma," I Dsaid, "I Eknow the old Aroutine.

A"I'll do what you Dlike, but I sEhall be Avexed

"And I'll Abloody well go on Dstrike if EGrandma's Amnext!"

Listen to the recording on youtube it's a nice simple tune

and fun to play for friends. This is my first attempt so any

comments or corrections welcome. cheers BigMick