G7M A
From the courtyard, I floated in
Bm
And watched it go down
A/F#m
Heard the cup drop
Thought, "Well
F#m
That's why they keep them around."
C#m7 /B
The blackguard sat hard, down
A
With no head on him now
D7M
And I felt so bad
G7M
Cause I didn't know how
F#/D Em
To feel bad enough
D ( D7M D7 D5+(7) )
To make him proud
G7M
By the time you read this
Bm
I will be so far away
A/F#m
Daddy longlegs, how in the world
F#m
Am I to be expected to stay?
C#m7
In the night—
B A
In the night, you may hear me call
D7M
Pa, stay your hand
G7M
And steel your resolve
F#/D Em
Stay where you are
D
So long and tall
( D7 D5+(7) )
D C
Here's Lola--ta da!--to do
Bb F
Her famous Spider Dance for you!
G A
Lighten up your pockets!
F Eb
Shake her skirts and scatter, there
Bb Gm
A shrieking, six-legged millionaire
C
With a blight in his sockets
D
Miss Montez
C Bb
The Countess of Lansfeld
F G A
Appealed to the King of Bavaria
F
Saying, "Pretty papa
Eb
If you are my friend—
Bb Gm
Mister daddy longlegs, they are at
It again!—
C
Can I see ya?"
D C
Poor Lola! A tarantula mounting
Bb
Countess Lansfeld's
F G
Handsome brassiere
A
While they all cheer
F Eb
And the old king fell from grace
Bb
While Lola fled
Gm C
To save face and her career
Am Em B7 C
You caught a fly, floating by
D F
Wait for him to drown in the dust
E7 C
Drown in the dust of other flies
Am Em
Whereby the machine is run
B7 C
And the deed is done
D F
Heaven has no word
E7
For the way you and your friends
C D
Have treated poor Louis
C Bb F D A
May god save your poor soul, Lo-la!
( D A )
G F Eb Bb
(But there is nothing I adore
Cm G F
Apart from that whore's black
C
Heart.)
D C
Well, doesn't that just beat all!
Miss Gilbert
Bb F
Called to Castlemaine
G
By the silver dollar and the gold
A
Glitter!
F
Well, I've seen lots
Eb Bb
But never, in a million years
Gm C
Would think to see you, here
D
Though the long road
C
Begins and ends with you
Bb F
I cannot seem to make amends
G A
With you, Louis
F
When we go out
Eb Bb Gm
They're bound to see you with me
D C
At night, I walk in the park
With a whip
Bb
Between the lines
F
Of the whispering Jesuits
G A
Who are poisoning you against me
F
There's a big black spider
Eb
Hanging over my door
Bb Gm
Can't go anywhere, anymore
C
Tell me, are you with me?
D C
I called to you, several times
Bb
While the change took place
F G
And then arrived, all night
A
And I died
F
But all these songs
Eb Bb
When you and I are long gone
Gm
Will carry on
C
Mud in your eye
Am Em
You asked my hand
B7 C
Hired a band
D F
"In your heart is all that you need
E C
Ask and you will receive," it is
Said
B/C Am
I threw my bouquet
Em
And I knocked 'em dead
B7 C
Bottle of white, bottle of red
D F
Helpless as a child
E
When you held me in your arms
C
And I knew that no other
B/C Am
Could ever love me as you loved
Em
Love me as you loved
B7 C
But help me! I'm leaving!
D F
I remember everything
E C
Down to the sound of you shaving--
The scrape of your razor
B/C Am
The dully-abrading black hair
Em
That remained
B7 C
When you clutched at me
D F
That night I came upstairs
Half-dead
E
And, in your kindness
C
You put me straightaway
In the cupboard
B/C Am
With a bottle of champagne
Em
And then, later, on a train
B7 C
It was dark out, I was half-dead
D F
I saw a star fall into the sky
E
Like a chunk of thrown coal
C
As if god himself spat
B/C
Like a cornered rat
Am Em
I really want you to do this for me
B7 C
Will you have one on me?
D F
It was dark; I was drunk and
Half-dead
E
And we slept, knocking heads
C
Sitting up in the star-smoking air
B/C Am
Knocking heads like buoys
Em
Don't you worry for me!
B7 C
Will you have one on me!
D F
Meanwhile, I will raise my own glass
E
To how you made me fast
C
And expendable
B/C
And I will drink to your excellent
Am
Health
Em
And your cruelty
B7 C
Will you have one on me?
D F
--Helpless as a child,
E
When you held me in your arms
C
And I knew that no other
B D A B
Could ever love me--
Oooh oooh ooh part
( B D A B )
G7M A
From the courtyard, I floated in
Bm
And watched it go down
A/F#m
Heard the cup drop
Thought, "Well
F#m
That's why they keep them around."
C#m7 B
The blackguard sat hard, down
A
With no head on him now
D7M
And I felt so bad
G7M
Cause I didn't know how
F#/D Em
To feel bad enough
D
To make him proud
D7 D
Well daddy longlegs, are you?
D7 D
Daddy longlegs, are you?
D7 G7M
Daddy longlegs, are you proud?
( F#/D Em )
