Key: A
Introduction: F# C#/F F# C#/F
F#
Your mother used to take the cure
C#
She kept plastic on the furniture in the living room
You used to tell your friends
F#
If you never saw that place again it's be too soon
But your college beau didn't seem so bad
C#
You brought him home to Mom and Dad like you're 'sposed to do
But he wouldn't account for himself
F#
And he got along better with the hired help than he did with you
B C#
No big loss, I don't suppose
F# B
Brush it away like a fly off a rose
Bbm C#
We're all bound to miss a time or two
Iolanthe
F#
Your father always held his ground
C#
He never liked you hanging round with the lesser kind
He suffered not the weak
F#
And he was never loath to speak his twisted mind
He liked to watch an evening pass
C#
Clinking the ice in his bourbon glass while you played your scales
With eyes that burned right through
F#
He would say he always knew you were bound to fail
B C#
Shake it off and let it go
F# B
Brush it away till the light it shows
Bbm C#
We can't help what came before
Iolanthe
B C#
Well who's that standing there?
F# B
Whatcha been doing lately?
Bbm C#
Your clothes not long outta style
B C#
You gave us all quite a scare
F# B
But the years were hardly wasted
Bbm C#
Only missing for a while
B C#
Don't sweat the losses, let em go
F# B
Toss em all out where the tall grass grows
Bbm C#
We're all bound to get our share
Iolanthe