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Mrs. Stately`s Garden
(Bob Gaudio - Jake Holmes)
Intro:
(flutes)
(band enters)
Eb F/Eb Fm/Eb Eb
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Chorus 1:
Eb F/Eb
Such pleasant company
Fm/Eb Eb
In Mrs. Stately`s garden
Eb F/Eb
Saltines and jasmine tea
Fm/Eb Eb
In Mrs. Stately`s garden
Verse 1:
Ab7
Did you hear the Miller girl was found by Cooper`s Pond
Db Gb Bbm7
(Oh, what a shame, she was so young)
F/A Ab
There has even been talk of a child
Eb/G Gb
(Well, the Millers have always been wild)
F E
Poor thing
Chorus 2:
A new cake recipe
In Mrs. Stately`s garden
A minor tragedy
In Mrs. Stately`s garden
Verse 2:
The boy that she`d been seeing went to Watertown
(She must have thought he`d let her down)
Do you think he knows what she has done
(My boy Roger would never have run)
Poor thing
Chorus 3:
The ladies fill the chairs
In Mrs. Stately`s garden
A scandal fills the air
In Mrs. Stately`s garden
Verse 3:
I don`t think we should see Marge Miller anymore
(I know I`m right and that`s for sure)
You can`t mingle with people like that
(Get up, Alice, you`re crushing my hat)
Poor thing
Chorus 4:
Lots of activity
In Mrs. Stately`s garden
But there`s no sympathy
In Mrs. Stately`s garden
Chorus 5:
Next week they`ll come for tea
In Mrs. Stately`s garden
Next week it may be me
In Mrs. Stately`s garden
Coda:
Eb F/Eb Fm/Eb Eb [repeat to fade]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
-- another ace 60`s tab from Andrew Rogers