Lovely Ladies Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]I s[A]mel[D]l w[A]ome[D]n,[A]
[D]smell 'em in the air
[A]Thi[D]nk I'll drop my anc[A]hor in
that [D]harbor over [A]there
[F]Lovely [C]ladies,
[F]smell 'em through [C]the smoke
[F]Seven days at [C]sea can make
you [F]hungry for a [C]poke
[A]Even stokers need a little stoke!

[Verse 2]
[D]Lovely [A]ladies, [D]waiting for a [A]bite
[D]Waiting for the [A]customers who
[D]only come at [A]night
[F]Lovely [C]ladies, [F]ready for the [C]call
[F]Standing up or [C]lying down
or [F]any way at [C]all
[A]Bargain prices up against the [G]wall
[F#]Come here,

[Verse 3]
my [A]dear,
[G]let's see[F#] this trinket you[G] wea[Bm]r[B]
This baga[Bm]telle
Madame, I'll sell it [Bdim]to you[E]
I'll give you four,
that wouldn't pay [Em]for [E]the chain[Bm]
I'll give you five,
you're far too [B]eager to [Bm]sell
[E]It's up [Bm]to you (it's all I have)
That's not my fault
[E](please make it ten)
No more than five my dear,
[G]we all [Bm]must stay [A]alive

[Verse 4]
[D]Lovely [A]ladies, [D]waiting in [A]the dark
[D]Ready for [A]a thick one or a
[D]quick one in [A]the park
[F]Long time, [C]short time, [F]any time, my [C]dear
[F]Cost a little [C]extra if you
[F]want to take all [C]year!
[A]Quick and cheap is
underneath the [G]pier!

[Verse 5]
What [G]pretty hair,
what pretty locks you've got [Bm]there
What luck you got,
[B]it'[Bdim]s worth a cen[Bm]time my dear[E]
I'll take the lot
Don't touch me, leave me [B]alone
Let's make a price,
I'll give you all of [E]ten francs
Just think of [Bm]that [G](it pays a debt)
[E]Just thi[Ab]nk of [C#m]that ([E]what [F#]can[G]
I do? It pays a debt)
[G](Ten francs[Bm][A]
[D]may save my [A]poor

[Verse 6]
Cosette)
[D](Lovely ladies) Fastest on [A]the
street
[D](Lovely lady) Wasn't there three [A]minutes
she was [D]back up on [A]her [F]feet
[C](Lovely little [F]ladies) What you
waiting [C]for? (Lovely little [F]girls)
Doesn't take a [C]lot of savvy (we are
[F]lovely, lovely) just to be [C]a whore
[A]Lovely [Bbdim]ladies wh[A]at's a lady for?
[Eb]

[Verse 7]
[F#]Give me th[Eb]e dirt,
who's that bit over [Eb]there
A [Eb]bit of skirt,
[Eb]she's [Bbdim]the one sold h[Eb]er h[Eb]air
[Ab]She's got a kid, sends her all that she can
I might have known,
there is always some man
[F]Lovely [Dm]lady,[F] come [Dm]alon[Fm]g
[Ddim]and join[Fm] us[Ddim]
[Dm]Lovely [Bb]lady[Bm]

[Verse 8]
Come [Bm]on dearie, why all the fuss?
[Bsus4]You're no grander th[B]an
the rest [Bm]of us[A]
Life has dropped you
at the bottom of [E]the heap
Join your sisters,
make money in your [Gm]sleep
That's right, dearie,
let him have the [A]lot
That's right, dearie,
show him what you've got
[A]

[Verse 9]
[D]Old men, [A]young men,
[D]take 'em as they [A]come
[D]Harbor rats and [A]alley cats
and [D]every kind [A]of scum
[F]Poor men, [C]rich men, [F]leaders of [C]the land
[F]See them with [C]their trousers off,
they're [F]never quite as grand
[A]All it takes is money in your hand

[Verse 10]
[D]Lovely ladies, going for [C]a song
[D]Got a lot of callers,
but they never stay for long
[Bm]Come on, Captain,
[B]you can wear [Bm]your shoes
[B]Don't it make a change to have
a girl who can't re[Bm]fuse?
[D]Easy money, ly[D]ing on a bed
[D]Just as well they never [G]see the
hate that's in your head
Don't they know they're making
[F#]love to one already [G]dead?