A Gentleman's Excuse Me

	  		

       Bbsus2           F/A            Csus4/G       F                 Bbsus2 
Do you still keep paper flowers in the bottom drawer with your Belgian lace 
            F/A                         Dsus4        Dm 
Taking them out every year to watch the colours fade away? 
       Bbsus2           F/A             Eb/G         Eb 
Do you still believe in fairy tales, in battlements of shining castles 
Dm            C/D          Dm 
Safe from the dragons that lie beneath the hill? 
        Bbsus2          F/A      Csus4/G      F 
Are you still a Russian princess rescued by a gypsy dancer 
Bbsus2           F/A              Dsus4           Dm 
To anyone who'll listen is that a story you still tell? 
    Bbsus2         F/A           Eb/G  Eb 
You live a life of fantasy, your diary romantic fiction 
Bb                 C/Bb                 Bb                       C C7 
Can't you see it's hard for me, can you see what I am trying to say? 
       F                                Am 
It's a gentleman's excuse me so I'll take one step to the side 
        Bb                                F 
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing? 
    C/E   Dm                /C          Bb 
For every one step forward we're taking two steps back 
         Bb      F/A       Csus4/G  C 
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing? 


Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm Bsus2 F Eb Eb Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm 


           Bb/C                     C 
I know you still like old fashioned waltzes 
                       Bb/C                              C 
Your reflection in the mirror that you flirt with as you glide across the floor 
          Bb/D                    C/D 
But if I told you the music's over would you want to hear 
          Bb/D                            C/D 
That your dance card is empty that there's no-one really there? 
       Bbsus2           F/A                         Csus4/G 
Do you still believe in Santa Claus, that there's a millionaire 
F                Bbsus2            F/A                      Dsus4       Dm 
Looking for your front door with a key to a life that you'd never understand? 
Bbsus2         F/A          Eb/G                        Eb 
All I have to offer is the love that I have, it's freely given 
Bb             C/Bb           Bb                    C C7 
You'll see its value when you see what I've tried to say 
       F                                 Am 
It's a gentleman's excuse me so I'll take one step to the side 
        Bb                          F 
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing? 
    C/E   Dm                          Bb 
For every one step forward I'm taking two steps back 
        Bb      F/A        Csus4/G    C        Dm 
Can you get it inside your head that from this one step forward 
           Bb 
There's no turning back? 
        Bb     F/A         Csus4/G   C          Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm 
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing? 
                   Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm 
We're finished dancing