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Miss Otis Regrets by Bryan Ferry

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C  Em  Dm7  G  C  G

Verse:
C                 Dm                G    C
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today.
Dm     G
Madam,
C                        C/E             F/G    G
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today.
       C
She is sorry to be delayed,
         F                 Dm               C
but last evening down in Lover's Lane she strayed,
F
Madam,
C                         G       G7     C      G
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today.
 C                                  Dm       G        C
When she woke up and found That her dream of love was gone,
Dm     G
Madam,
C                                           G
She ran to the man who had led her so far astray,
         C                           F              Em       Dm   C
And from under her velvet gown, she drew a gun and shot her lover down,
Dm
Madam,
C                       G               C
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today.

Interlude:
Dm  G  C  Em  Dm7  G

Verse:
C                                 Dm          G        C
When the mob came and got her and dragged her from the jail,
Dm
Madam,
C                        C/E         Dm7       G
They strung her upon the old willow across the way,
C                                   F             Em     Dm       C
And the moment before she died she lifted up her lovely head and cried,
Dm
Madam,
C             G                                 G7
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch
C
today