Ballad Of Immoral Earnings chords by Dalida

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

Gm7


Verse 1:
                                Cm7
There was a time, now very far away
                                Gm7
When we set up together, I and she
                                        Cm7
I had the brains, and she supplied the breast
        B                       G
I did her right, and she supported me
        Cm                      G
A way of life then, if not quite the best

Pre-Chorus 1:
        G
And when a client came I'd climb out of our bed
                                                Am7
And treat him nice, and go and have a drink instead

When he paid up I would address him: "Sir
                                        G
Come any time you feel you fancy her."


Chorus:
                C               Cm7             G
That time's gone past, but what would I not give
                Eb              D7      Gm
To see that whorehouse where we used to live?


Verse 2:
                                Cm7
That was the time, now very far away
                                        Gm7
He was so sweet he bashed me where it hurt
                                                Cm7
And when the cash ran out the feathers really flew
                B                       G
He'd up and say, "I'm going to pawn your skirt"
        Cm                      G
A skirt is nice, but no skirt is OK too


Pre-Chorus 2:
        G
He had his cheek, he kept me locked away all day
                                                Am7
But came the night he brought acquaintances to play

If I'd object he'd knock me headlong down the stairs
                                        G
I had the bruises off and on for years


Chorus:
                C               Cm7             G
That time's gone past, but what would I not give
                Eb              D7      Gm7
To see that whorehouse where we used to live?


Verse 3:
                                Cm7
That was a time now very far away
                                        Gm7
Not that our state seems much improved today
                                                Cm7
When afternoons were all I had for you
                B                       G
I told you she was generally booked up
        Cm                      G
(The night's more normal, but daytime will do)


Pre-Chorus 3:
        G
Once I was pregnant, so the doctor said
                                                Am7
So we reversed positions on the bed

You thought your weight would make it premature
                                        G
But in the end we flushed it down the sewer


Chorus:
                C
That could not last
        Cm7             G
But what would I not give
                Eb              D7      Gm7
To see that whorehouse where we used to live?