Have Some Madeira Mdear chords by Flanders And Swann

Chords with lyrics

C majorC
She was young, she was pure, she was new, she was nice
                 G+G
She was fair, she was sweet seventeen
    FF              C majorC     A minorAm
He was old, he was vile, and no stranger to vice
    D MajorD            G+G
He was base, he was bad, he was mean
     C majorC         FF
He had slyly inveigled her up to his flat
  DmDm           G+G
To view his collection of stamps
    C majorC     FF      C majorC     A minorAm
And he said as he hastened to put out the cat
   FF            G+G
The wine, his cigar and the lamps

 C majorC
Have some madeira, m'dear
              G+G
You really have nothing to fear
   FF               C majorC      A minorAm
I'm not trying to tempt you, that wouldn't be right
   D MajorD             G+G
You shouldn't drink spirits at this time of night
 C majorC
Have some madeira, m'dear
               G+G
It's really much nicer than beer
  FF             C majorC       A minorAm
I don't care for sherry, one cannot drink stout
   D MajorD          G+G
And port is a wine I can well do without
   C majorC    FF     C majorC     A minorAm
It's simply a case of chacun a son gout
 FF      G+G    C majorC
Have some madeira, m'dear

  C majorC
Unaware of the wiles of the snake-in-the-grass
                G+G
And the fate of the maiden who topes
   FF             C majorC      A minorAm
She lowered her standards by raising her glass
   D MajorD             G+G
Her courage, her eyes and his hopes
   C majorC               FF
She sipped it, she drank it, she drained it, she did
   DmDm          G+G
He promptly refilled it again
    C majorC     FF    C majorC        A minorAm
And he said as he secretly carved one more notch
    FF            G+G
On the butt of his gold-headed cane

 C majorC
Have some madeira, m'dear,
               G+G
I've got a small cask of it here
   FF              C majorC      A minorAm
And once it's been opened, you know it won't keep
  D MajorD           G+G
Do finish it up, it will help you to sleep
 C majorC
Have some madeira, m'dear,
             G+G
It's really an excellent year
  FF             C majorC      A minorAm
Now if it were gin, you'd be wrong to say yes
  D MajorD            G+G
The evil gin does would be hard to assess
  C majorC       FF     C majorC     A minorAm
Besides it's inclined to affect me prowess
 FF      G+G    C majorC
Have some madeira, m'dear

       C majorC
Then there flashed through her mind what her mother had said
              G+G
With her antepenultimate breath
     FF              C majorC      A minorAm
"Oh my child, should you look on the wine that is red
    D MajorD              G+G
Be prepared for a fate worse than death"
   C majorC             FF
She let go her glass with a shrill little cry
 DmDm              G+G
Crash! tinkle! it fell to the floor
    C majorC        FF      C majorC     A minorAm
When he asked, "What in Heaven?" she made no reply
    FF            G+G
Up her mind, and a dash for the door

 C majorC
Have some madeira, m'dear,
                 G+G
Rang out down the hall loud and clear
   FF          C majorC       A minorAm
A augmentedA tremulous cry that was filled with despair
    D MajorD              G+G
As she paused to take breath in the cool midnight air
 C majorC
Have some madeira, m'dear,
                 G+G
The words seemed to ring in her ear
  FF             C majorC     A minorAm
Until the next morning, she woke up in bed
     D MajorD           G+G
With a smile on her lips and an ache in her head
    C majorC      FF       C majorC      A minorAm
And a voice in her ear 'ole that tickled and said
 FF      G+G    C majorC
Have some madeira, m'dear