Chords with lyrics
Intro:
FF DmDm
I live like a nun in a cloister
A minorAm G+G FF
Solitary, celibate, I hate it
Verse:
FF DmDm
I live like a monk in an abbey
A minorAm G+G FF
Ditto, ditto, I hate it
A minorAm FF D7D7
Write to me with sentimental effusion
A minorAm FF D7D7
Let me revel in romantic illusion
G minorGm Eb MajorEb C9C9
Do you still smell of vanilla and spring air?
G minorGm Eb MajorEb C9C9
And is my favorite lover's pillar still firm and fair?
Verse:
FF Dm9Dm9 FF Dm9Dm9
What was there, John, still is there, John
FF DmDm
Come soon as you can to my cloister
A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm C7C7
I've forgotten the feel of your hand
FF A minorAm DmDm E7E7
Soon we shall walk in Cupid's Grove together
A minorAm D7D7
And we'll fondly survey
D7D7
That promised land
C majorC E MajorE+
Till then, till then
A minorAm FF
I am as I ever was and ever was
C majorC Dm7Dm7
And ever shall be
C majorC AbAb F minorFm Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 C majorC