Frangipanni Was Her Flower

                                     | C/F9maj7/ | Fm / C  / |
                                     | C / Em  / | Bb / Am / |
                                     | Dm  / / / |Ddim / / / |
                                     | C   / / / | E7  / / / |
                                     | F6  / / / | G13 / / / |
                                     | C   / / / | G7  / / / |
Frangipanni was her flower           | C/F9maj7/ | Fm / C  / |
And amethyst her birthday stone      | C / Em  / | Bb / Am / |
The fairest blossom of the bower     | Dm  / / / |Ddim / / / |
She wasn't born to be alone          | C   / / / | E7  / / / |
But now she was terribly alone       | F6  / / / | G13 / / / |
                                     | C   / / / | G7  / / / |
A Ford Cortina was the car           | C/F9maj7/ | Fm / C  / |
Eleven thirty-five the hour          | C / Em  / | Bb / Am / |
The squeak of gravel in the drive    | Dm  / / / |Ddim / / / |
Left the damsel in the tower         | C   / / / | E7  / / / |
Pondering her vanished power         | F6  / / / | G13 / / / |
                                     | C   / / / | C7  / / / |
Always, everything had gone so well  | F   / / / | Fm  / / / |
                                     | C   / / / | C   / / / |
Her dolls had been the best          | Dm  / / / | Dm  / / / |
She was better than the rest         | Em  / / / | Em  / / / |
Always, everything had gone so well  | F   / / / | Fm  / / / | C  / / / |
The world at her behest              | A7  / / / | D7  / / / | D7 / / / |
Had fed her from the breast          | Em  / / / | G9  / / / |
                                     | Em  / / / | G9  / / / |
                                     | G   / / / | G   / / / |
                                     | C/F9maj7/ | Fm / C  / |
                                     | C / Em  / | Bb / Am / |
                                     | Dm  / / / |Ddim / / / |
                                     | C   / / / | E7  / / / |
                                     | Dm7 / / / | G13 / / / |
                                     | C   / / / | C7  / / / |
Always, everything had gone so well  | F   / / / | Fm  / / / |
                                     | C   / / / | C   / / / |
She was married all in white         | Dm  / / / | Dm  / / / |
To a lad serenely trite              | Em  / / / | Em  / / / |
Always, everything had gone so well  | F   / / / | Fm  / / / | C  / / / |
And on her wedding night             | A7  / / / | D7  / / / | D7 / / / |
Things had more or less gone right   | Em  / / / | G9  / / / |
                                     | Em  / / / | G9  / / / |
                                     | G   / / / | G   / / / |
By fairest fortune she was kissed    | C/F9maj7/ | Fm / C  / |
Frangipanni was her bloom            | C / Em  / | Bb / Am / |
A silver spoon was in her fist       | Dm  / / / |Ddim / / / |
Upon emerging from the womb          | C   / / / | E7  / / / |
Tonight she wrecked the room         | Dm7 / / / | G13 / / / |
                                     | C   / F / | C   / / / |

Thanks to Dave Bondy for the chord transcription
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