Mrs. Simpson

Transpose

Year: 1987
Album: Crooked Mile

INTRO

E7

Cadd9/D

VERSE 1

G

I went to

Dm

see

Em

Mrs.

C

Simpson

G

Up

Em

ten flights of

F

stairs

D

Em

My aunt had

Dm

died

Em

Leaving me

C

millions

G

Which I

Em

wanted to

F

share

D

CHORUS 1

A

Door was

C#m

closed

Dmaj7

Locked and

C#m

barred

The

D

sign read

B7

sealed

for

Dadd9/E

ever

A

Should not have

C#m

come

Dmaj7

Summer’s

C#m

gone

The

D

year hangs

B7

tarred and

Esus4

feathered

Cadd9/D

VERSE 2

G

Like head on

Dm

legs

Em

And the rest of a

C

person

G

Some

Em

where in be

F

tween

D

Em

I took the

Dm

lot

Em

Taking you

C

over

G

All

Em

crazy and

F

mean

D

INTERLUDE

G

Bb

What we

F

did and said

Gm7

in this

F

place

Bb

No one will

F

ever know so

Eb

what’s your disgrace?

Bb

Here come

F

broken backs and

Gm7

bloody

F

tears

Bb

The air’s

F

thick and black and

Eb

you disappeared

C

VERSE 3

G

I went

Dm

up

Em

To see Mrs.

C

Simpson

G

But

Em

she was not

F

there

D

m

Em

She may have

Dm

gone

Em

Back to her

C

husband

G

But I

Em

don’t really

F

care

D

CHORUS 2

A

Broken

C#m

backs

Dmaj7

Heart

at

C#m

tacks

D

Don’t help

B7

keep me

Dadd9/E

sober

A

I should not have

C#m

come

Cause

Dmaj7

what I’ve

C#m

done

Is

D

done and

B7

gone and

Esus4

over

Cadd9/D

G

F

E

C

G

F

E

C

G

F

E

C

G

F

E

C

G

F

E

C

G

F

E

C

CHORUS 3

A

So hard

C#m

luck

I

Dmaj7

won’t own

C#m

up

At your

D

inquest

B7

come

De

Dadd9/E

cember

A

It’s World War

C#m

Six

Or

Dmaj7

Twenty-

C#m

One

The

D

sense has

B7

gone it’s

Esus4

over

C6

Ove

Bm7

r

Dadd9/E

and

A

done