Mrs. Simpson

Microdisney's The Crooked Mile album

Released in 1987 by Virgin Records

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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