Marillion – Lady Nina (Guitar)

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G F G F
    F                                    G
You pick out your credit cards and check into the night

  F                                 G
A dozen tequilas and you're feeling all right

       F                                    G
So you swim to the disco, out of your depth jaded gigolo

     F                                  G
Your lucky charms are tarnished so you leave alone

                F                           G
But there's one place left to go before the taxi home

      F                    G
After all you've made your marks

D                               G
One night you'll play Elizabeth Taylor

         C                       D
The next night you're Marilyn Monroe

   D                                     G
Forever kissing frogs that think they're princes

         C                               D
Oh, Lady Nina, where did all the romance go?

     D                              G
Your little sister baby-sits, your husband picks you up at six

    C                                 D
The make-up hides the bruises and the tears so they never show

D                              G
  'Cos your beauty is the only thing you've ever owned

         C                             D
It's the only way you've ever known to make your marks

              G                F
You made your marks, you made your marks
G F G F We believe it's for real Ich liebe dich, liebst du mich
     D                          G
Lady Nina, I'd love to take you home with me

       C                          D
But I love my wife and I love my family

     D                   G
I've got a good job, responsibilities

      C                            D
And I need to keep respect from society

  D                             G
I know you'll never act with me I know that you're in love with me

   C                       D                           D
So how do I compare to the sailors of the ships of the night?

      G                  C                   D
Was I all right? Did you come tonight, Lady Nina?

    F                      G
You made your marks,

    F                      G
You made your marks

F                          G
 Ebony flowers pinned to a velvet cushion in a red light

F                      G
And Edith Piaf sings a lullaby for the night

     F                  G
Just making marks, just making marks

     F                  G
Just making marks, just making marks

    F                G
You made your marks