Ermintrude Takes Flight

Verse:

Bm         A

Ermintrude stays inside 

    C                        Bb

her mother thinks it must be better

    Bm              A

she sees no one, she has no fun

    C                    Bb       G

and all her friends will soon forget her

F     Ab        Cm    G

She's tired of listening

                   Em

She needs to disappear

F        Ab         Cm        G

Shed her dress and then made wings 

       B7

Of the cups of her brassiere

Chorus:

G          E

Fly, sweet Ermintrude

   Eb             D

On wings of satin lace

G           E

Keep flyin’ then you

Eb               D

Would find other ways

   C        Bb       A

to live, to love, to play

Verse:

Ermintrude is high above

foliage and trickling water

she’s on the run

she leaves the sun

and finds herself, a wayward daughter

New colours everywhere

And a song on silent lips

run your fingers through your hair

With a hand upon your hip

Chorus

Bridge:

      Fm               Dbsus2

Where other girls know other joys

    F#^mixolacticΔ4♯17+¹³   A

and never feel afraid

Verse:

Ermintrude your time has come

Something deep inside you flickers

And in the end

you’ll find a friend

Who'll steal your heart, and then you'll nick hers

Dying for peace of mind

You heave a breathless sigh

For what is left behind

when you take to the sky