«Mrs. Stately’s Garden»
(Bob Gaudio — Jake Holmes)
Intro:
(flutes)
(band enters)
Eb F/Eb Fm/Eb Eb
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Chorus 1:
Eb F/Eb
Such pleasant company
Fm/Eb Eb
In Mrs. Stately’s garden
Eb F/Eb
Saltines and jasmine tea
Fm/Eb Eb
In Mrs. Stately’s garden
Verse 1:
Ab7
Did you hear the Miller girl was found by Cooper’s Pond
Db Gb Bbm7
(Oh, what a shame, she was so young)
F/A Ab
There has even been talk of a child
Eb/G Gb
(Well, the Millers have always been wild)
F E
Poor thing
Chorus 2:
A new cake recipe
In Mrs. Stately’s garden
A minor tragedy
In Mrs. Stately’s garden
Verse 2:
The boy that she’d been seeing went to Watertown
(She must have thought he’d let her down)
Do you think he knows what she has done
(My boy Roger would never have run)
Poor thing
Chorus 3:
The ladies fill the chairs
In Mrs. Stately’s garden
A scandal fills the air
In Mrs. Stately’s garden
Verse 3:
I don’t think we should see Marge Miller anymore
(I know I’m right and that’s for sure)
You can’t mingle with people like that
(Get up, Alice, you’re crushing my hat)
Poor thing
Chorus 4:
Lots of activity
In Mrs. Stately’s garden
But there’s no sympathy
In Mrs. Stately’s garden
Chorus 5:
Next week they’ll come for tea
In Mrs. Stately’s garden
Next week it may be me
In Mrs. Stately’s garden
Coda:
Eb F/Eb Fm/Eb Eb [repeat to fade]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
