Tonalidad: B minor•
Verse 1
Bm
Cellophane grandfather clock
I hope your hands will never stop
Rescue me from my ugly block
F#m
In Tokyo, 21st century
Bm
To London, 1888
F#m
I am descended from a great
Bm
Clan of the Meiji shogunate
F#m
And I am travelling extensively
Verse 2
London 1888
I sit here drinking nettle wine
F#m
My family is in decline
Em
And I confess the fault is mine
The doorman's sure to sit and wait
To see who I'll bring home tonight
F#m
I'll pay him cash to keep him quiet
I am a libertine
Bm
Cellophane
Verse 3
grandfather clock
You've got my conscience
on the trot
You've got me walking
round the block
F#m
You've got me searching for experience
Bm
Cellophane grandfather clock
I am a Buddhist, I am not
Victorian, I love your shops
F#m
But your morality is meaningless
Verse 4
London 1888
And I have learned the game of chess
F#m
I have a club, it's on the Strand
I'm a dishonourable man
Em
And Tokyo is far away
The English wear a poker face
F#m
The latest craze is called 'Croquet'
C#m
I am a stranger here
Verse 5
F#m
C#m
F#m
C#m
I am the Marquis Matsugae
F#m
C#m
And I came questioning through time
C
But is the grave my sole reply?
Verse 6
Bm
And Sherlock Holmes is my good friend
I have a trust fund I can spend
And I am ready to defend
F#m
My immorality to any one
Bm
F#m
And Whistler painted me in grey
Bm
I had his mother round to stay
And she sat knitting in her chair
F#m
And staring through me disapprovingly
Verse 7
Em
And Aubrey Beardsley
sketches me
And Oscar Wilde comes round for tea
F#m
But I still feel so Japanese
When I'm alone on Piccadilly
Em
And in Green Park there is a band
Medieval lillie in my hand
F#m
I watch the sailors on the bus
C#m
A little lustfully
Verse 8
F#m
C#m
I am the Marquis
F#m
C#m
Matsugae
F#m
C#m
I came adventuring in time
C
But is the grave my sole reply?
Verse 9
Bm
Cellophane grandfather clock
I hear you ticking while I talk
In my apartment on Pall Mall
F#m
To stable boys of easy provenance
Bm
Cellophane grandfather clock
The incense on my mantelpiece
Covers the reek of smelly socks
F#m
As I prepare them to be compromised
Verse 10
Em
It's London 1888
It's 6 o'clock and I am late
F#m
For some disreputable date
With sordid appetites I hate
Em
I hope these crimes will never stop
And like the hands upon
F#m
the clock
My hands will touch and he'll respond
C#m
And go beyond
Verse 11
F#m
C#m
F#m
C#m
I am the Marquis Matsugae
F#m
And I came questioning through time
C#m
C
But is the grave my sole
Interlude 1
reply?
Bm
F#m
Bm
F#m
Verse 12
Em
It's London 1888
Bm
Em
I am the Marquis Matsugae
And I came questioning through time
And is the grave my sole reply?
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