Sliding through Life on Charm
(Marianne Faithfull, Jarvis Branson Cocker, Steve Mackey, Nick Banks, Mark Webber)
From the Marianne Faithfull album Kissin' Time
Transcribed by Nick Brown  nickcoolboybrown@aol.com 

    C
The family tree was chain-sawed Wednesday week.
   Cmaj7
So now I have to mingle with the meek.
    C7
Hey mister! you have finally met your match
    F
Now everybody wants to kiss my snatch -
   Fm
To go where God knows who has gone before.
       C
I am a muse, not a mistress, not a whore.
        G             
Oh - suburban shits who want some class
All queue up to kiss my ass
    F
And I was only trying to please
                             Am
I never got any royalties oh no - not me
                                  G
I'm still sliding through life on charm
                        C
Sliding through life on charm.
   C
If Marianne was born a man she'd show you all
  Cmaj7
A way to piss your life against the wall.
    C7
Go ahead why don't you leave me to these thugs ?
    F
And creeps who want to fuck a nun on drugs.
             Fm
Is it such a sin I never, ever tried too hard ?
   C
I had to know how far was going too far -
   G
In proper homes throughout the land Fathers try to understand
    F
Why Eunice who is seventeen - aspires to live her life like me
   Am
Oh no - Can't ya see, Daddy ?
                            G
She's just captivated by my charm
                        C
Sliding through life on charm.
C  Cmaj7
Sliding ...
C  Cmaj7
Sliding ...
C  Cmaj7
Never!
C                                         Cmaj7       C                                   Cmaj7
I wonder why the schools don't teach anything useful these days
C                                          Cmaj7                C                          Cmaj7
Like how to fall from grace, and slide with elegance from a pedestal
C                             Cmaj7          C                      Cmaj7                    C
I never asked to be on in the first place.
G          C          
Sliding on charm
G          C
Sliding on charm
G          C
Sliding on charm
G          C
Sliding on charm
G          C
Sliding on charm
G          C
Sliding on charm.