A  D   C#m  F#m  E  D   C#  F#m  E    C#m  F#m  E    C#  F#m

[Verse 1]
           E  D                C#      F#m
She sits alone at the end of a table
E            D        C#  F#m
Much too big for one
                E
Once there were parties
D               C#            Bm
The glasses and chairs were full
                 C#
Now the glamour's gone

[Chorus 1]
Bm                            C#
Nothing but time to build a case for regret
Bm                 C#             F#m
Nothing but time for gin and cigarettes

E     F#m     E  D    C#

[Verse 2]
F#m         E  D                   C#          F#m
    Mem'ries repeat with each skip of the record
E           D    C#   F#m
Long forgotten dreams
           E     D                    C#              Bm
Music that played as a soundtrack throughout her life
              C#
Keeps her company

[Chorus 2]
Bm                   C#                     Bm
Drinking to remember, drinking to forget
                C#            F#m       E  D
Drinking gin and smoking cigarettes
             F#m     E       D  C#
Just smoking    cigarettes

[Bridge]
D                             F#m
Children grow and leave they tell you
D                    Bm F#m
Your best has left them scarred
D
Husbands are no better
     F#m      G#                   A
They only have so many ticks in their hearts

F#m  E  D  C#  F#m  E  D  C#
F#m    D   Bm F#m  E  B  G

[Verse 3]
F#m           E   D                    C#       F#m
Watching the birds as they fly past her window
E                       B    C#
Through the smoke her eyes burn
F#m          E            D            C#            Bm
Even though life clipped her wings oh so long ago
                     C#
Still the heart it yearns
D                        F#m
Soon there's not enough to ease the pain
        G#            A               Bm
And she's drowning, she's drowning
                        C#  C#m
She made her choices, she hedged her bets

[Chorus 3]
Bm                                  F#m
Now all that's left is gin and cigarettes

E  D

[Outro]
C#m      F#m          E        D
    Just gin and cigarettes
C#        F#m   E
   gin and cigarettes
         F#m
gin and