------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADVICE FROM A DIVORCED GENTLEMAN TO HIS BACHELOR FRIEND CONSIDERING MARRIAGE - OF MONTREAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Created by: dcolspector CFCF7 Bb Adim D7 You should stay away from roses Gm F#dim Cm7 And be careful to avoid chocolate hearts Ebm D7 Cm Keep distant from romantic notions Cm7 F Cm7 F ?cause that's where love most often starts Be sure to steer clear of diamonds And mink coats are most certainly out too For if she goes in for that kind of thing She just might fall then what you will do Fm7 G You know you've always been the sort Ebmaj7 Fm Who's truly only fond of the sport Ebm Bb7 And who would never be satisfied Ebm Bb7 Reclining in slippers by the fireside F# F#7 With a wife's constant nagging E A For things that you can't provide Abdim C#7 Who no longer bears resemblance F#m E To that soft spoken flower E7 D DB7# You were so desperate to have for your bride Cm7 F Too much conversing with a woman Cm7 F Tends to dull a man's wit Never be taken in by poets Who claim that love if it's pure will never fade Though love may last all right in a bibliotheque In the real world, man, it's too easily unmade So don't take your freedom for granted Don't let curiosity take you for a ride As years drag on when you wake up next to her You'll wish that in your sleep you had died You'll wish you had died CFGBbm