🎶 The Bolter

[A#]By all accounts, she almost [Db]drowned
When she was six in frigid [Em]water
And I can confirm she [A#]made
a curious child, ever [Db]reviled
By everyone except her own [Em]father
With a quite bewitching [A#]face
Splendidly selfish, charmingly [Db]helpless
Excellent fun till you get to [Em]know her
Then she runs like it's a [A#]race
Behind her back, her best mates [Db]laughed
And they nicknamed her The [Em]Bolter

[A#]Started with a kiss
"Oh, we must stop meeting like [Db]this"
But it always ends up with a town car [Em]speeding
[Em]Out the drive one evening
[A#]Ended with the slam of a door
Then he'll call her a [Db]whore
[Db]Wish he wouldn't be sore
But as she was [Em]leaving
[Em]It felt like breathing
[Db]All her xxxxin' [Bb]lives
Flashed before her [Em]eyes
[Db]It feels like the [Bb]time
She fell through the [Em]ice
[Em]Then came out alive

[A#]He was a cad, wanted her [Db]bad
Just like any good trophy [Em]hunter
And she liked the way it [A#]tastes
Taming a bear, making him [Db]care
Watching him jump then pulling him [Em]under
And at first blush, this is [A#]fate
When it's all roses, portrait [Db]poses
Central Park Lake in tiny [Em]rowboats
What a charming [A#]Saturday
That's when she sees the littlest [Db]leaks
[Db]Down in the floorboards
And she [Em]just knows
[Em]She must bolt

[A#]Started with a kiss
"Oh, we must stop meeting like [Db]this"
But it always ends up with a town car [Em]speeding
[Em]Out the drive one evening
[A#]Ended with the slam of a door
Then he'll call her a [Db]whore
[Db]Wish he wouldn't be sore
But as she was [Em]leaving
[Em]It felt like breathing
[Db]All her xxxxin' [Bb]lives
Flashed before her [Em]eyes
[Db]It feels like the [Bb]time
She fell through the [Em]ice
[Em]Then came out alive

[Db]She's been many places with
[Bb]Men of many faces
First they're [Db]off to the races
And she's [Bb]laughing drawin' aces
But, [Db]none of it is changin'
That the [Bb]chariot is waitin'
Hearts are [Db]hers for the breakin'
There's [Bb]escape in escaping

[A#]Started with a kiss
"Oh, we must stop meeting like [Db]this"
But it always ends with a town car [Em]speeding
[Em]Out the drive one evenin'
[A#]Ended with the slam of a door
But she's got the best [Db]stories
[Db]You can be sure
That as she was [Em]leaving
[Em]It felt like freedom
[Db]All her xxxxin' [Bb]lives
Flashed before her [Em]eyes
[Em]And she realized
[Db]It feels like the [Bb]time
She fell through the [Em]ice
[Em]Then came out alive⠀