E                                    A             B             A
On the fainting couch, that's Monica flare for the dramatic oh, so it goes
E
and in the kitchen there, that's Leonore
A            B                            A
who I adore, whether I should or not well I don't know

[Chorus]
E               C#m
and reading the Marquise of O
       B                  E
on the balcony, that's me

[Instrumental]
E A 

[Verse]
E                           A                 E
Walking in the garden, with Penelope she says "you may kiss me now,
   A
no one will see"

[Bridge]
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I say "my heart is another's and that makes me free
                 G#m                   A
besides I have a hard-won faith in the eternal Sophie
                   G#m                         A
you think I'd just throw it away, for a little TLC?"
                C#m           B
and reading the Answer to Job has been good for me

E            F#m         B              A                 E         F#m         A
I was just a narcissist, a solipsist, a fantasist in that old house down by the sea
                G#m
and reading the Marquise of O
       A                  E
on the balcony, that's me