Mika - Lady Jane

this is a most beautiful , totally mika – style weird song . it tells the sad
story of a river goddess and it captured my heart the minute i heard it .
now i’m really happy i can play it myself .

intro : F F7 F F7 A# Gm C

F F7
lady jane , the river saint , special , yes , but lucky ain’t
Gm C F Dm
lady jane said she walked on water but she never had a man to show
Gm C F Dm
then , one day , she found a fellow , she was eager just to let him know
Gm C A Dm
lady jane , she walked on water , followed by her brand new lover
A# C F
who tumbled along , drowning down below

F A# F A#

F F7
lady jane did not abort , for legends are never made that short
Gm C
now be sure when you listen to this
F
here’s another reason why you shouldn’t eat fish
Gm C
convinced he’d become a creature of the sea
A Dm
she cut off her feet and jumped into the deep
A# C F
and never stopped looking for her lover below

F A# F A#

F F7
lady jane , the river fish , became the world’s most wanted dish
Gm C
and though no man would dare to catch
F Dm
something whose beauty we could never match
Gm C
but when some emperor from a far away state
A Dm
said “i order you to get that fish’s head on my plate!”
A# C F
they killed little lady jane

F A# F A#

F F7
you emperor of a distant land , the only man who didn’t understand
Gm C
that though you think you’ve got your prize
F Dm
there’s another fish that has escaped your eyes
Gm C
lady jane , her lover’s there
A D
swimming through the ocean with a desperate stare
A# Cm F A
looking for lady jane
A# C F A# F A# F A# F
looking for lady jane