Verse 1:
B E B E
Mistress Mabel, seriously wrong
B E B E
Clears my table badly, then she's gone
B E7
Takes a liberty if you let her
B E7
Yeah shes old, but she should know better
B E B E
Oh dear Mabel, please don't put me on
Verse 2:
B E B E
Mistress Mabel, all the kids agree
B E B E
You're unstable, curiously free
B E7
Wind them down and then keep them kickin'
B E7
Sunken eyed and all panic stricken
B E B E
Oh dear Mabel is what worries me
Prechorus:
E F#
Well hem-line ratbag, so they told her
E F#
Last night's name-tag, across her shoulder
Chorus:
B F# B F#
And tell me where all the days have gone when
E D E
You robbed my cradle, tell me Mabel
B F# B F#
Where d'you go when you can't go on
E D E
With this filthy fable, tell me Mabel
Verse 3:
B E B E
Mistress Mabel, won't you marry me?
B E B E
I'm unable to take it seriously
B E7
I've been good and you'll be a minute
B E7
I wish you would or I'll drop you in it
B E B E
Oh dear Mabel, won't you marry me?
Prechorus:
E F#
Well hem-line ratbag, so they told her
E F#
Last night's name-tag, across her shoulder
Chorus:
B F# B F#
And tell me where all the days have gone when
E D E
You robbed my cradle, tell me Mabel
B F# B F#
Where d'you go when you can't go on
E D E
With this filthy fable, tell me Mabel
G A
Tell me Mabel
(Middle)
Chorus:
B F# B F#
And tell me where are the days have gone when
E D E
You robbed my cradle, tell me Mabel
B F# B F#
Where d'you go when you can't go on
E D E
With this filthy fable, tell me Mabel
B F# B F#
And tell me where all the days have gone when
E D E
You robbed my cradle, tell me Mabel
B F# B F#
Where d'you go when you can't go on
E D E
With this filthy fable, tell me Mabel
G A
Tell me Mabel