D    D/C#         D/C          Bm7
D    D/C#         D/C          Bm7
Em   A            A


[Verse 1]
C                     D
The days of wine and roses
      G       B7     Em
Are distant days for me
   C                              D
I dream of the last and the next affair
        Bm       Em  Em7/D  A
And of girls I'll never see


[Chorus]
A                D    D/C#         D/C          Bm7
     And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun
D    D/C#         D/C          Bm7           D
     The retired writer in the sun and I'm blue
  D/C#         D/C          Bm7  Em  A
  The retired writer in the sun



[Verse 2]
C                           D
Tonight I trod in the starlight
  G           B7         Em
I excused myself with a grin
   C                       D
I ponder the moon in a silver spoon
     Bm             Em   Em7/D  A
And the little one 'live within


[Chorus]
A                D    D/C#         D/C          Bm7
     And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun
D    D/C#         D/C          Bm7           D
     The retired writer in the sun and I'm blue
  D/C#         D/C          Bm7  Em  A
  The retired writer in the sun


[Verse 3]
C                  D
The magazine girl poses
  G           B7         Em
On my glossy paper aeroplane
  C                       D
Too many years I spent in the city
       Bm             Em   Em7/D  A
Playing with Mr. Loss and Gain


[Chorus]
A                D    D/C#         D/C          Bm7
     And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun
D    D/C#         D/C          Bm7           D
     The retired writer in the sun and I'm blue
  D/C#         D/C          Bm7  Em  A
  The retired writer in the sun


[Verse 4]
C                             D
I bathe in the sun of the morning
   G           B7         Em
Lemon circles swim in the tea
    C                            D
Fishing for time with a wishing line
          Bm           Em   Em7/D  A
And throwing it back in the sea


[Chorus]
A                D    D/C#         D/C          Bm7
     And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun
D    D/C#         D/C          Bm7           D
     The retired writer in the sun and I'm blue
  D/C#         D/C          Bm7  Em  A
  The retired writer in the sun


[Outro]
D    D/C#         D/C          Bm7