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Tuning: G C E A
(tune down C and E a bit to make it sound better for a higher voice) A|---5----5-|---5----5---|---5-----5-| E|--3---3---|---3----3---|--3-----3--| C|-4---4----|-2----2-----|-----------| x2 G|----------|------------|-4----4----| (continue plucking until chord is shown) War was over, I was living with my folks I yelled upstairs,
“Hey ma, I’m A7off to grab some sD7mokes,” And my fGather B7called, “Why you nEmeed to smoke so lA7ate?” Well, I lCied
I had a date
FGree from my folks enslavement B7Skipping along the pavement To sEmee a brunette, who IA7’d never met But I nD7ever would forget How she looked in that dress G Gb G Gb G How she stuck out her hB7and and said, “My name is Cecily SEmmith And I hope you like A7music Cause I’ve got two Gtickets for La TB7raviata,” TEmhat’s when I said, “I A7hate opera.” She lCaughed, and said “Well, lGucky for you That Cadd9you’re with Cecily SmGith Wha cCares what you are lGistening to? It’s Cadd9who you’re listening Gwith,”
A|---5----5-|---5----5---|---5-----5-| E|--3---3---|---3----3---|--3-----3--| C|-4---4----|-2----2-----|-----------| x2 G|----------|------------|-4----4----| (continue plucking until chord is shown) So we take our seats, Her hands are folded in her lap If not a kiss,
Then I at lA7east can get a D7nap So I Gclose my B7eyes As the oEmrchestra bA7egins, Then CI hear violins And the Ghair on my neck was rising, A feB7eling new and surprising But it Emwasn't the sound That A7made my heart pound No it wD7as because I found Her hand is in mine G Gb G Gb G And that's where it will B7stay Until they play the final chEmord She says, "Were youA7 bored?" And I say, "I guGess it wasn't quB7ite so bad, It was the bEmest time that I’veA7 ever had," She Claughed and said, “Well, Glucky for you I got Cadd9seats to Beethoven’s Gfifth Wha cCares what you are lGistening to? It’s Cadd9who you’re listening Gwith,”
A|-------------| E|-3--5--7-3-0-| C|-2--6--7-2-0-| G|-------------| (continue plucking until chord is shown) A perfect wife A perfect life A|---5----5-|---5----5---|---5-----5-| E|--3---3---|---3----3---|--3-----3--| C|-4---4----|-2----2-----|-----------| x2 G|----------|------------|-4----4----| (continue plucking until chord is shown) The time exploded like a bullet from a gun A week, a year,
And then a A7marriage, and a D7son And a Grental wB7here I sEmtill can hear her lA7augh When I pClay the phonograph So GI let the music guide me And CB7ecily sits beside me A gEmirl of nineteen with a A7nervous marine Feel her hD7ead begin to lean As the melody soars G Gb G Gb G Though I know it was rB7eal It doesn't feel like it couldEm be That night when you said to A7me, "I've got two tGickets for La B7Traviata,"
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It's sCad but true, Ghow much I miss you I Cadd9miss you Cecily GSmith CLife is not the tGhings that we do Cadd9It’s who we’re doing them Gwith
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