Will Connolly - Cecily smith

The ^C9war was ^G5over, I was ^Cadd9living with my folks I ^C9yelled up^G5stairs, "hey ma', I'm ^A7off to grab some ^Dsmokes" And my ^Gfather ^B7called, "why ^Emyou need to smoke so ^Alate?" Well I ^Clied, I had a date

^GFree from my folk's enslavement ^B7Skippin' along the pavement To ^Gsee a bru^Em7nette who ^AI never met But I ^Anev^N.C.er would forget how she looked in that dress ^{G F# G F# G} How she stuck out her ^B7hand and said, "My name is Ce^Bcily ^Em7Smith And I hope you like ^Amusic 'Cause I've got two ^Gtickets for La ^B7Traviata" ^EmThat's when ^GI said "^G/AI hate op^N.C.era"

She ^Claughed and said "well ^Glucky for you that ^Cyou're with Cecily ^GSmith- who ^Ccares what you are ^Glistening to, it's ^Cwho you're listening ^Em7with

So we ^C9take our ^G5seats her hands were ^Cadd9folded in her lap if ^C9not a ^G5kiss then I at ^A7least will get a ^Dnap So I ^Gclose my ^Beyes as the ^Emochestra be^Agins Then ^CI hear violins ^C/G

and the ^Ghair on my neck was rising A ^B7feeling new and surprising But it ^Gwasn't the soun^Em7d that made my heart po^Aund No, it ^Awas^N.C. because I found her hand is in mine ^{G F# G F# G} and that's where it will ^B7stay until they play the fi^Bnal ^Em7chord She says, "^Gwere you ^Abored?" And I say, "I ^Gguess it wasn't ^B7quite so bad it was the ^Embest time ^Gthat I'v^G/Ae ever ha^N.C.d."

She ^Claughed and said, "well ^Glucky for you I got ^Cseats to Beethoven's ^Gfifth who ^Ccares what you are ^Glistening to, it's ^Cwho you're listening ^Em7with"

^Am7A ^Em7per^Gsus2- ^Cfect ^Cmaj7 wife ^Am7A ^Em7per^Gsus2- ^Cfect ^Dsus4 life ^D

The ^C9time ex^G5ploded like a ^Cadd9bullet from a gun A ^C9week, a ^G5year and then a ^A7marriage and a ^Dson and a r^Gental ^Bwhere I ^Emstill can hear her ^Alaugh When I ^Cplay the phonograph ^C/G

So I ^Glet the music guide me As C^B7ecily sits beside me A ^Ggirl of nineteen with a ^Anervous marine Feel he^Dr head begin to lean ^N.C.As the melody soars ^{G F# G F# G} And though it was ^B7real it doesn't feel like it could ^Embe That night when you ^Asaid to me That "I've got two ^Gtickets for La ^B7Traviata" ^{Em G G/A N.C.}

It's ^Csad but true how ^Gmuch I miss you, I ^Cmiss you Cecily ^GSmith ^CLife is not the ^Gthings that we do it's ^Cwho we're doing them ^N.C.with