Tom: Em
C9 0435
G5 0235
Cadd9 4435
A7 0230
D 2220
G 0232
B7 2232
Em 0432
A 2100
Em7 0202
G/A 0132
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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The war was over, I was living with my folks
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I yelled up- stairs, "hey ma', I'm off to grab some smokes"
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And my father called, "why you need to smoke so late?"
C
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Well I lied I had a date
[Pre-chorus]
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Free from my folk's en- slave- ment
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Skippin' a- long the pa- ve- ment
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To see a bru- nette who I never met
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But I never would forget how she looked in that dress
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How she stuck out her hand and said, "My name is Cecily Smith and I hope you like
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mu- sic 'cause I've got two
G B7 Em G G/A N.C.
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tickets for La Traviata" That's when I said "I hate opera"
[Chorus]
C G C G
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She laughed and said "well lucky for you that you're with Cecily Smith-
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who cares what you are listening to, it's who you're listening with
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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So we take our seats her hands were folded in her lap
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if not a kiss then I at least will get a nap
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So I close my eyes as the ochestra begins
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Then I hear violins
[Pre-chorus]
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and the hair on my neck was ri- sing
B7
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A feeling new and sur- pri- sing
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But it wasn't the sound that made my heart pound
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No, it was because I found her hand is in mine
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and that's where it will stay until they play the final chord She says,
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"were you bored?" And I say,
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"I guess it wasn't quite so bad it was the best time that I've ever had."
[Chorus]
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She laughed and said, "well lucky for you I got seats to Beethoven's fifth
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who cares what you are listening to, it's who you're listening
[Interlude]
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with"
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A
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per- fect wife A
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per- fect life
[Verse 3]
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The time ex- ploded like a bullet from a gun
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A week, a year & then a marriage and a son
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and a rental where I still can hear her laugh
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When I play the phonograph
[Pre-chorus]
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So I let the mu- sic guide me
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As Cec- ily sits be- side me
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A girl of nine- teen with a nervous ma- rine Feel her
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head be- gin to lean As the mel- ody
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soars
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And though it was real it doesn't feel like it could be That night when you
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said to me That I've got two
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tickets for La Traviata"
[Break]
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[Chorus]
C G C G
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It's sad but true how much I miss you I miss you Cecily Smith
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Life is not the things that we do it's who we're doing them with
[Outro]
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