Tone: [C9]
Intro -x2-:
[C9] [G5] [Cadd9]
Verse 1:
The [C9]war was [G5]over, I was [Cadd9]living with my folks
I [C9]yelled up[G5]upstairs, "hey ma', I'm [A7]off to grab some [D]smokes"
And my [G]father [B7]called, "why [Em]you need to smoke so [A]late?"
Well I [C]lied, I had a date
Pre-Chorus:
[G]Free from my folk's enslavement
[B7]Skippin' along the pavement
To [G]see a bru[Em7]brunette who [A]I never met
But I [A]never would forget how she looked in that d[G]dres[Gb]ress [G] [Gb] [G]
How she stuck out her [B7]hand and said, "My name is Ce[B]Cecily [Em7]Smith
And I hope you like [A]music
'Cause I've got two [G]tickets for La [B7]Traviata"
[Em]That's when [G]I said "[G]"I hate opera"
Chorus:
She [C]laughed and said "well [G]lucky
for you that [C]you're with Cecily [G]Smith-
who [C]cares what you are [G]listening
to, it's [C]who you're listening [Em7]with
Interlude -x2-:
[C9] [G5] [Cadd9]
Verse 2:
So we [C9]take our [G5]seats her hands were [Cadd9]folded in her lap
if [C9]not a [G5]kiss then I at [A7]least will get a [D]nap
So I [G]close my [B]eyes as the [Em]ochestra be[A]begins
Then [C]I hear violins [C]
Pre-Chorus:
and the [G]hair on my neck was rising
A [B7]feeling new and surprising
But it [G]wasn't the soun[Em7]sound that made my heart po[A]pound
No, it [A]was because I found her hand is in mine [G] [Gb] [G] [Gb] [G]
and that's where it will [B7]stay until they play the fi[B]final [Em7]chord
She says, "[G]"were you [A]bored?"
And I say, "I [G]guess it wasn't [B7]quite so
bad it was the [Em]best time [G]that I'v[G]I've ever had."
Chorus:
She [C]laughed and said, "well [G]lucky for
you I got [C]seats to Beethoven's [G]fifth
who [C]cares what you are [G]listening
to, it's [C]who you're listening [Em7]with"
Interlude:
[Gsus2] [C] [Cmaj7]
[Am7] [Em7] [Gsus2] [C] [Cmaj7]
[Am7]A [Em7]per- [Gsus2]fect [C]wife [Cmaj7]
[Am7]A [Em7]per- [Gsus2]fect [C]life [Dsus4] [D]
Verse 3:
The [C9]time ex[G5]exploded like a [Cadd9]bullet from a gun
A [C9]week, a [G5]year and then a [A7]marriage and a [D]son
and a r[G]rental [B]where I [Em]still can hear her [A]laugh
When I [C]play the phonograph [C]
Pre-Chorus:
So I [G]let the music guide me
As C[B7]Cecily sits beside me
A [G]girl of nineteen with a [A]nervous marine
Feel he[D]her head begin to lean
As the melody s[G]soar[Gb]oars [G] [Gb] [G]
And though it was [B7]real it doesn't feel like it could [Em]be
That night when you [A]said to me
That "I've got two [G]tickets for La [B7]Traviata" [Em] [G] [G]
Chorus:
It's [C]sad but true how [G]much I miss you, I [C]miss you Cecily [G]Smith
[C]Life is not the [G]things that we do it's [C]who we're doing them with
Outro -x2-:
[C9] [G5] [Cadd9]