Cecily Smith

Will Connolly

  • A
  • A7
  • Am7
  • B
  • B7
  • C
  • C/G
  • C9
  • Cadd9
  • Cmaj7
  • D
  • Dsus4
  • Em
  • Em7
  • G
  • G/A
  • G5
  • Gsus2
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Key: 
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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E|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|----3--------3--------3--------3-----|    
C|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|-------------------------------------|    
g|-------------------------------------|-4--------4--------4--------4--------| x2 


[Verse 1]
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The war      was      over,    I was     living  with  my   folks


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g|-------------------------------------|---------------------------2-------| 


 I yelled    up-     stairs, "hey ma', I'm off to   grab some     smokes"


       G      B7           Em                   A
A|-----2------2------------2--------------------0----| 
E|-----3------2------------3--------------------0----| 
C|-----2------3------------4--------------------1----| 
g|-----0------2------------0--------------------2----| 


And my father called, "why you need to smoke so late?"


             C
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E|--------------0--------0--------0--------0----|----0--------0--------3-------------| 
C|-----------0--------0--------0--------0-------|-0--------2--------4--------6-------| 
g|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 


   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


    G           Em7                                 A
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C|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----1-----------1-----------1-----------1---| 
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To see a        bru-      nette                 who I         never         met


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A|----0--------------|---------------------|----------2--1/2--1/2----| 
E|----2--------------|---------------------|----------3--2/3--2/3----| 
C|----2--------------|---------------------|----------2--1/2--1/2----| 
g|----2--------------|---------------------|----------0--0----0------| 


But I never would forget how she looked in that dress


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A|--------------------2--------------2----------|--------2-2---|---2----2-----------|---------
E|--------------------2-----------------2-------|--------2-2---|---0----------0-----|---------
C|--------------------3--------------------3----|--------3-3---|---2-------------2--|---------
g|--------------------2-----------------------2-|--------4-4---|---0-------0--------|---------

A|2-------| 
E|--------| 
C|--------| 
g|---0----| 


How she stuck out her hand and said, "My      name is Cecily       Smith           and I hope 
you like


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g|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2---| 


        mu-                   sic                                'cause I've got          two


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A|--2-----------|--0-------|--2-----------2-----|-2-----------| 
E|--3-----------|--2-------|--3-----------3-----|-3-----------| 
C|--2-----------|--3-------|--4-----------2-----|-1-----------| 
g|--0-----------|--4-------|--0-----------0-----|-0-----------| 


   tickets for La Traviata"   That's when I said "I hate opera"


[Chorus]
    C                      G                  C                  G
A|--3----------------------2------------------3------------------2---------| 
E|--3----------------------3------------------3------------------3---------| 
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
g|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


She laughed and said "well lucky for you that you're with Cecily Smith-


    C                  G                  C                    Em
A|--3------------------2------------------3------------------------------| 
E|--3------------------3------------------3--------------------3---------| 
C|-------------------------------------------------------------4---------| 
g|-------------------------------------------------------------0---------| 


who cares what you are listening to, it's who you're listening with

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[Interlude]
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E|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|----3--------3--------3--------3-----|    
C|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|-------------------------------------|    
g|-------------------------------------|-4--------4--------4--------4--------| x2 


[Verse 2]
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So we take   our     seats her hands were folded in her lap


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E|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|------3--------3-----------2-------| 
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g|-------------------------------------|---------------------------2-------| 


if not       a       kiss then I at       least will get a         nap


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A|-----2--------2-----------2----------0----| 
E|-----3--------2-----------3----------0----| 
C|-----2--------3-----------4----------1----| 
g|-----0--------4-----------0----------2----| 


  So I close my eyes as the ochestra begins


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E|--------------0--------0--------0--------0----|----0--------0--------3-------------| 
C|-----------0--------0--------0--------0-------|-0--------2--------4--------6-------| 
g|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 


        Then I                          hear violins


[Pre-chorus]
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g|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-

A|--| 
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g|--| 


and the hair on     my       neck         was           ri-                    sing


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  A feeling     new     and           sur-          pri-                   sing


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E|-----3-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0--
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g|-| 


But it wasn't      the    sound                   that made my     heart pound


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E|-----2--------------|-------------------|--------3--2/3--2/3----| 
C|-----2--------------|-------------------|--------2--1/2--1/2----| 
g|-----2--------------|-------------------|--------0--0----0------| 


No, it was because I found her hand is in mine


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E|-----------------------2-------------2-------|--------------0----|------0---0----| 
C|-----------------------3----------------3----|--------------2----|---2-----------| 
g|-----------------------2-------------------2-|----------2---0----|---------------| 


and that's where it will stay until they    play the final    chord            She says,


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A|0---| 
E|0---| 
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g|2---| 


"were you bored?"                                                     And        I          say,


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E|--3-----------|--2-----------|-----------3---------3-----|--3-----------| 
C|--2-----------|--3-----------|-----------4---------2-----|--1-----------| 
g|--0-----------|--4-----------|-----------0---------0-----|--0-----------| 


"I guess it wasn't quite so bad it was the best time that I've ever had."


[Chorus]
    C                       G                   C                    G
A|--3-----------------------2-------------------3--------------------2---------| 
E|--3-----------------------3-------------------3--------------------3---------| 
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


She laughed and said, "well lucky for you I got seats to Beethoven's fifth


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A|--3------------------2------------------3--------------------| 
E|--3------------------3------------------3--------------------| 
C|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
g|-------------------------------------------------------------| 


who cares what you are listening to, it's who you're listening


[Interlude]
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A|--------------|--------|----5--5--5-|-3---2-----0-------| 
E|--3----/5--5--|-/7-\3--|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---3---| 
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g|--0--0--0-----|--0--0--|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---0---| 


  with"


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                                                      A



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g|--0--0--0-----|--0--0--|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---0---| 


    per-  fect     wife                               A


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A|--------------|--------|-5--5--5--5--5---5-|--0--0--0--0--|--0--| 
E|--3----/5--5--|-/7-\3--|-0--0--0--0--0---0-|--3--3--3--3--|--2--| 
C|--4----/6-----|--------|-0--0--0--0--0---0-|--2--2--2--2--|--2--| 
g|--0--0--0-----|--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0---0-|--2--2--2--2--|--2--| 


    per-  fect     life


[Verse 3]
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The time     ex-      ploded   like a    bullet from a gun


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g|-------------------------------------|---------------------------2-------| 


  A week,    a        year &  then a       marriage and a          son


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E|-----3--------2-----------3--------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----| 
C|-----2--------3-----------4------------------1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1------| 
g|-----0--------4-----------0-------------------------------------------------------------| 


and a rental    where I     still can hear her laugh


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E|--------------0--------0--------0--------0----|----0--------0--------3-------------| 
C|-----------0--------0--------0--------0-------|-0--------2--------4--------6-------| 
g|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 


      When I play                    the phonograph


[Pre-chorus]
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g|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-

A|--| 
E|--| 
C|--| 
g|--| 


    So I let       the         mu-         sic         guide                me


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 As Cec-      ily       sits            be-        side                     me


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A|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0--
E|-----3-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0--
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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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E|----------------------------------|--------3--2/3--2/3----| 
C|----------------------------------|--------2--1/2--1/2----| 
g|----------------------------------|--------0--0----0------| 


                  soars


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E|-----------------------2-------------2-------|--------------0----|------3--------|---------
C|-----------------------3----------------3----|--------------2----|---------2-----|---------
g|-----------------------2-------------------2-|----------2---0----|------------0--|---------

A|2-----| 
E|---3--| 
C|------| 
g|------| 


       And though it was real it   doesn't feel like it could be                That night when 
you


       A
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g|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2--

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      said to me                                         That      I've     got           two


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E|--3-----------|--2-------|--3-----------3-----|-3-----------| 
C|--2-----------|--3-------|--4-----------2-----|-1-----------| 
g|--0-----------|--4-------|--0-----------0-----|-0-----------| 


   tickets for La Traviata"

[Break]

A|--2-------2-2---2-2-1-2-/5-| 
E|---------------------------| 
C|--------2-----2------------| 
g|---------------------------| 


[Chorus]
     C                       G                   C               G
A|---3-----------------------2-------------------3---------------2---------| 
E|---3-----------------------3-------------------3---------------3---------| 
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
g|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


It's sad but true        how much I miss you   I miss you Cecily Smith


     C                G                      C                    N.C.
A|---3----------------2-----------------------3-------------------------| 
E|---3----------------3-----------------------3-------------------------| 
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 


     Life is not the  things that we do  it's who we're doing them with


[Other]
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E|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|----3--------3--------3--------3-----| 
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g|-------------------------------------|-4--------4--------4--------4--------| 


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A|--------5--------5--------5--------5-|-------5-------5---------------| 
E|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|--2/3-----2/3------------3-----| 
C|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|-------------------------4-----| 
g|-------------------------------------|-------------------------0-----|
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Composition: Peter Friedman

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