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Cecily Smith

Album: Fly By Night

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Song: Cecily Smith by Will Connolly

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Intro:
    C9                G5                Cadd9
xA|--------5--------5--------5--------5-|-------5--------5--------5--------5--|
xE|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|----3--------3--------3--------3-----|
xC|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|-------------------------------------|
xG|-------------------------------------|-4--------4--------4--------4--------|  x2
 

Verse 1:
    C9                G5                Cadd9
xA|--------5--------5--------5--------5-|-------5--------5--------5--------5--|
xE|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|----3--------3--------3--------3-----|
xC|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|-------------------------------------|
xG|-------------------------------------|-4--------4--------4--------4--------|
The war      was      over,    I was     living  with  my   folks
 
    C9                G5                   A7                      D
xA|--------5--------5--------5--------5-|---------0--------0--------0-------|
xE|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|------3--------3-----------2-------|
xC|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|---1--------1--------------2-------|
xG|-------------------------------------|---------------------------2-------|
 I yelled    up-     stairs, "hey ma', I'm off to   grab some     smokes"
 
       G      B7           Em                   A
xA|-----2------2------------2--------------------0----|
xE|-----3------2------------3--------------------0----|
xC|-----2------3------------4--------------------1----|
xG|-----0------2------------0--------------------2----|
And my father called, "why you need to smoke so late?"
 
             C
xA|-----------------3--------3--------3--------3-|-------3--------3--------3----------|
xE|--------------0--------0--------0--------0----|----0--------0--------3-------------|
xC|-----------0--------0--------0--------0-------|-0--------2--------4--------6-------|
xG|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
   Well I lied                      I had a date
 

Pre-Chorus:
    G
xA|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2---------2-----------2---|
xE|--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----|-----3-----------3---------3-----------3---|
xC|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2---------2-----------2---|
xG|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0---------0-----------0---|
    Free from   my        folk's        en-         slave-               ment
 
    B7
xA|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0---------0-----------0---|
xE|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2---------2-----------2---|
xC|--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----|-----3-----------3---------3-----------3---|
xG|--4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----|-----4-----------4---------4-----------4---|
    Skippin'    a-       long           the         pa-         ve-      ment
 
    G           Em7                                 A
xA|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----0-----------0---------0-----------0---|
xE|--3-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0---------0-----------0---|
xC|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----1-----------1---------1-----------1---|
xG|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----2-----------2---------2-----------2---|
To see a        bru-      nette                 who I         never       met
 
      D  -nc-                                         G  Gb G Gb G
xA|----0--------------|---------------------|----------2--1/2--1/2----|
xE|----2--------------|---------------------|----------3--2/3--2/3----|
xC|----2--------------|---------------------|----------2--1/2--1/2----|
xG|----2--------------|---------------------|----------0--0----0------|
But I never would forget how she looked in that dress
 
                      B7             B7                  B       
xA|--------------------2--------------2----------|--------2-2---|
xE|--------------------2-----------------2-------|--------2-2---|
xC|--------------------3--------------------3----|--------3-3---|
xG|--------------------2-----------------------2-|--------4-4---|
How she stuck out her hand and said, "My      name is Cecily    

   Em7
xA|---2----2-----------|---------2-------|
xE|---0----------0-----|-----------------|
xC|---2-------------2--|-----------------|
xG|---0-------0--------|------------0----|
     Smith           and I hope you like

    A
xA|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----------0---------0---|
xE|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----------0---------0---|
xC|--1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----|-----1-----------1-----------1---------1---|
xG|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2-----------2---------2---|
        mu-                   sic                                'cause I've got        two
 
    G              B7         Em          G       G/A      -nc-
xA|--2-----------|--0-------|--2-----------2-----|-2-----------|
xE|--3-----------|--2-------|--3-----------3-----|-3-----------|
xC|--2-----------|--3-------|--4-----------2-----|-1-----------|
xG|--0-----------|--4-------|--0-----------0-----|-0-----------|
   tickets for La Traviata"   That's when I said "I hate opera"
 

Chorus:
    C                      G                  C                  G
xA|--3----------------------2------------------3------------------2---------|
xE|--0----------------------3------------------0------------------3---------|
xC|--0----------------------2------------------0------------------2---------|
xG|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
She laughed and said "well lucky for you that you're with Cecily Smith-
 
    C                  G                  C                    Em7
xA|--3------------------2------------------3------------------------------|
xE|--0------------------3------------------0--------------------0---------|
xC|--0------------------2------------------0--------------------2---------|
xG|-------------------------------------------------------------0---------|
who cares what you are listening to, it's who you're listening with
 

Interlude:
    C9                G5                Cadd9
xA|--------5--------5--------5--------5-|-------5--------5--------5--------5--|
xE|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|----3--------3--------3--------3-----|
xC|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|-------------------------------------|
xG|-------------------------------------|-4--------4--------4--------4--------|  x2
 
Verse 2:
    C9                G5                Cadd9
xA|--------5--------5--------5--------5-|-------5--------5--------5--------5--|
xE|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|----3--------3--------3--------3-----|
xC|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|-------------------------------------|
xG|-------------------------------------|-4--------4--------4--------4--------|
So we take   our     seats her hands were folded in her lap
 
    C9                G5                   A7                      D
xA|--------5--------5--------5--------5-|---------0--------0--------0-------|
xE|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|------3--------3-----------2-------|
xC|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|---1--------1--------------2-------|
xG|-------------------------------------|---------------------------2-------|
if not       a       kiss then I at       least will get a         nap
 
       G        B           Em         A
xA|-----2--------2-----------2----------0----|
xE|-----3--------2-----------3----------0----|
xC|-----2--------3-----------4----------1----|
xG|-----0--------4-----------0----------2----|
  So I close my eyes as the ochestra begins
 
             C                                             C  
xA|-----------------3--------3--------3--------3-|-------3--------3--------3----------|
xE|--------------0--------0--------0--------0----|----0--------0--------3-------------|
xC|-----------0--------0--------0--------0-------|-0--------2--------4--------6-------|
xG|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
        Then I                          hear violins
 

Pre-Chorus:
        G
xA|------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2---------2---------2---------2---|
xE|------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----|-----3---------3---------3---------3---|
xC|------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2---------2---------2---------2---|
xG|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0---------0---------0---------0---|
and the hair on     my       neck         was           ri-                sing
 
    B7
xA|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----------0---------0---|
xE|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2-----------2---------2---|
xC|--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----|-----3-----------3-----------3---------3---|
xG|--4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----|-----4-----------4-----------4---------4---|
  A feeling     new     and           sur-          pri-                   sing
 
       G           Em7                                 A
xA|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----0---------0---------0---------0---|
xE|-----3-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0---------0---------0---------0---|
xC|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----1---------1---------1---------1---|
xG|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----2---------2---------2---------2---|
But it wasn't      the    sound                   that made my     heart pound
 
       D  -nc-                                     G  Gb G Gb G
xA|-----0--------------|-------------------|--------2--1/2--1/2----|
xE|-----0--------------|-------------------|--------3--2/3--2/3----|
xC|-----2--------------|-------------------|--------2--1/2--1/2----|
xG|-----2--------------|-------------------|--------0--0----0------|
No, it was because I found her hand is in mine
 
                         B7         B7                        Em7
xA|-----------------------2----------2----------|-------2------2----|----------2----|
xE|-----------------------2-------------2-------|--------------0----|------0---0----|
xC|-----------------------3----------------3----|--------------2----|---2-----------|
xG|-----------------------2-------------------2-|----------2---0----|---------------|
and that's where it will stay until they    play the final    chord            She says,
 
   G      A
xA|--------0---------0---------0---------0-----|-----0-----------0---------0---------0---|
xE|--------0---------0---------0---------0-----|-----0-----------0---------0---------0---|
xC|-2------1---------1---------1---------1-----|-----1-----------1---------1---------1---|
xG|----0---2---------2---------2---------2-----|-----2-----------2---------2---------2---|
"were you bored?"                                               And      I        say,
 
    G              B7                      Em        G       G/A      -nc-
xA|--2-----------|--0-----------|-----------2---------2-----|--2-----------|
xE|--3-----------|--2-----------|-----------3---------3-----|--3-----------|
xC|--2-----------|--3-----------|-----------4---------2-----|--1-----------|
xG|--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
xA|--3-----------------------2-------------------3--------------------2---------|
xE|--0-----------------------3-------------------0--------------------3---------|
xC|--0-----------------------2-------------------0--------------------2---------|
xG|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
She laughed and said, "well lucky for you I got seats to Beethoven's fifth
 
    C                  G                  C
xA|--3------------------2------------------3--------------------|
xE|--0------------------3------------------0--------------------|
xC|--0------------------2------------------0--------------------|
xG|-------------------------------------------------------------|
who cares what you are listening to, it's who you're listening
 
Interlude:
    Em7   Gsus2            C                Cmaj7 Am7
xA|--------------|--------|----5--5--5-|-3---2-----0-------|
xE|--3----/5--5--|-/7-\3--|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---3---|
xC|--4----/6-----|--------|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---0---|
xG|--0--0--0-----|--0--0--|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---0---|
  with"
 
    Em7   Gsus2            C                Cmaj7 Am7
xA|--------------|--------|-5--5--5--5-|-3---2-----0-------|
xE|--3----/5--5--|-/7-\3--|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---3---|
xC|--4----/6-----|--------|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---0---|
xG|--0--0--0-----|--0--0--|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---0---|
                                                      A
 
    Em7   Gsus2            C                Cmaj7 Am7
xA|--------------|--------|-5--5--5--5-|-3---2-----0-------|
xE|--3----/5--5--|-/7-\3--|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---3---|
xC|--4----/6-----|--------|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---0---|
xG|--0--0--0-----|--0--0--|-0--0--0--0-|-0---0-----0---0---|
    per-  fect     wife                               A
 
    Em7   Gsus2            C                    Dsus4          D
xA|--------------|--------|-5--5--5--5--5---5-|--0--0--0--0--|--0--|
xE|--3----/5--5--|-/7-\3--|-0--0--0--0--0---0-|--3--3--3--3--|--2--|
xC|--4----/6-----|--------|-0--0--0--0--0---0-|--2--2--2--2--|--2--|
xG|--0--0--0-----|--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0---0-|--2--2--2--2--|--2--|
    per-  fect     life
 
Verse 3:
    C9                G5                Cadd9
xA|--------5--------5--------5--------5-|-------5--------5--------5--------5--|
xE|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|----3--------3--------3--------3-----|
xC|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|-------------------------------------|
xG|-------------------------------------|-4--------4--------4--------4--------|
The time     ex-      ploded   like a    bullet from a gun
 
    C9                G5                   A7                      D
xA|--------5--------5--------5--------5-|---------0--------0--------0-------|
xE|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|------3--------3-----------2-------|
xC|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|---1--------1--------------2-------|
xG|-------------------------------------|---------------------------2-------|
  A week,    a        year &  then a       marriage and a          son
 
       G        B           Em                 A
xA|-----2--------2-----------2----------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
xE|-----3--------2-----------3--------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
xC|-----2--------3-----------4------------------1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1------|
xG|-----0--------4-----------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
and a rental    where I     still can hear her laugh
 
             C                                             C  
xA|-----------------3--------3--------3--------3-|-------3--------3--------3----------|
xE|--------------0--------0--------0--------0----|----0--------0--------3-------------|
xC|-----------0--------0--------0--------0-------|-0--------2--------4--------6-------|
xG|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
      When I play                    the phonograph
 
Pre-Chorus:
        G
xA|------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2---------2---------2---------2---|
xE|------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----|-----3---------3---------3---------3---|
xC|------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2---------2---------2---------2---|
xG|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0---------0---------0---------0---|
    So I let       the         mu-         sic         guide            me
 
    B7
xA|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----------0---------0---|
xE|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2-----------2---------2---|
xC|--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----|-----3-----------3-----------3---------3---|
xG|--4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----|-----4-----------4-----------4---------4---|
 As Cec-      ily       sits            be-        side                     me
 
       G           Em7                                 A
xA|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----0---------0---------0---------0---|
xE|-----3-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0---------0---------0---------0---|
xC|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----1---------1---------1---------1---|
xG|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----2---------2---------2---------2---|
     A girl of     nine-       teen             with a nervous    ma-       rine  Feel her
 
       D
xA|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0---------0---------0---------0---|
xE|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----0---------0---------0---------0---|
xC|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----1---------1---------1---------1---|
xG|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2---------2---------2---------2---|
       head        be-         gin         to          lean        As the  mel-    ody
 
  -nc-                                       G  Gb G Gb G
xA|----------------------------------|--------2--1/2--1/2----|
xE|----------------------------------|--------3--2/3--2/3----|
xC|----------------------------------|--------2--1/2--1/2----|
xG|----------------------------------|--------0--0----0------|
                  soars
 
                         B7         B7                        Em7
xA|-----------------------2----------2----------|-------2------2----|----------2----|
xE|-----------------------2-------------2-------|--------------0----|------0---0----|
xC|-----------------------3----------------3----|--------------2----|---2-----------|
xG|-----------------------2-------------------2-|----------2---0----|---------------|
       And though it was real it   doesn't feel like it could be                That night when you
 
       A
xA|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0---------0---------0---------0---|
xE|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-----0---------0---------0---------0---|
xC|-----1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----|-----1---------1---------1---------1---|
xG|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|-----2---------2---------2---------2---|
      said to me                                         That    I've   got         two
 
    G              B7         Em          G       G/A
xA|--2-----------|--0-------|--2-----------2-----|-2-----------|
xE|--3-----------|--2-------|--3-----------3-----|-3-----------|
xC|--2-----------|--3-------|--4-----------2-----|-1-----------|
xG|--0-----------|--4-------|--0-----------0-----|-0-----------|
   tickets for La Traviata"
 
Break:
 
xA|--2-------2-2---2-2-1-2-/5-|
xE|---------------------------|
xC|--------2-----2------------|
xG|---------------------------|
 
 
Chorus:
     C                       G                   C               G
xA|---3-----------------------2-------------------3---------------2---------|
xE|---0-----------------------3-------------------0---------------3---------|
xC|---0-----------------------2-------------------0---------------2---------|
xG|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
It's sad but true        how much I miss you   I miss you Cecily Smith
 
     C                G                       C                    -nc-
xA|---3----------------2-----------------------3-------------------------|
xE|---0----------------3-----------------------0-------------------------|
xC|---0----------------2-----------------------0-------------------------|
xG|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
     Life is not the  things that we do  it's who we're doing them with
 
Outro:
    C9                G5                Cadd9
xA|--------5--------5--------5--------5-|-------5--------5--------5--------5--|
xE|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|----3--------3--------3--------3-----|
xC|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|-------------------------------------|
xG|-------------------------------------|-4--------4--------4--------4--------|
 
    C9                G5                Cadd9
xA|--------5--------5--------5--------5-|-------5-------5---------------|
xE|-----3--------3--------3--------3----|--2/3-----2/3------------3-----|
xC|--4--------4--------2--------2-------|-------------------------4-----|
xG|-------------------------------------|-------------------------0-----|
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scoopskipotato

ᗷᕼᑌᗴᔕᒍYᗴᔕ ?sometimes✨eye don’t wanna be  happy?don’t✋hold it? against me

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Ukelaki

This is the best song for beginners!

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Lexi

Umm idk what to do for the strumming pattern

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kenzie

Y’all if people are putting Dixie’s songs up can y’all pleeease do Jayden Bartels like srsly it’s like why make a site for songs on the uke if u never put auctual songs w/ the uke on?!?

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lunchtime

BAAAAIIIIIIIIIII sometimes i don’t wanna be happy

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Lylajane

Ummm…. WHY HAVE 20 PEOPLE DISLIKED THIS SONG??!!

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Zena

Playing around with it, I used DDUU-D for verses… idk if its too fast but at least its a start. Still working on chorus tho

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