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