{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2101631,"song":"Cecily Smith","artist":"Will Connolly","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11456230-cecily-smith-chords-by-will-connolly/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2101631?type=chord","rating":4.78103,"votes":75,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C9[/ch]  [ch]G5[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C9[/ch]      [ch]G5[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nThe war was over, I was living with my folks[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C9[/ch]       [ch]G5[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI yelled upstairs, \"hey ma', I'm off to grab some smokes\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd my father called, \"why you need to smoke so late?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell I lied, I had a date[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFree from my folk's enslavement[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSkippin' along the pavement[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo see a brunette who I never met[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]  N.C.                                         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I never would forget how she looked in that dress[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nHow she stuck out her hand and said, \"My name is Cecily Smith[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I hope you like music[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n'Cause I've got two tickets for La Traviata\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/A[/ch]      N.C.\r\nThat's when I said \"I hate opera\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe laughed and said \"well lucky for you that you're with Cecily Smith-[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nwho cares what you are listening to, it's who you're listening with[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]C9[/ch]  [ch]G5[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C9[/ch]       [ch]G5[/ch]                   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nSo we take our seats her hands were folded in her lap[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C9[/ch]    [ch]G5[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nif not a kiss then I at least will get a nap[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo I close my eyes as the ochestra begins[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThen I hear violins[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the hair on my neck was rising[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nA feeling new and surprising[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut it wasn't the sound that made my heart pound[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]  N.C.                                 [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo, it was because I found her hand is in mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]B7[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nand that's where it will stay until they play the final chord[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe says, \"were you bored?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/A[/ch]      N.C.\r\nAnd I say, \"I guess it wasn't quite so bad it was the best time that I've ever had.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe laughed and said, \"well lucky for you I got seats to Beethoven's fifth[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nwho cares what you are listening to, it's who you're listening with\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Gsus2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Gsus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]Gsus2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nA   per-  fect   wife[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]Gsus2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA   per-  fect   life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C9[/ch]     [ch]G5[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nThe time exploded like a bullet from a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C9[/ch]      [ch]G5[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA week, a year and then a marriage and a son[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand a rental  where I still can hear her laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWhen I play the phonograph[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I let the music guide me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAs Cecily sits beside me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA girl of nineteen with a nervous marine[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFeel her head begin to lean[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the melody soars[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]B7[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd though it was real it doesn't feel like it could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat night when you said to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/A[/ch]  N.C.\r\nThat \"I've got two tickets for La Traviata\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's sad but true how much I miss you, I miss you Cecily Smith[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                    N.C.\r\nLife is not the things that we do it's who we're doing them with[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C9[/ch]  [ch]G5[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] (x2)","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC9  G5  Cadd9  x2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nC9  G5  Cadd9 x2\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nGsus2  C  Cmaj7\n\nAm7 Em7 Gsus2 C Cmaj7\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC9  G5  Cadd9 (x2)","chords":["C9","G5","Cadd9","A7","D","G","B7","Em","A","C","Em7","F#","B","G/A","C/G","Gsus2","Cmaj7","Am7","Dsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}