Intro
G Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7 x2
[Verse]
G Cmaj7
A kindly word for friends and strangers almost anyone she meets
G Cmaj7
A lonely house at the end of the road full of silly memories
Bm7 C Am D7
And when the locals laugh at her she turns a blind eye to it all
G Cmaj7
She sees the irony and so what no-one really meant it
G Cmaj7
A grey old lady, touched and lonesome, just a little bit eccentric
Bm7 C Am D7
But no-one sees the secrets hidden in a diary stowed beneath the stairs
[Bridge 1]
G Cmaj7
And she sat that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
D C G
Tears appeared and burned her cheeks as he caressed every string
Em Am
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
D C G
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.
G-Em pause G Cmaj7 X2
G Cmaj7
Germaine was a leggy lady, barely old enough to know how
G Cmaj7
To hold the right knife at the table it was difficult but somehow
Bm7 C Am D7
She caught the eye of an evening pirate and he sailed his way into her heart
G Cmaj7
Her Valentino played violin till it was well into the night
G Cmaj7
Enjoyed her evening oh so much although she never ate a bite
Bm7 Em Am D7
So Cinderella lost her slipper to a Lilting, Latin Gigolo.
[Bridge 2]
Em Am
And he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
D C G
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
Em Am
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
D C G Em
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
Am D
There was no-one there but her and as she sadly took her fur, she heard...
[Interlude]
G D Am D x2
[Verse]
G Em Am C Em D
A little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.
G Cmaj7 X2
G Cmaj7
Then every evening she came back to her table by the window
G Cmaj7
An anxious lady looking at the man who lit her candle
Bm7 C Am D7
And as the waitresses took their coats she’d stand and leave to call a cab
D#maj7 Bm7 x4
[Bridge 3]
D#maj7 Bm7
They closed The Ritz at the end of the war they had boards on every door
C#maj7 G#m7
With peeling paint and ceilings cracks and not a carpet for the floor
Gm7 Cm7 Fm7 A#
Some seen a candle flicker through and old and broken window pane
[Outro]
Em Am
Now she sits that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
D C G Em
Tears appear and burned her cheeks as he caresses every string
Em Am
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
D C G
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.
Em Am
When he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
D C G
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
Em Am
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
D C G
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
G Em Am C G D
A little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.