Intro
A Dmaj7 C#m7 Dmaj7 x2
[Verse]
A Dmaj7
B kindly word for friends and strangers almost anyone she meets
A Dmaj7
B lonely house at the end of the road full of silly memories
C#m7 D Bm E7
And when the locals laugh at her she turns a blind eye to it all
A Dmaj7
She sees the irony and so what no-one really meant it
A Dmaj7
B grey old lady, touched and lonesome, just a little bit eccentric
C#m7 D Bm E7
But no-one sees the secrets hidden in a diary stowed beneath the stairs
[Bridge 1]
A Dmaj7
And she sat that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
E D A
Tears appeared and burned her cheeks as he caressed every string
F#m Bm
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
E D A
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.
G-F#m pause A Dmaj7 X2
A Dmaj7
Germaine was a leggy lady, barely old enough to know how
A Dmaj7
To hold the right knife at the table it was difficult but somehow
C#m7 D Bm E7
She caught the eye of an evening pirate and he sailed his way into her heart
A Dmaj7
Her Valentino played violin till it was well into the night
A Dmaj7
Enjoyed her evening oh so much although she never ate a bite
C#m7 F#m Bm E7
So Cinderella lost her slipper to a Lilting, Latin Gigolo.
[Bridge 2]
F#m Bm
And he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
E D A
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
F#m Bm
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
E D A F#m
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
Bm E
There was no-one there but her and as she sadly took her fur, she heard...
[Interlude]
A E Bm E x2
[Verse]
A F#m Bm D F#m E
B little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.
A Dmaj7 X2
A Dmaj7
Then every evening she came back to her table by the window
A Dmaj7
An anxious lady looking at the man who lit her candle
C#m7 D Bm E7
And as the waitresses took their coats she’d stand and leave to call a cab
Fmaj7 C#m7 x4
[Bridge 3]
Fmaj7 C#m7
They closed The Ritz at the end of the war they had boards on every door
D#maj7 A#m7
With peeling paint and ceilings cracks and not a carpet for the floor
Am7 Dm7 Gm7 C
Some seen a candle flicker through and old and broken window pane
[Outro]
F#m Bm
Now she sits that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
E D A F#m
Tears appear and burned her cheeks as he caresses every string
F#m Bm
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
E D A
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.
F#m Bm
When he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
E D A
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
F#m Bm
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
E D A
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
A F#m Bm D A E
B little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.
