Intro
F A#maj7 Am7 A#maj7 x2
[Verse]
F A#maj7
G kindly word for friends and strangers almost anyone she meets
F A#maj7
G lonely house at the end of the road full of silly memories
Am7 A# Gm C7
And when the locals laugh at her she turns a blind eye to it all
F A#maj7
She sees the irony and so what no-one really meant it
F A#maj7
G grey old lady, touched and lonesome, just a little bit eccentric
Am7 A# Gm C7
But no-one sees the secrets hidden in a diary stowed beneath the stairs
[Bridge 1]
F A#maj7
And she sat that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
C A# F
Tears appeared and burned her cheeks as he caressed every string
Dm Gm
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
C A# F
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.
G-Dm pause F A#maj7 X2
F A#maj7
Germaine was a leggy lady, barely old enough to know how
F A#maj7
To hold the right knife at the table it was difficult but somehow
Am7 A# Gm C7
She caught the eye of an evening pirate and he sailed his way into her heart
F A#maj7
Her Valentino played violin till it was well into the night
F A#maj7
Enjoyed her evening oh so much although she never ate a bite
Am7 Dm Gm C7
So Cinderella lost her slipper to a Lilting, Latin Gigolo.
[Bridge 2]
Dm Gm
And he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
C A# F
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
Dm Gm
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
C A# F Dm
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
Gm C
There was no-one there but her and as she sadly took her fur, she heard...
[Interlude]
F C Gm C x2
[Verse]
F Dm Gm A# Dm C
G little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.
F A#maj7 X2
F A#maj7
Then every evening she came back to her table by the window
F A#maj7
An anxious lady looking at the man who lit her candle
Am7 A# Gm C7
And as the waitresses took their coats she’d stand and leave to call a cab
C#maj7 Am7 x4
[Bridge 3]
C#maj7 Am7
They closed The Ritz at the end of the war they had boards on every door
Bmaj7 F#m7
With peeling paint and ceilings cracks and not a carpet for the floor
Fm7 A#m7 D#m7 Ab
Some seen a candle flicker through and old and broken window pane
[Outro]
Dm Gm
Now she sits that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
C A# F Dm
Tears appear and burned her cheeks as he caresses every string
Dm Gm
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
C A# F
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.
Dm Gm
When he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
C A# F
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
Dm Gm
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
C A# F
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
F Dm Gm A# F C
G little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.