Intro
D# G#maj7 Gm7 G#maj7 x2
[Verse]
D# G#maj7
F kindly word for friends and strangers almost anyone she meets
D# G#maj7
F lonely house at the end of the road full of silly memories
Gm7 G# Fm A#7
And when the locals laugh at her she turns a blind eye to it all
D# G#maj7
She sees the irony and so what no-one really meant it
D# G#maj7
F grey old lady, touched and lonesome, just a little bit eccentric
Gm7 G# Fm A#7
But no-one sees the secrets hidden in a diary stowed beneath the stairs
[Bridge 1]
D# G#maj7
And she sat that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
A# G# D#
Tears appeared and burned her cheeks as he caressed every string
Cm Fm
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
A# G# D#
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.
G-Cm pause D# G#maj7 X2
D# G#maj7
Germaine was a leggy lady, barely old enough to know how
D# G#maj7
To hold the right knife at the table it was difficult but somehow
Gm7 G# Fm A#7
She caught the eye of an evening pirate and he sailed his way into her heart
D# G#maj7
Her Valentino played violin till it was well into the night
D# G#maj7
Enjoyed her evening oh so much although she never ate a bite
Gm7 Cm Fm A#7
So Cinderella lost her slipper to a Lilting, Latin Gigolo.
[Bridge 2]
Cm Fm
And he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
A# G# D#
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
Cm Fm
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
A# G# D# Cm
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
Fm A#
There was no-one there but her and as she sadly took her fur, she heard...
[Interlude]
D# A# Fm A# x2
[Verse]
D# Cm Fm G# Cm A#
F little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.
D# G#maj7 X2
D# G#maj7
Then every evening she came back to her table by the window
D# G#maj7
An anxious lady looking at the man who lit her candle
Gm7 G# Fm A#7
And as the waitresses took their coats she’d stand and leave to call a cab
Bmaj7 Gm7 x4
[Bridge 3]
Bmaj7 Gm7
They closed The Ritz at the end of the war they had boards on every door
Amaj7 Em7
With peeling paint and ceilings cracks and not a carpet for the floor
D#m7 G#m7 C#m7 Gb
Some seen a candle flicker through and old and broken window pane
[Outro]
Cm Fm
Now she sits that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
A# G# D# Cm
Tears appear and burned her cheeks as he caresses every string
Cm Fm
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
A# G# D#
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.
Cm Fm
When he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
A# G# D#
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
Cm Fm
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
A# G# D#
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
D# Cm Fm G# D# A#
F little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.
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