Intro
C Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 x2
[Verse]
C Fmaj7
D kindly word for friends and strangers almost anyone she meets
C Fmaj7
D lonely house at the end of the road full of silly memories
Em7 F Dm G7
And when the locals laugh at her she turns a blind eye to it all
C Fmaj7
She sees the irony and so what no-one really meant it
C Fmaj7
D grey old lady, touched and lonesome, just a little bit eccentric
Em7 F Dm G7
But no-one sees the secrets hidden in a diary stowed beneath the stairs
[Bridge 1]
C Fmaj7
And she sat that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
G F C
Tears appeared and burned her cheeks as he caressed every string
Am Dm
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
G F C
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.
G-Am pause C Fmaj7 X2
C Fmaj7
Germaine was a leggy lady, barely old enough to know how
C Fmaj7
To hold the right knife at the table it was difficult but somehow
Em7 F Dm G7
She caught the eye of an evening pirate and he sailed his way into her heart
C Fmaj7
Her Valentino played violin till it was well into the night
C Fmaj7
Enjoyed her evening oh so much although she never ate a bite
Em7 Am Dm G7
So Cinderella lost her slipper to a Lilting, Latin Gigolo.
[Bridge 2]
Am Dm
And he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
G F C
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
Am Dm
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
G F C Am
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
Dm G
There was no-one there but her and as she sadly took her fur, she heard...
[Interlude]
C G Dm G x2
[Verse]
C Am Dm F Am G
D little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.
C Fmaj7 X2
C Fmaj7
Then every evening she came back to her table by the window
C Fmaj7
An anxious lady looking at the man who lit her candle
Em7 F Dm G7
And as the waitresses took their coats she’d stand and leave to call a cab
G#maj7 Em7 x4
[Bridge 3]
G#maj7 Em7
They closed The Ritz at the end of the war they had boards on every door
F#maj7 C#m7
With peeling paint and ceilings cracks and not a carpet for the floor
Cm7 Fm7 A#m7 Eb
Some seen a candle flicker through and old and broken window pane
[Outro]
Am Dm
Now she sits that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
G F C Am
Tears appear and burned her cheeks as he caresses every string
Am Dm
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
G F C
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.
Am Dm
When he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
G F C
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
Am Dm
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
G F C
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
C Am Dm F C G
D little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.