
Cecilia Amanda
Elliott Smith
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Tom : Gm
Em 022000 G 320003
F 133211 C (2x)
Bb
x13331 Gm 3x0333
Eb
x6888x or x1134x
D/F#
2x0232 Gm/Bb x1x333
Gm/C
x3x333
[Intro]
E|--2--------------------------------|--2--------------------------------|
B|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|
G|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|
D|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D A Em G F D C Bb D
Black and blue from passing around, Whitey says, "the Lady ain't a hit no more"
D
A Em G F D C Bb D / C
Cecilia Amanda, I don't want to see you get like you got before
Bb Gm Eb Gm
Another patient in a party dress yesterday, dancing on a remnant scratch
Bb Gm Eb D
In a place where lonely men pay to make their opposites match.
E|--2--------------------------------|--2--------------------------------|
B|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|
G|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|
D|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D A Em G F D C Bb D
Little Miss Amanda wants to know how long you're going to be gone
D
A Em G F D C Bb D / C
And she asked me can I fix it so your record plays the rest of her song
Bb Gm Eb Gm
Because every remembrance of you has been buried below
Bb Gm Eb D
Every memory that I unhappily know
E|--2--------------------------------|--2--------------------------------|
B|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|
G|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|
D|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D
/ F# Gm / Bb / C D
I'm sorry for you and your kid
/ F# Gm / Bb / C D
The things you promised that you never did
/ F# Gm / Bb / C
She asked me, "Are you a pretty dancer?"
D
/ F# Gm
But I don't think I'm going to answer, oh
D A Em G F D C Bb D
black and blue from passing on now, whitey has paid you back to your daily score
D
A Em G F D C Bb D / C
If you got a little baby now, I don't want to see you around here no more Ah
Bb Gm Eb Gm
Amanda put on her new party dress yesterday, dancing to a record you scratched
Bb Gm Eb D
I'm some dealing amateur actor making opposites match
original tab by Vivek M.
new arrangement, studio-lyrics and additions by alexander rex
october 2013
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