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Franky Perez
Cecilia
from Poor Man's Son (Lava Records)
Carne con Papas/EMI Publishing
Intro (8 counts):
G5G5
Gypsy woman
Come inside now
DCG5
And take a load off your feet
You've been pounding the pavement
DCG5
Ain't told a fortune in weeks
She spends her money on tequila
DCG5
She says it keeps her warm
They call her many things but her name's Cecilia
DC
Now don't you know, now don't you know
GCDG
Hey hey hey hey Cecilia
CDG
Don't you know the streets will kill ya
CDG
Don't you know your mama misses ya
CD
Don't you know don't you know
G5 (8 counts)
G5
Gypsy woman
Say she don't need ya
DCG5
And asks for a ride to the liquor store
She kills the bottle
Gives praise to Jesus
DCG5
Then passes out on your living room floor
She tells the story of a shotgun wedding
DCG5
And the birth of a stillborn child
She was only 13 and her body wasn't ready
D (once)
Babies watching babies die
GCDG
Hey hey hey hey Cecilia
CDG
Don't you know the streets will kill ya
CDG
Don't you know your mama misses ya
CD
Don't you know don't you know
GCDG
Hey hey hey hey Cecilia
CDG
I have seen the beauty in ya
CDG
Don't you know you're one in a million
CD
Don't you know don't you know
ADEA
Hey hey hey hey Cecilia
DEA
Don't you know the streets will kill ya
DEA
Don't you know your mama misses ya
DE
Don't you know don't you know
ADEA
Hey hey hey hey Cecilia
DEA
I have seen the beauty in ya
DEA
Don't you know you're one in a million
DE
Don't you know don't you know
Continue A, D, E progression through random "Cecilia"'s and end on A.
Chords Used:
EADGBE
G5 - 355xxx
G - 320003
D - xx0232
C - x32010
A - x02220
E - 022100