The Violin chords by City Boy

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

The Violin
                   City Boy

Intro:
G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 Bm7Bm7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 x2

Verse:
G+G                       Cmaj7Cmaj7
A augmentedA kindly word for friends and strangers almost anyone she meets
G+G                       Cmaj7Cmaj7
A augmentedA lonely house at the end of the road full of silly memories
Bm7Bm7         C majorC        A minorAm           D7D7
And when the locals laugh at her she turns a blind eye to it all
G+G               Cmaj7Cmaj7
She sees the irony and so what no-one really meant it
G+G                       Cmaj7Cmaj7
A augmentedA grey old lady, touched and lonesome, just a little bit eccentric
Bm7Bm7         C majorC          A minorAm            D7D7
But no-one sees the secrets hidden in a diary stowed beneath the stairs

Bridge 1:
G+G                        Cmaj7Cmaj7
And she sat that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
D MajorD                     C majorC       G+G
Tears appeared and burned her cheeks as he caressed every string
    E minorEm                A minorAm
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
       D MajorD                 C majorC       G+G
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.

G-Em pause G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 X2

G+G                 Cmaj7Cmaj7
Germaine was a leggy lady, barely old enough to know how
G+G                      Cmaj7Cmaj7
To hold the right knife at the table it was difficult but somehow
Bm7Bm7           C majorC           A minorAm           D7D7
She caught the eye of an evening pirate and he sailed his way into her heart
G+G                    Cmaj7Cmaj7
Her Valentino played violin till it was well into the night
G+G                    Cmaj7Cmaj7
Enjoyed her evening oh so much although she never ate a bite
Bm7Bm7      E minorEm          A minorAm         D7D7
So Cinderella lost her slipper to a Lilting, Latin Gigolo.

Bridge 2:
E minorEm                    A minorAm
And he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
D MajorD                   C majorC       G+G
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
    E minorEm                    A minorAm
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
    D MajorD                       C majorC          G+G E minorEm
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
     A minorAm               D MajorD
There was no-one there but her and as she sadly took her fur, she heard...

Interlude:
G+G D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD x2

Verse:
     G+G   E minorEm    A minorAm   C majorC      E minorEm    D MajorD
A augmentedA little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.

G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 X2

G+G                    Cmaj7Cmaj7
Then every evening she came back to her table by the window
G+G               Cmaj7Cmaj7
An anxious lady looking at the man who lit her candle
Bm7Bm7          C majorC           A minorAm            D7D7
And as the waitresses took their coats she’d stand and leave to call a cab

D#Maj7D#maj7 Bm7Bm7 x4

Bridge 3:

D#Maj7D#maj7                       Bm7Bm7
They closed The Ritz at the end of the war they had boards on every door
       C#Maj7C#maj7               G#m7G#m7
With peeling paint and ceilings cracks and not a carpet for the floor
Gm7Gm7     Cm7Cm7            Fm7Fm7          Bb majorBb
Some seen a candle flicker through and old and broken window pane

Outro:
E minorEm                        A minorAm
Now she sits that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
    D MajorD                C majorC          G+G E minorEm
Tears appear and burned her cheeks as he caresses every string
    E minorEm                A minorAm
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
       D MajorD                 C majorC       G+G
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.
E minorEm                    A minorAm
When he stood that night by the tableside playing his violin
D MajorD                   C majorC       G+G
Tears arrived in Germaine's eyes as he caressed every string
    E minorEm                    A minorAm
As the day appeared with the tables cleared, she was still there listening
    D MajorD                       C majorC          G+G
And she rose to go with her eyes still closed, but she paused to glance at him.
     G+G   E minorEm    A minorAm   C majorC      G+G   D MajorD
A augmentedA little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.