G                                              Cmaj7
A kindly word for friends and strangers almost anyone she meets
G                                             Cmaj7
A lonely house at the end of the road full of silly memories
Bm7                 C                Am                      D7
And when the locals laugh at her she turns a blind eye to it all
G                              Cmaj7
She sees the irony and so what no-one really meant it
G                                             Cmaj7
A grey old lady, touched and lonesome, just a little bit eccentric
Bm7                 C                   Am                       D7
But no-one sees the secrets hidden in a diary stowed beneath the stairs

[Bridge 1]
G                                               Cmaj7
And she sat that night in her chair by the fire hearing his violin
D                                          C              G
Tears appeared and burned her cheeks as he caressed every string
       Em                                Am
As the dawn arrives to hurt her eyes the coals are growing dim
             D                                 C             G
And when the room grows cold she still recalls every inch of him.

G-Em pause G Cmaj7 X2

G                                 Cmaj7
Germaine was a leggy lady, barely old enough to know how
G                                           Cmaj7
To hold the right knife at the table it was difficult but somehow
Bm7                      C                     Am                      D7
She caught the eye of an evening pirate and he sailed his way into her heart
G                                       Cmaj7
Her Valentino played violin till it was well into the night
G                                       Cmaj7
Enjoyed her evening oh so much although she never ate a bite
Bm7           Em                    Am                 D7
So Cinderella lost her slipper to a Lilting, Latin Gigolo.

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

[Interlude]
G D Am D x2

[Verse]
         G     Em        Am      C            Em       D
A little weary eyed, but smiling she wandered home...Alone.

G Cmaj7 X2

G                                       Cmaj7
Then every evening she came back to her table by the window
G                              Cmaj7
An anxious lady looking at the man who lit her candle
Bm7                   C                      Am                        D7
And as the waitresses took their coats she’d stand and leave to call a cab

D#maj7 Bm7 x4

[Bridge 3]

D#maj7                                              Bm7
They closed The Ritz at the end of the war they had boards on every door
             C#maj7                              G#m7
With peeling paint and ceilings cracks and not a carpet for the floor
Gm7         Cm7                        Fm7                   Bb
Some seen a candle flicker through and old and broken window pane

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