Cecilia

Words & Music:

Paul Simon

CHORUS:

  D             G           D

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart.

       G          D          A

You're shaking my confidence daily.

      G  D       G          D

Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees.

    G            D               A

I'm begging you, please, to come home.

      D

Ho-ho-home.

 

D                  G    A           D

Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia,

G     A     D

Up in my bedroom.  [Making love!]

      D     G       A            D

I got up to wash my face, when I come back to bed,

          A7       D

Someone's taken my place.

 

CHORUS:

 

        G/A     D/A

Poh poh poh poh poh

        G/A D/A             A

Poh poh poh poh poh poh poh poh

 

    D           G          D

Jubilation, she loves me again!

  G           D         A

I fall on the floor & I laughing.

    G D         G         D

Jubilation, she loves me again!

  G           D         A        D

I fall on the floor & I laughing.

 




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