Cecilia Amanda Chords
Cecilia Amanda by Elliott Smith is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, Em, G, F, C, Bb, Gm and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
d|--2--------------------------------|--2--------------------------------|
A|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|
F|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|
C|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
d|--2---------------------------------------------6--5--|
A|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6---5p3-5p3-5h6-6---6--5--|
F|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---7--6--|
C|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---8--7--|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
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.
d|--2--------------------------------|--2--------------------------------|
A|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|
F|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|
C|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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
d|--2--------------------------------|--2--------------------------------|
A|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3--|
F|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3--|
C|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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
d|--2-------------------------------2--|
A|--3--/7--7--7---5p3-5p3-5h6-6-5-3-3--|
F|--2--/7--6--5---3---3---3---3-3-3-2--|
C|--0---0--0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0--|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|