Cecilia Amanda Chords

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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.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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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|-------------------------------------| 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

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