Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

8 counts):

 Gypsy woman

Come inside now

 And take a load off your feet

You've been pounding the pavement

 Ain't told a fortune in weeks

She spends her money on tequila

 She says it keeps her warm

They call her many things but her name's Cecilia

 Now don't you know, now don't you know

Hey hey hey hey Cecilia

 Don't you know the streets will kill ya

 Don't you know your mama misses ya

 Don't you know don't you know

 Gypsy woman

Say she don't need ya

 And asks for a ride to the liquor store

She kills the bottle

Gives praise to Jesus

 Then passes out on your living room floor

She tells the story of a shotgun wedding

 And the birth of a stillborn child

She was only 13 and her body wasn't ready

Babies watching babies die

Hey hey hey hey Cecilia

 Don't you know the streets will kill ya

 Don't you know your mama misses ya

 Don't you know don't you know

Hey hey hey hey Cecilia

 I have seen the beauty in ya

 Don't you know you're one in a million

 Don't you know don't you know

Hey hey hey hey Cecilia

 Don't you know the streets will kill ya

 Don't you know your mama misses ya

 Don't you know don't you know

Hey hey hey hey Cecilia

 I have seen the beauty in ya

 Don't you know you're one in a million

 Don't you know don't you know

Continue A, D, E progression through random "Cecilia"'s and end on A.

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