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F A bottle of white,Gm7 F a bottle of red
C/F Perhaps a bottle of Bb/Frose insFtead
C We'll get a table Bbnear the F/Astreet
In our old Gm7familiar Cplace
BbYou and CI--fa-a-Gm7ace Cto face BbhmmmC
F A bottle of red,Gm7 F a bottle of white
C/F It all deBb/Fpends on your appeFtite
G7 I'll meet you F/Aany ti-G/Bi-me you wCant
In our IBb/Dtalian C/E Restau-.
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Ebmaj7Abmaj7Ebmaj7Abmaj7
G7sus4
GThings are okay with Dme these days
G7Got a good job, G9got a good office
CGot a new wife, Fgot a new life
And the Dsus4family's fDine Dsus4
GWe lost touch Dlong ago
G7You lost weight
I G9did not know
C You could ever Flook so good after
Dsus4So much ti-i-Di-meDsus4.
You reEbmember those days hanging Bbout
At the village Fgreen
EbEngineer boots, leather Bbjackets
And tight blue Fjeans
Drop a Ebdime in the box play the
BbSong about New OrFleans
Eb Cold beer, Bb hot lights
C My sweet romantic teenage
nGightsGmaj7 G7 C F Am7 D
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2/4
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GG/FG/EG/D
GG/FG/EG/D
G oh oG/Fh oh oG/Eh oh oG/Dh oh oh oh oh
GOh oh oG/Fh oh oG/Eh oh oG/Dh oh oh oh
G Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
And the Dking and the queen of the prom D C
GRiding around with the G/Bcar top down and the Cradio on F C F C
G Nobody looked any fDiner D C
Or was Gmore of a hit at the CParkway Diner
GWe never knew we could Fwant more than that out of lE7ife
Surely Am7Brenda and G/BEddie would Calways know Dhow to surGvive.
Oooh Foh oh Emoh oh Doh oh oh oh Goh
Oooh Foh oh Emoh oh Doh oh oh oh oh
G Brenda and Eddie were still going steady in the sDummer of '75 D C
WGhen they decided the G/Bmarriage would be at the Cend of July F C F C
GEveryone said they were cDrazy
G"Brenda you know you're Cmuch too lazy
GEddie could never afFford to live that kind of lE7ife."
But tAm7here we were G/Bwavin' CBrenda and EDddie goodGbye.
Oh Foh oh Emoh oh Doh
They F/Cgot an apartment with deep pile carpet
And a Dcouple of paintings from SGears
A F/Cbig waterbed that they bought with the bread
They had Dsaved for a couple of Gyears
They F/Cstarted to fight when the money got tight
And Dthey just didn't count on the Emtears.
Whoa oh A7oh oh oh ohAm7 oh D
GD
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GD
GFE7
Am7 G/B C D G F oh
EmOh oh Doh
They lF/Cived for a while in a very nice style
But it's Dalways the same in the CenGd
They F/Cgot a divorce as a matter of course
And they Dparted the closest of frCeh- Gends
Then the F/Cking and the queen went back to the green
But you can Dnever go back there aEmgain.
A7Whoa oh oh Am7oh oDh oh oh
GBrenda and Eddie had had it already
By the Dsummer of '75 D C D C
From the Ghigh to the low
To the G/Bend of the show
For the Crest of their lives F C F C
They Gcouldn't go back to the Dgreasers D C
The Gbest they could do was pick Cup the pieces
We Galways knew they would Fboth find a way to get E7by
Am7That's all I G/Bheard about CBrenda and DEddie
Am7Can't tell you G/Bmore than I Ctold you alDready
Am7And here we areG/B wavin' CBrenda and DEddie goodG
BGye. F C/E D
GFC/ED
GFC/ED
FGm7FC/FBb/FFCBb
hF/A oh oh oh Bb C F C F C
F A bottle of red, Gm7ooooFo and bottle of white
C/F Whatever kind of mood you're Bb/Fin tonFight
G7 I'll meet you F/Aany G/Btime you Cwant
In our IBbtalian CRestau-
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