F Bb
A bottle of white, a bottle of red
C Bb FPerhaps a bottle of rose instead
Get a table near the street
Am/Bb CIn our old familiar place
Bb C BbYou and I, face to face, um umm
A bottle of red, a bottle of white
C Bb FIt all depends on your appetite
G G/A G/B CI'll meet you anytime you want
In our Italian Restaurant
SAX SOLO: C F Bb C F Bb
Eb G# Eb G# DGThings are okay with me these days
GGot a good job, got a good office
Got a new wife, got a new life
D D DAnd the family's fine
GOh, we lost touch long ago
You lost weight I did not know
C Am7 DYou could ever look so nice after so much time
Eb Bb F
Do you remember those days hanging out at the village green
Eb Bb FEngineer boots, leather jackets and tight blue jeans
Woah you drop a dime in the box play the song about New Orleans
Eb BbCold beer, hot lights
C D GMy sweet romantic teenage nights
RAGTIME BIT: G C Am D
G C Am D
PIANO SOLO: G G
G G/F G/E DG G/F G/E D
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
G G/F G/E DOh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
G
Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
And the king and the queen of the prom
G G/B CRiding around with the car top down and the radio on
G D D CNobody looked any finer
Or was more of a hit at the Parkway Diner
G F EWe never knew we could want more than that out of life
Am Am/B C D GSurely Brenda and Eddie would always know how to survive
G/F G/E D
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
Brenda and Eddy were still going steady in the summer of seventy five
G G/B CWhen they decided the marriage would be at the end of July
G D D CEveryone said they were crazy
Brenda you know that you're much too lazy
G F EEddie could never afford to live that kind of life
Am Am/B C D GOh, but there we were waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye
G/F G/E D
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
C
Well, they got an apartment with deep pile carpet
And a couple of paintings from Sears
CA big waterbed that they bought with the bread
D GThey had saved for a couple of years
They started to fight when the money got tight
D Em AmAnd they just didn't count on the tears, woh oh, woh oh...yeah rock n roll
SAX SOLO: G D
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Well, they lived for a while in a very nice style
D GBut it's always the same in the end
CThey got a divorce as a matter of course
And they parted the closest of friends
CThen the king and the queen went back to the green
D Em Am DBut you can never go back there again, oh oh, oh oh
G D D C
Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the summer of seventy five
From the high to the low to the end of the show
CFor the rest of their lives
G D D CThey couldn't go back to the greasers
The best they could do was pick up their pieces
G F EWe always knew they would both find a way to get by
Am Am/B C DThat's all I heard about Brenda and Eddie
Can't tell you more cause I told you already
Am Am/B C D GAnd here we are waving Brenda and Eddie goodbye
G/F G/E D
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
G G/F G/E DOh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
RUN DOWN: (NOTES) F E D C B A
C Bb A G F E
Yeah yeah yeah
C C/Bb Am Am/Bb C Bb C BbF Bb
A bottle of red, oooh a bottle of white
Whatever kind of mood you're in tonight
G G/A G/B CI'll meet you anytime you want
C/D C/E F BbIn our Italian Restaurant
SAX OUTRO: C F Bb C F Bb
Dm Em F G C
Notes:
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