Scenes From an Italian Restaurant

A bottle of white,

(Gm)a bottle of red

(C)Perhaps a bottle of (Bb)rosé (F)instead

(C)Get a table near the (F)street

In our old (Bb)familiar (C)place (Gm)You and (C)I (Gm)face to face (C)mm (Bb)mm

(F)A bottle of red,

(Gm)a bottle of white

(C)it all depends upon your (Bb)appetite

(G)I'll meet you (F)any (G)time you (C)want In our (Bb)Italian (C)(F)restaurant

(G)Things are okay with (D)me these days

(Dm)Got a good job,

(G7)got a good office, (C7)Got a new wife,

(F7)got a new life and the (Am)family's fine

(G)We lost touch (D)long ago

(Dm)You lost weight I (G7)did not know

(C7)You could ever (F7)look so nice after (Am)so much time

(D)Do you (Eb)remember those days hanging (Bb)out at the Village (F)Green

The (Eb)engineer boots, leather (Bb)jackets and tight (F)bluejeans

You drop a (Eb)dime in the box play a (Bb)song about New (F)Orleans

(Eb)Cold beer, (Bb)hot lights

(C)My sweet (D9sus)romantic teenage (G)nights

(F)Whoa whoa (C)(D)whoa

(F)whoa whoa (C)(D)whoa

(G)Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies and the (D)king and the queen of the prom

(G)Riding around with the car top down be and the (C)radio on

(G)Nobody looked any (D)finer (C)or was (G)more of a hit at the (C)parkway diner (G)we never knew we could (F)want more than that out of (E)life

Surely (Am)Brenda and (G)Eddie would (C)always know how to (G)survive

(F)Whoa whoa (C)(D)whoa

(F)whoa whoa (C)(D)whoa

(G)Brenda and Eddie were still going steady in the (D)summer of seventyfive prom

(G)When they decided the marriage would be at the (C)end of July

(G)Ev'ryone said they were (D)crazy, (C)or was (G)"Brenda,

you know that you're (C)much too lazy (G)Eddie could never (F)afford to live that kind of (E)life."

Oh, but (Am)there we were (G)waving Brenda (C)and Eddie good (G)surbye

(F)Whoa whoa (C)(D)whoa

(F)whoa whoa (C)(D)whoa

(G)(F)Brenwhoa whoa (C)(D)whoa

Well, they (F)got an (C)apartment with (F)deep pile (C)carpets and a (D)couple of (C)paintings from

(G)Sears A (F)big water (C)bed that they (F)bought with the (C)bread they had (D)saved for a (C)couple of years

(G)They (F)started to (C)fight when the (F)money got tight and they (D)just didn't count on the (Em)tears