Guitar chords Cecilia

Cecilia, composed by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, is famous for its upbeat rhythm and lyrics about heartbreak. It was inspired by the Catholic saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. The original recording featured an innovative process where the artists recorded clapping and banging on wood objects to create a distinctive rhythmic base.

Key:  G 
 
G
                
C
          
G
 
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
          
C
         
G
         
D
 
You're shaking my confidence daily
      
C
 
G
        
C
         
G
 
Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
       
C
         
G
             
D
 
I'm begging you please to come home
 
G
                
C
          
G
 
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
          
C
         
G
         
D
 
You're shaking my confidence daily
      
C
 
G
        
C
         
G
 
Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
       
C
         
G
             
D
 
I'm begging you please to come home
         
G
 
Come on home

 
G
                   
C
   
D
           
G
 
Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia
 
C
    
D
     
G
 
Up in my bedroom
             
C
       
D
 
I got up to wash my face
        
G
            
C
 
When I come back to bed
           
D
         
G
 
Someone's taken my place ...

 
G
                
C
          
G
 
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
          
C
         
G
         
D
 
You're shaking my confidence daily
      
C
 
G
        
C
         
G
 
Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
       
C
         
G
             
D
 
I'm begging you please to come home
         
G
 
Come on home

 
G
               
C
 
G
 
C
 
G
 
D
 
Bo po bo bo ...

     
C
  
G
       
C
        
G
 
Jubilation, she loves me again
   
C
          
G
             
D
 
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing
      
C
  
G
        
C
        
G
 
Jubilation, she loves me again
    
C
          
G
             
D
 
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing

C
 
G
  
C
 
G
  
C
 
G
 
D