| F | Gm7 | C7 |
| Bb/F | F | C7 |
| F | Gm7/F |
| A bottle of white, | a bottle of red |
| C/F | Bb/F | F |
| Perhaps a bottle of ro | se instead |
| C | C/Bb | F/A |
| Get a table | near the | street |
| F/A | Gm7 | C | |
| In our | old fa | miliar | place |
| Gm7 | C7 | Gm7 | Bb/C | C | Bb/C |
| You and | I, | face to | face, | um umm |
| F | Gm7/F |
| A bottle of red, a | bottle of white |
| C/F | Bb/F | F |
| It all depends on your | appet | ite |
| G | F/A | G/B | C |
| I’ll meet you | anytime | you | want |
| Bb/D | C/E | F | |
| In our I | tali | an Re | staurant |
| Bb/F | Bb/F |
Sax solo
| Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |
| Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |
| Ebmaj7 | Ebmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 |
| Ebmaj7 | Ebmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 |
| C/D | C/D | C/D | C/D |
| G | D/G |
| Things are okay with | me these days |
| G7 | G9 |
| Got a good job, | got a good office |
| C7 | F |
| Got a new wife, | got a new life |
| Am7 | D7 | |
| And the | family’s fine |
| G | D/G |
| Oh, we lost touch | long ago |
| G7 | G9 |
| You lost weight I | did not know |
| C7 | F | Am7 | D7 |
| You could ever | look so nice after | so much time |
| Eb | Bb | F | |
| Do you re | member those days hanging | out at the village | green |
| Eb | Bb | F |
| Engineer boots, leather | jackets and tight blue | jeans |
| Eb | Bb | F | |
| Woah you drop a | dime in the box play the | song about New Or | leans |
| Eb | Bb |
| Cold beer, | hot lights |
| C | D | G |
| My sweet ro | mantic teenage | nights |
Horn solo on the same chords as the previous verse
| G | D/G | G7 | G9 |
| C7 | F | Am7 | D7 |
| G | D/G | G7 | G9 |
| C7 | F | Am7 | D7 |
| D7 |
Piano solo, the first G is held for a long time
| G |
| G | F | C/E | D |
| G | F | C/E | D |
| G | F | C/E | D |
| Oh | oh, oh | oh, oh | oh oh |
| G | F | C/E | D |
| Oh | oh, oh | oh, oh | oh oh |
| G |
| Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies |
| D | D | C | |
| And the | king and the queen of the prom |
| G | G7/B | C |
| Riding around with the | car top down and the | radio on |
| G | D | D | C |
| Nobody looked any | finer |
| G | C | |
| Or was | more of a hit at the | Parkway Diner |
| G | F | E |
| We never knew we could | want more than that out of | life |
| Am | G/B | C | D | G | |
| Surely | Brenda and | Eddie would | always know | how to sur | vive |
| G | F | C/E | D |
| Oh | oh, oh | oh, oh | oh oh |
| G | F | C/E | D |
| Oh | oh, oh | oh, oh | oh oh |
| G | D | D | C |
| Brenda and Eddie were still going steady in the | summer of seventy five |
| G | G7/B | C |
| When they decided the | marriage would be at the | end of July |
| G | D | D | C |
| Everyone said they were | crazy |
| G | C |
| Brenda you know that you’re | much too lazy |
| G | F | E | |
| And | Eddie could never af | ford to live that kind of | life |
| Am | G/B | C | D | G | |
| Oh, but | there we were | waving | Brenda and | Eddie good | bye |
| G | F | C/E | D |
| Oh | oh, oh | oh, oh | oh oh |
| F/C | C | F/C | C | |
| Well, they | got an a | partment with | deep pile | carpets |
| D | G | |
| And a | couple of paintings from | Sears |
| F/C | C | F/C | C | |
| A | big water | bed that they | bought with the | bread |
| D | G | |
| They had | saved for a couple of | years |
| F/C | C | F/C | C | |
| They | started to | fight when the | money got | tight |
| D | Em | |
| And they | just didn’t count on the | tears |
| A9 | C/D | |
| Woh | oh, woh | oh, yeah rock and roll! |
Sax solo with awesome bass
| G | G | D | D |
| G | G7/B | C | C |
| G | D | G | C |
| G | F | E | E |
| Am | G/B | C | C/D |
| G | F | C/E | D |
| Oh | oh, oh | oh, oh | oh oh |
| F/C | C | F/C | C | |
| Well, they | lived for a | while in a | very nice | style |
| D | G | |
| But it’s | always the same in the end |
| F/C | C | F/C | C | |
| They | got a di | vorce as a | matter of | course |
| D | G | |
| And they | parted the closest of friends |
| F/C | C | F/C | C | |
| Then the | king and the | queen went | back to the | green |
| D | Em | A9 | C/D | |
| But you can | never go back there a | gain, oh | oh, oh | oh |
| G | D | D | C |
| Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the | summer of seventy five |
| G | G7/B | |
| From the | high to the low to the | end of the show |
| C | |
| For the | rest of their lives |
| G | D | D | C | |
| They | couldn’t go back to the | greasers |
| G | C | |
| The | best they could do was pick | up their pieces |
| G | F | E |
| We always knew they would | both find a way to get | by |
| Am | G/B | C | D |
| That’s all I | heard about | Brenda and | Eddie |
| Am | G/B | C | D |
| Can’t tell you | more cause I | told you al | ready |
| Am | G/B | C | D | G | |
| And | here we are | waving | Brenda and | Eddie good | bye |
| G | F | C/E | D |
| Oh | oh, oh | oh, oh | oh oh |
| G | F | C/E | D |
| Oh | oh, oh | oh, oh | oh oh |
| G | F | C/E | D |
| Oh | oh, oh | oh, oh | oh oh |
Bass notes are all that’s really played here,
chords somewhat fabricated
| F | F/E | D | C | G/B | Am | C | Bb | Am | G | F | F/E |
| F | Gm7/F | C/F | Bb | F |
| Yeah |
| C | C | Bb | F/A |
| F/A | Bb | C | |
| C | Gm7 | C | Gm7 |
| Bb | C | Bb/C | |
| F | Gm7/F |
| A bottle of red, | oooh a bottle of white |
| C/F | Bb/F | F |
| Whatever kind of mood you’re | in to | night |
| G | G/A | G/B | C |
| I’ll meet you | anytime | you | want |
| G | F/A | G/B | C |
| I’ll meet you | anytime | you | want |
| Bb/D | C/E | F | |
| In our I | tali | an Re | staurant |
Sax solo
| Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |
| Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |