INTRO: F  C  A#  F 
 
          C      A#               F 
Diane and Billy, been friends forever 
               C               A#         C 
They go back a long time, they grew up together 
A#             F            Gm           F 
She called to tell us he'd written from Rome 
        A#              F       A#          C 
For the whole month of August, he'd be at home 
 
   F          C          A#             F 
So we went to see him at her house one evening 
                          C               A#          C 
In the place where they'd spent all their summers as kids 
   A#           F            Gm             F 
We walked all around in the small bay side town 
          A#                F         A#           C 
Where his Dad's called the bingo for thirty-five years 
 
    F             C      A#         F 
And later on that night, under the porch light 
       C             A#              C 
Mrs. Pinocci brought her six-string over 
    A#               F                 Gm           F 
She said she'd been playing since she turned fifty-seven 
    A#           F               A#            C 
And now I guess she's more than twenty years older 
 
    F             C       A#             F 
She played Yankee Doodle, we sang along with her 
               C            A#            C 
She passed it around and we all played a number 
A#              F               Gm         F 
Neighbours and friends dropped by for the singing 
    A#       F           A#             C 
And later a guy, no one knew, came to sit in 
 
BRIDGE: 
        A#           F 
For the moon on the water 
        A#              F 
For the light from the stars 
    A#           F 
Oh, I thank the spirits 
    Gm        C 
Whatever they are 
    A#                F 
For friendships that last 
    Dm         C   A# 
And songs from the past 
    Gm     C       F 
And Mrs. Pinocci's guitar 
 
INSTRUMENTAL: A#  F    A#  F    A#  F    Gm  C    A#  F    Dm  C  A# 
 
    Gm   C         F 
And Mrs. Pinocci's guitar