G A C
||--------3-------3------0-----|---------0-----0---|
|--0-----0---|-------3-----3---|-------1---------1-|
|0----------0|-----3---------3-|-0---0-------------|
-|---3-------------0-2-----|
-|-0---------------|---3---------------|
||-0-3---------------------------------|
---------y
D [Dsus2] D
|--------2---0----2-----||
|------3------------3---||
|----2----------------2-||
|-0----------0---0------||
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after second repeat switch to the following
smiling faces I can se-----e but not for me
C D [Dsus4]D G Em [Em7]
-0----|-------2--0---2----|------3---------|----0---------|
|---------1-----1-|-----3----------3--|----0---0-------|---0----------|
|------0----------|---2--------------2|--0-------0---0-|--0-----0---0-|
------|-0------------------0---|------2---0---|
|--3---------------------------|-2------------|
--------------|-3-----------------|
I sit and watch as tears go by
C D [Dsus4]D[Dsus4]
|---------0-----------------0------0-|-------2---0---2----0---|
|-------1---1-------------1---1------|-----3----------------3-|
|-----0-------0---0-----0-------0----|---2--------------------|
---2------------------2--|-0----------------------|
|-3-----------------3-----------------------------|
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[G] [A] [C] [D]
[G] It is the [A] evening of the [C] day. [D]
[G] I sit and [A] watch the children [C] play. [D]
[C] Smiling faces [D] I can see, [G] but not for [Em] me.
[C] I sit and watch as tears [Em] go [D] by.
[G] My riches [A] can`t buy every[C]thing. [D]
[G] I want to [A] hear the children [C] sing. [D]
[C] All I hear [D] is the sound [G] of rain falling [Em] on the ground.
[C] I sit and watch as tears [Em] go [D] by.
Solo (the same as the intro)
[G] It is the [A] evening of the [C] day. [D]
[G] I sit and [A] watch the children [C] play. [D]
[C] Doing things I [D] used to do [G] they think are [Em] new.
[C] I sit and watch as tears [Em] go [D] by.
[G] [A] [C] [D]
[G] [A] [C] [D]
Have fun
Thomas Bernard, Frankfurt/Main