As Tears Go By chords by Marianne Faithfull

Chords with lyrics

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I play it picking style by hitting the root note then the G-B-e-B-G strings.

Examples of three chords:
    C majorC            D MajorD           G+G
e------------0-----   e---------2-----   e-------------3-------|
B----------1---1---   B-------3---3---   B----------0-----0----|
G--------0--------0   G-----2--------2   G-------0-----------0-|
D-----X------------   D---0-----------   D-----X---------------|
A---3--------------   A-X-------------   A---X-----------------|
E-X----------------   E-X-------------   E-3-------------------|

Intro: C majorC D MajorD FF G+G  C majorC D MajorD G+G G MajorG

C majorC      D MajorD      FF G+G
It is the evening of the day,
C majorC       D MajorD       FF  G+G
I sit and watch the children play.
FF       G+G     C majorC      A minorAm FF     FF        G+G G+G
Smiling faces I can see, but not for me, I sit and watch as tears go by.
C majorC        D MajorD    FF  G+G
My riches can't buy everything,
C majorC       D MajorD      FF  G+G
I want to hear the children sing.
FF     G+G      C majorC       A minorAm
All I hear is the sound of rain falling on the ground,
FF     FF         G+G G+G
I sit and watch as tears go by.


Instrumental: C majorC D MajorD FF G+G X2 FF G+G C majorC A minorAm FF F G+G G MajorG

C majorC      D MajorD      FF G+G
It is the evening of the day,
C majorC      D MajorD        FF  G+G
I sit and watch the children play.
FF      G+G          C majorC     A minorAm
Doing things I used to do, they think are new,
FF     FF         G+G G+G
I sit and watch as tears go by.
C majorC       D MajorD       FF       G+G
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
C majorC       D MajorD       FF       G+G
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
C majorC       D MajorD       FF       G+G
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm...Fade